Little River Canyon is setting of ‘Man vs. Wild’ Wednesday episode
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Survivalist Bear Grylls is pictured in northeast Alabama's Little River Canyon during filming for "Man Vs. Wild" there in March. (Photo courtesy Discovery Communications)
Survivalist Bear Grylls is pictured in northeast Alabama's Little River Canyon during filming for "Man Vs. Wild" there in March. (Photo courtesy Discovery Communications)
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Bear Grylls has scaled hundred-foot cliffs and scavenged for insects to eat, and this week he takes on Little River Canyon. The national preserve near Fort Payne, Ala., is the setting for Wednesday night’s episode of “Man vs. Wild” on the Discovery Channel.

According to the Discovery Channel, Grylls was dropped by helicopter at the top of the 700-foot canyon, then climbed down an enormous tree to reach a white-water river. Followed by a cameraman, Grylls also came face to face with a wild boar, braved a forest fire and was trapped without light in a limestone cave.

The episode was filmed in March. At the time, Grylls wrote on his Discovery Channel blog: “We filmed in the swamps of Alabama, and the show included some great moments with forest fire, pig wrestles and very tight caving, not to mention getting picked up by state troopers after being pulled for hitching a ride on a logging truck to end the show!”

The Little River Canyon episode of “Man Vs. Wild” will air at 9 p.m. Wednesday on the Discovery Channel.

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anonymous
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August 20, 2009
Yeah gators, in N AL way to dramatic.

I usually do not watch Man vs. Wild opting for the other guy and after watching this episode I know why. That is one hour I which I could get back.
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Capitol G
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August 20, 2009
Next time I'm in Little River Canyon I'll be sure to keep an eye out for those alligators.
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EsomHill
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August 20, 2009
I watched this last night, and thought it looked like the waterfall at Little River, which incidentally, has a major road running right by it. We normally love the show, but by the end, we'd laughed about how silly it was. I remarked to my husband that they'd tried way too hard to make this episode look real, and it ended up looking contrived. The "forest fire" looked like nothing more than a prescribed burn in a pine forest, and the flames he was "jumping through" were about six inches tall. I truly lost respect for the man after this episide.
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