[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Mantracker (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 9/19/2010 1:01:16 PM EDT
How many here could Escape and Evade him in the terrain of your choice for 2 days? I know I couldn't. I'd be caught in the first hour. 
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Terrain of my choice? Yes. Unknown terrain like they face on that show. Likely not. What would be your choice of terrain? Ft Stewart(for me personally) or most other heavily used military training areas. He'd have quite a few tracks to deal with and though I'm no Rambo or anything, I'm pretty well versed in escape and evasion.
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Quoted: My choice of terrain would be downtown in a large city. I guarantee I could disappear from one person for 2 days in that mess. You know how he gets the local guide/sidekick for each show?  He'd hang out and drink coffee while Beth made a bunch of phone calls, then they would come find you. |
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For the record, ManTracker is Canadian and lives about an hour away from me.  You are now much cooler than I had thought.  I'm kind of a big deal.
Given the relatively small population of Canada and the even smaller group of celebrities, you are either Alan Thicke, Cory Hart, Bryan Adams or Celine Dion. |
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From what I see on the show, no sweat. I have a feeling that they have it rigged for encounters. The camera man who films the prey likely gives him a tip off. My rangerbuddy, member justnotright, wanted the two of us to go on the show. It would probably be a good show. Two 40 something has beens running around in the hills giving each other shit that has been rehearsed over 20 years. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: For the record, ManTracker is Canadian and lives about an hour away from me. You are now much cooler than I had thought. I'm kind of a big deal. Given the relatively small population of Canada and the even smaller group of celebrities, you are either Alan Thicke, Cory Hart, Bryan Adams or Celine Dion. The first one. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: For the record, ManTracker is Canadian and lives about an hour away from me. You are now much cooler than I had thought. I'm kind of a big deal. Given the relatively small population of Canada and the even smaller group of celebrities, you are either Alan Thicke, Cory Hart, Bryan Adams or Celine Dion. The first one. Dude, I loved you in Family Ties with Michael J. Fox. |
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From what I see on the show, no sweat. I have a feeling that they have it rigged for encounters. The camera man who films the prey likely gives him a tip off. My rangerbuddy, member justnotright, wanted the two of us to go on the show. It would probably be a good show. Two 40 something has beens running around in the hills giving each other shit that has been rehearsed over 20 years. I was just commenting that I would love to see two marines corps scout snipers. Rangers would be fun too. |
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From what I see on the show, no sweat. I have a feeling that they have it rigged for encounters. The camera man who films the prey likely gives him a tip off. My rangerbuddy, member justnotright, wanted the two of us to go on the show. It would probably be a good show. Two 40 something has beens running around in the hills giving each other shit that has been rehearsed over 20 years. I would love to see that show. |
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If I had a competent team mate, it would be no problem. Seems like the prey always show themselves out in the open which gets them caught. Avoid that and you would do okay. Sometimes that isn't possible, however, it would be easy to keep it to a minimum for the most part. If I got to choose the terrain though, it would be a cake walk. |
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Quoted: Alas, it is not to be. Quoted: From what I see on the show, no sweat. I have a feeling that they have it rigged for encounters. The camera man who films the prey likely gives him a tip off. My rangerbuddy, member justnotright, wanted the two of us to go on the show. It would probably be a good show. Two 40 something has beens running around in the hills giving each other shit that has been rehearsed over 20 years. I would love to see that show. Neither of us are pretty enough for TV, and I don't believe that the producers would allow our rules of engagement. It would make for a short show when Mantracker was found bound and gagged a couple miles from his overnight camping spot. Or the command detonated Claymore. Do horses like fire? Rangers like to break and burn stuff. And make stuff bleed on dares |
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http://thenakedhero.com/wp-content/uploads/mantracker.jpg How many here could Escape and Evade him in the terrain of your choice for 2 days? I know I couldn't. I'd be caught in the first hour.
What would be the terrain of your choice? 
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Alas, it is not to be.
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From what I see on the show, no sweat. I have a feeling that they have it rigged for encounters. The camera man who films the prey likely gives him a tip off. My rangerbuddy, member justnotright, wanted the two of us to go on the show. It would probably be a good show. Two 40 something has beens running around in the hills giving each other shit that has been rehearsed over 20 years. I would love to see that show. Neither of us are pretty enough for TV, and I don't believe that the producers would allow our rules of engagement. It would make for a short show when Mantracker was found bound and gagged a couple miles from his overnight camping spot. Or the command detonated Claymore. Do horses like fire? Rangers like to break and burn stuff. And make stuff bleed on dares I am well aware of what Rangers can do. When I was a poor QM playing OPFOR (Ft. Hood), I was a victim or some Ranger Games. You guys have my undying, unending respect. 
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From what I see on the show, no sweat. I have a feeling that they have it rigged for encounters. The camera man who films the prey likely gives him a tip off. My rangerbuddy, member justnotright, wanted the two of us to go on the show. It would probably be a good show. Two 40 something has beens running around in the hills giving each other shit that has been rehearsed over 20 years. I guess they go back and reenact a lot of the action afterwards for filming purposes. |
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I think that's part of the problem with the show.
They force you to move a certain distance in a certain time. Hunkering down and staying put for several hours just isn't an option. They have no desire to show somebody like a special forces, sniper, SERE trained person try to go through the course because their tactics wouldn't be to flat out run. I don't doubt the abilities of the tracker guy to actually be able to track. But if he were to go after somebody with motives outside of the constraints of the show's shallow premise, he either wouldn't find the person or he wouldn't survive. |
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The other thing the producers like to do is, if one of the potential contestants is an expert at eluding and evading, they'll partner that guy up with some tattooed whiney city girl to even up the odds.
Then you leave her ass somewhere. Only one of you needs to make it. |
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How can he avoid finding those people when there's a camera guy following them around? from wiki The hunt starts on Tuesday and lasts for 36 consecutive hours. Camera crews are shooting on the fly and note which scenes need to be re-shot for dramatic effect (after the race). This never changes the race's outcome but is to capture wide-angle shots and get better footage. Each episode is edited immediately, awaiting the season run on OLN.[4]
In past interviews, Grant has indicated that the camera crew has him stop to prove where he sees tracks, and also has at times sent out false Prey and production staff to prevent him from just looking for the actual camera crew. Additionally, the Prey's camera crew often change footwear, and are expert woodsmen who often mask their presence in various ways. |
Myself and two other trackers all submitted applications to the shows. Shockingly, none of us were selected. 
Since I have successfully evaded a military tracker with experience from the African colonial wars, I feel pretty confident. Yeah, the TV tracker mostly cuts for sign in track traps and other open areas. Since he doesn't really know the starting location, I'd probably start the fun with both guys wearing sandals cut from ATV tires walking side by side to leave a track similar to an ATV. Of course he knows that he is tracking two people on foot, so he will be conditioned to ignore ATV tracks as being the result of crew movement. I am not sure what he would eventually choose as his starting point, but it should keep him off the proper track to allow plenty of time to reach the goal. After reaching concealment, other evasion techniques would depend on the location either using terrain that will hamper the horse to cut his advantage or masking the tracks in open areas using techniques from 3 different continents. Muahaha 20 miles of pine needles should make his tracking day something special.
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Quoted: Myself and two other trackers all submitted applications to the shows. Shockingly, none of us were selected. Since I have successfully evaded a military tracker with experience from the African colonial wars, I feel pretty confident. Yeah, the TV tracker mostly cuts for sign in track traps and other open areas. Since he doesn't really know the starting location, I'd probably start the fun with both guys wearing sandals cut from ATV tires walking side by side to leave a track similar to an ATV. Of course he knows that he is tracking two people on foot, so he will be conditioned to ignore ATV tracks as being the result of crew movement. I am not sure what he would eventually choose as his starting point, but it should keep him off the proper track to allow plenty of time to reach the goal. After reaching concealment, other evasion techniques would depend on the location either using terrain that will hamper the horse to cut his advantage or masking the tracks in open areas using techniques from 3 different continents. Muahaha 20 miles of pine needles should make his tracking day something special. I would like to subscribe to your newsletter. |
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Quoted: Myself and two other trackers all submitted applications to the shows. Shockingly, none of us were selected. Since I have successfully evaded a military tracker with experience from the African colonial wars, I feel pretty confident. Yeah, the TV tracker mostly cuts for sign in track traps and other open areas. Since he doesn't really know the starting location, I'd probably start the fun with both guys wearing sandals cut from ATV tires walking side by side to leave a track similar to an ATV. Of course he knows that he is tracking two people on foot, so he will be conditioned to ignore ATV tracks as being the result of crew movement. I am not sure what he would eventually choose as his starting point, but it should keep him off the proper track to allow plenty of time to reach the goal. After reaching concealment, other evasion techniques would depend on the location either using terrain that will hamper the horse to cut his advantage or masking the tracks in open areas using techniques from 3 different continents. Muahaha 20 miles of pine needles should make his tracking day something special. You did it wrong. You need to use terms like "hiker" "enjoys the outdoors" "triathlon", etc. They want the people to be good enough to be out there without being a liability, but not ringers. |
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Myself and two other trackers all submitted applications to the shows. Shockingly, none of us were selected.
Since I have successfully evaded a military tracker with experience from the African colonial wars, I feel pretty confident. Yeah, the TV tracker mostly cuts for sign in track traps and other open areas. Since he doesn't really know the starting location, I'd probably start the fun with both guys wearing sandals cut from ATV tires walking side by side to leave a track similar to an ATV. Of course he knows that he is tracking two people on foot, so he will be conditioned to ignore ATV tracks as being the result of crew movement. I am not sure what he would eventually choose as his starting point, but it should keep him off the proper track to allow plenty of time to reach the goal. After reaching concealment, other evasion techniques would depend on the location either using terrain that will hamper the horse to cut his advantage or masking the tracks in open areas using techniques from 3 different continents. Muahaha 20 miles of pine needles should make his tracking day something special. You did it wrong. You need to use terms like "hiker" "enjoys the outdoors" "triathlon", etc. They want the people to be good enough to be out there without being a liability, but not ringers. Well, we only talked about the SAR tracking and survival, not any evasion experience. I think they might catch onto the deception when I opened my pack though. I included a picture of me before I lost weight and one of the other guys added that he was a habitual smoker (it doesn't seem to affect his stamina though). |