CityNews.ca – Interview
Published – January 15, 2009
Story by – Michael Talbot
Video by – Brian McKechnie
Web Exclusive: Survivorman Les Stroud Talks About Stayin’ Alive In The Wild, And The Business World
After watching him munch on critters that most would be squeamish squashing, let alone gulping down with some grainy rain water, it’s sort of strange to see Les Stroud, better known as Survivorman, staring down at a huge tray of fruit and cheese in an uncomfortably civilized boardroom in the big city. The 48-year-old is the first to admit he’d rather be trudging through a blizzard or trekking through the untamed tropics than dealing with the “business” side of his blossoming brand.
“It’s way easier in the jungles,” he chuckles. “The jungles of the television business and music business and performance and publishing and all that, there’s way more snakes than I have to deal with out in the (real) jungle. I enjoy it though. I enjoy the dichotomy of the two different worlds.”
Thursday, January 15th, 2009, 8:47 am