This show re-enacts true survival stories where people get into trouble in the outdoors and must withstand the elements or die. What is really shocking to see is how people who should know better but apparently have no common sense or anything between their ears gets others into trouble with them. In many cases someone venturing out into nature without having properly planned the trip or adventure or given any consideration to what could go wrong. Examples include not taking water, not taking a map, going into areas where cell phones don't work, not taking any signalling device like a mirror or flare in case one gets lost. Not even a compass. What one also realizes that these stories are of those who survived, so eventually we see them get rescued at the end of the ordeal. What we don't see is all the other idiots who did not survive, that doesn't make good television. So I ask, how many people don't survive these ordeals for every person who does? I would guess maybe not very many so the show only tells about the small minority that survived. The show is an education though for all those inclined to do extreme activities or go out in nature. Overall the show is good entertainment for those of us who would rather sit in the livingroom and watch dumb or overconfident risk takers put themselves in mortal peril and expose themselves to the wrath of nature by their own stupidity. For this reason I would recommend watching this series.
Review of I Shouldn't Be Alive
