Bear Gryllis.. Contradictions?

Question

So i just watched two episodes, or rather, watched parts while i work, but i noticed,

In episode 1, he says that his trick for measuring the time left in the day is to put his hand up to the horizon, and then measure the finger lengths, each length till the horizon is 15 minutes.

Episode 2,

He says something similar,

But he does it with his fingers splayed as far as they will go, and then, each finger is 15 minutes,

well, he just tripled his equation..

so now im confused.

AND.

Now i have lost faith in him, i have always defended him to people, saying taht survival technniques are the same whether your in the amazon or Mt Spokane..

he just teaches peole..

Well, now.

Im not so sure he knows what the h**l hes talking about

Answer 1

I am an outdoor survivalist. I was even in special forces but do they really teach you how to survive? not really. Oh yeah you can eat bugs to stay alive but get serious. All bear grills does is take off his clothes and eat nasty stuff without any reason. If you put your hand out at arms length with your fingers together between the sun and horizon, each finger is approximately 15 minutes or a handwidth about an hour. All this is for is to see how much time you have to build yourself a shelter. As far as i,m concerned, these shows like survivorman or survivor or man vs wild are a riot to watch but as far as learning survival tactics or technics? nah!