Man vs. Wild

- Season 4

(2009)

Bear hunts and kills a reindeer in the Arctic. But before he can eat any of it, it turns into more of a liability than a salvation. And he can't seem to stay out of the ice cold water.

In Alabama Bear rides river rapids in yet another sinking raft. But it's the wild pig he snares that is almost more than he can handle. Then it off to the swamp where Bear get stuck in the mud before facing a forest fire.

Bear traverses the rocky terrain of Vietnam including river rapids and waterfalls while following a river in Vietnam. Along the way he stares down a cobra, feeds some leaches and pursues his least favorite animal, bats.

Bear finds an oasis in the Chihuahuan Desert but not before a near death experience crossing a gorge on a single rope bridge secured only by a make-shift grappling hook. Then it's on to the Rio Grande River if he can make it down a rock face.

Bear hikes in Alaska as summer approaches and the glacial ice is unstable. He nearly falls into swollen river rapids when his log bridge collapses. Eventually he reaches the coast and tries to paddle out into the shipping lanes on an improvised raft. Of course the raft starts to since so Bear tries to jump on an iceberg hoping to snag a fishing trawler as it goes by.

In his ultimate survival guide Bear goes back to basics, to show you how to find water food and shelter; everything you need to make it home in one piece.

Bear introduces his crew including his courageous cameraman who follows him everywhere. Bear also describes some of the unexpected challenges he encountered.

Bear demonstrates island survival but still decides to head to sea on a makeshift raft after gathering supplies. He ends up island hopping until he finds an inhabited island.

Bear does all his usual acrobatics while suffering through Typhon Parma in China including swinging on a vine, monkey climbing over a gorge and cliff diving.

Bear para-glides into the Montana Rockies. After risking his life climbing down a water fall on a rotten old log and rope ladder that is a bit too short he tries to cross a lake on a holey canoe using a make shift kite and manages to make it part way. Surviving these exploits he finds an unstable rock wall to climb, a collapsing mine to explore and a chasm to jump over. Then it gets really dangerous before getting absolutely crazy.

Bear drops in on a volcano in Guatemala. He wisely decides to vacate the area but his route out is just as dangerous.

In a simulated urban disaster, Bear navigates abandoned buildings, roof tops and sewers and finds it as hard to find clean drinking water as in the desert.

Survival takes a look behind the scenes and introduces the experts that keep Bear alive and make the show possible. In conjunction with clips of past highlights the crew explains the challenges and surprises they encountered.

In the North African Sahara, Bear gets creative finding water. He treks to the coast, catches an octopus, makes shelter with acacia trees, and eats a stomach-turning bug burger breakfast of locusts and moths.

Bear's all man and to prove the point we have selected 25 of his most masculine moments, from wild leaps into the unknown to improvised insect feasts.