Military Survival Expert Rates 9 Ocean Survival Scenes In Movies And TV | How Real Is It? | Insider

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  • @Splackavellie85
    @Splackavellie85 3 года назад +7345

    “One of the first senses you lose in a survival situation is your sense of humor.”
    This guy was fantastic. Please bring him back.

    • @amberlita
      @amberlita 2 года назад +133

      I love that he gave that IASIP clip a 10/10. Their behavior is totally ridiculous and this guy "That's how people who haven't thought about it and haven't trained would react." Beautiful. :D

    • @Amadea27
      @Amadea27 2 года назад +10

      We definitely need more of him!

    • @vancie
      @vancie 2 года назад +6

      Right? He clearly hasn't lost his sense of humor. Loved him!

    • @OpnDoarPlcy
      @OpnDoarPlcy 2 года назад +29

      The Marine Corps taught us that in a prisoner of war situation where your sanity is on the line, maintaining your sense of humor (discretely of course) was an exercise in survival and returning home.

    • @markmearth1
      @markmearth1 2 года назад +7

      Yes. He was fantastic. Could listen to him for.......... Seems like a guy who has achieved high levels but is very "down to earth" (accidental humour for surviving at sea video). He seems quite humble and non-judgemental about people who sometimes don't react well in distress and emergencies. Seems like the type of bloke that you'd want in a life raft with you, and the type of bloke who would be a really good friend (honorable). 🙏🏻😊 Respect.

  • @fwfindawan1481
    @fwfindawan1481 3 года назад +9997

    Not only he has the knowledge, he also very good at telling it.

    • @herrakaarme
      @herrakaarme 3 года назад +208

      That's one of the most important traits an instructor can possess. We have all met people who have a vast amount of knowledge, but are more or less incapable of explaining anything to anyone so that it would be really understood.

    • @chatnoire89
      @chatnoire89 3 года назад +24

      @@herrakaarme The story of most my school years.

    • @dauvone.5772
      @dauvone.5772 3 года назад +7

      That’s his job

    • @GabGotti3
      @GabGotti3 3 года назад

      Idk, he contradicted himself like 6 times

    • @anastasia6455
      @anastasia6455 3 года назад +15

      @@GabGotti3 where?

  • @Not_a_Lizard_
    @Not_a_Lizard_ 3 года назад +17410

    Insider didn't just get a survival trainer, they got a survival trainer trainer. Bless.

    • @AwkwardYet
      @AwkwardYet 3 года назад +893

      They got the experts expert

    • @AlexandraVioletta
      @AlexandraVioletta 3 года назад +321

      Expert level 1000

    • @cayden.m3720
      @cayden.m3720 3 года назад +248

      The question is, who trains him?

    • @rico653caines3
      @rico653caines3 3 года назад +380

      @@cayden.m3720 And then the question would be, who trained the person who trained him?

    • @jermaineking9837
      @jermaineking9837 3 года назад +13

      Facts

  • @sarasicus
    @sarasicus 2 года назад +733

    If you like this guy and want to see more, you should totally check out a show he’s in “survive that”. He and a bunch of other survival experts kidnap each other and the get dumped in random parts of the world with 100 hours to find civilisation. It’s a brilliant show, informative and hilarious.

    • @SAM_URAI-7
      @SAM_URAI-7 2 года назад +7

      Thanks!

    • @DreckbobBratpfanne
      @DreckbobBratpfanne Год назад +14

      that sounds awesome, thanks for sharing

    • @Oakshield2
      @Oakshield2 Год назад +1

      Right on. Sounds great.

    • @anyatheile
      @anyatheile Год назад +35

      For those in the US trying to find it it's called 'Dude You're Screwed'

    • @sarasicus
      @sarasicus Год назад +1

      @@anyatheile Thanks for sharing! I'm English so had no idea :)

  • @moonfox1329
    @moonfox1329 2 года назад +1066

    "They are far more at risk from us than we are from them."
    I loved that he commented that, adding all the weight that his expertise as a top ocean survival trainer carries. Sharks are so misunderstood still, with many of them on the brink of extinction from overhunting.

    • @jena.alexia
      @jena.alexia 2 года назад +23

      Me too. I love sharks and it's so nice to hear them be respected and not demonised.

    • @cryth2725
      @cryth2725 2 года назад +10

      sharks just hang out and eat a lil, dolphins are the real threats

    • @thaloblue
      @thaloblue Год назад

      Ummmm not in australia. The great whites there do barbaric things to people dumb enough to swim out too far.

    • @shaun5047
      @shaun5047 Год назад

      @@cryth2725 lol what..

    • @cryth2725
      @cryth2725 Год назад +13

      @@shaun5047 dude dolphins literally rape people, they play ping pong with other fish. and have you heard of Orcas, their name "Killer whale" was a misinterpretation of "Killer OF whales". dolphins are pretty horrible.

  • @alanarias9993
    @alanarias9993 3 года назад +2980

    "I train the trainers how to teach"
    It doesn't get much more badass than that

    • @gezzapk
      @gezzapk 3 года назад +39

      But who trained him..

    • @MashedUp43
      @MashedUp43 3 года назад +97

      Chuck Norris.

    • @foty8679
      @foty8679 3 года назад +27

      @@gezzapk Who shaves the barber?

    • @MilkT0ast
      @MilkT0ast 2 года назад +8

      @@foty8679 himself
      *dun dun dunnnnn*

    • @kekekeke2200
      @kekekeke2200 2 года назад +3

      Imagine if he was a drill sergeant who trains drill sergeants to train dril seargents, that would be a lot of group anger, yelling, stomping etc

  • @ODiEdiTzZ
    @ODiEdiTzZ 3 года назад +2488

    I love how accepting he is of the un-realism of Hollywood. He's reviewing their closeness to reality without letting it upset him when they're completely wrong. Top tier stuff.

    • @julialowes284
      @julialowes284 2 года назад +3

      Do u think movies scenes would make him upset?💀💀 LMAO

    • @steves578
      @steves578 2 года назад +11

      @kshamwhizzle agreed, a lot of experts they bring on seem to forget its movie, or fail to explain why something wouldn't work and why something could.

    • @julialowes284
      @julialowes284 2 года назад

      @Lello what I said wasn’t even funny I was just laughing

    • @dvchel
      @dvchel 2 года назад

      @kshamwhizzle Exactly. He was so cool and respectful into bringing it forward. You know, keeping the movie magic intact.

    • @JackeyBoyyy
      @JackeyBoyyy 2 года назад +2

      @@julialowes284 yeah some experts seem to get mad when a movie isn't like real life.

  • @quentinboucher
    @quentinboucher 3 года назад +3612

    They got the badass that teaches badasses who teach badasses to be badass. That’s badass.

    • @wizard9489
      @wizard9489 3 года назад +148

      Damn, I’m not an expert but I’d say this comment is badass

    • @bluegirl7043
      @bluegirl7043 3 года назад +73

      @@wizard9489 I’d say this reply is badass

    • @lin_0_1
      @lin_0_1 3 года назад +51

      I'd say this video is badass

    • @FixyFlow
      @FixyFlow 3 года назад +45

      I’d say this reply section is badass

    • @steve00alt70
      @steve00alt70 3 года назад

      Do u lift weights?

  • @raphaelchagas1676
    @raphaelchagas1676 2 года назад +211

    This video is almost 20 minutes long and he made it feel like 2 minutes. I loved listening to this guy.

    • @grafficacma
      @grafficacma 9 месяцев назад

      Right? Felt the same!

  • @OpnDoarPlcy
    @OpnDoarPlcy 2 года назад +519

    The Marine Corps taught us that in a survival situation, maintaining your sense of humor (discretely of course) was enormously understated as a means of self-preservation and returning home.

    • @jjhry177
      @jjhry177 2 года назад +35

      if you have fun (humour) you will stand a better chance of surviving rather than being pissed off angry all the time and getting more depressed which would you prefer and i agree with you bud

    • @chippyjohn1
      @chippyjohn1 2 года назад

      You yanks take it too far, you aren't supposed to find killing innocent people funny.

    • @I-dont-reply
      @I-dont-reply 2 года назад +3

      Have fun till the end

    • @skytrooper8888
      @skytrooper8888 Год назад +7

      I didn’t know they issued marines a sense of humor us in the army thought you guys just got just crayons 😂😂😂

    • @Rad_Akali
      @Rad_Akali 3 месяца назад

      ​@@skytrooper8888Their crayon jokes are probably a symptom of the trained humor 😅

  • @Jiiinxyyy
    @Jiiinxyyy 3 года назад +9295

    I could've listened to him talk about every ocean movie in existence

    • @chateauarusi
      @chateauarusi 3 года назад +214

      Totally agreed. Insider should start a new channel, "John Hudson talks about, I don't know, whatever he feels like he wants to talk about," and I'd watch every video.

    • @kristinastaab3572
      @kristinastaab3572 3 года назад +56

      He wrote a book and I have the audiobook. I could literally listen to that audiobook on repeat forever. 😂

    • @lepotato135
      @lepotato135 3 года назад +17

      Same. I didn't want the video to end.

    • @briansniffin2719
      @briansniffin2719 3 года назад +16

      I could also look at him talk about it too 😍

    • @lepotato135
      @lepotato135 3 года назад +13

      @@briansniffin2719 Yeah, there is something pretty charming about him. 😂

  • @Beauvoir
    @Beauvoir 3 года назад +3348

    Best one ever. Please bring him back to cover all movies with any water.
    “Would that glass of water quench his thirst?”
    *Chuckle* “No.”

  • @TheUnforgiven69
    @TheUnforgiven69 3 года назад +2522

    I served 25 years and was a SAR Tech for 10 of that in the CAF before retiring. I can tell you my training is extensive and John Hudson is absolutely a Legend amongst anyone military who has had survival training for the utmost in extreme situations. Spot on critiques here. Thumbs up to this hero.

    • @madoxxxx06
      @madoxxxx06 3 года назад +41

      I'm not from your country but thanks for your service.

    • @TheUnforgiven69
      @TheUnforgiven69 3 года назад +96

      @@madoxxxx06 You not being from my country means even more to me that you can thank. I've seen things I wish I could forget. I appreciate you, my friend. We are from different countries but we are all human and in this game we call life together. I can only say thank you to you as well.

    • @madoxxxx06
      @madoxxxx06 3 года назад +28

      @@TheUnforgiven69 you are very welcome, serving ones country in any capacity is great, but military service is a true sign of patriotism.

    • @backpackzak8448
      @backpackzak8448 2 года назад +7

      Honestly so jealous of you brother. I wanted to go on SAR Selection but I'm colorblind so it's excluded me. Been in a CAF for coming on 12 years!

    • @TheUnforgiven69
      @TheUnforgiven69 2 года назад

      @@backpackzak8448 That's a shame. Were you CV3? In some cases exceptions can be made especially on recommendation from your CO. CV2 cases can move forward as long as they pass the Farnsworth D-15 Standard test despite failing the color plates. At least that was the case 20 years ago. Requirements seem to get stiffer over time despite the fact they allow females now who cant handle the various tests nearly as well as a male

  • @atree5915
    @atree5915 2 года назад +66

    its good that he's also rating what people "without" experience would react. not only how he would react.

  • @jena.alexia
    @jena.alexia 2 года назад +150

    As a former lifeguard, we were taught entering the water to rescue someone is the last resort, unless they're unconscious, obviously. It's better to throw something to them, as he said. Can confirm pulling someone out of the water is incredibly difficult but can be done with techniques you're taught. Easier in a pool than an ocean though. I loved this. Just fascinating! 5 🌟.

    • @ridnolan2029
      @ridnolan2029 Год назад +4

      Reach, throw, row, go

    • @jena.alexia
      @jena.alexia Год назад +9

      @@ridnolan2029 I like that! 😊 You're no good to someone if you drown yourself or they panic and drag you down. We did have one lifeguard though where I worked. He would take off his polo shirt and jump in (our very own David Hasselhoff) everytime someone was even slightly in trouble. He destroyed so many two way radios though he had to be stopped. 😂

    • @ridnolan2029
      @ridnolan2029 Год назад

      @@jena.alexia Thanks! It's one of the first things I learned and never forgot. And thanks for the image of David Hasselhoff. I can't get him out of my head. 😂

  • @firekrys
    @firekrys 3 года назад +1276

    I remember this guy from “Dude You’re Screwed” and he was one of the ones that wasn’t overplaying things. He totally knows his stuff. He literally wrote the survival manual for the UK military. The one thing I will always remember is him talking about how to have a Positive mental attitude when dealing with survival.

    • @Jennyfisch
      @Jennyfisch 3 года назад +38

      That was one aspect I liked about "Unbroken". The one to die on that raft was the one who had mentally given up.

    • @raheemnicholls5055
      @raheemnicholls5055 3 года назад +2

      Yeah I remember him too from show

    • @buiuh1260
      @buiuh1260 3 года назад +10

      i would have a positive mental attitude when dealing with survival too if i was an specialist. but i am not

    • @scoobydoobydoo8069
      @scoobydoobydoo8069 3 года назад +1

      Omg I totally forgot about that episode lol

    • @GroceryStoreStories101
      @GroceryStoreStories101 2 года назад +7

      Dude Your Screwed is a awesome show. Survival is 90 % phycology. John Hudson really knows his stuff

  • @heyuonthewall26
    @heyuonthewall26 3 года назад +9592

    “Can you outswim a shark?”
    *laughs hysterically*
    “No.”

    • @chatnoire89
      @chatnoire89 3 года назад +50

      And then comes in Crawl (2019), albeit that's with some sorr of giant crocodiles. 😂

    • @rorysaurusrex_
      @rorysaurusrex_ 3 года назад +13

      @@iwatchyoutube6539 you must be fun at parties

    • @cr9477
      @cr9477 3 года назад +4

      Yeah it’s in the video

    • @GuukanKitsune
      @GuukanKitsune 3 года назад +49

      Yes, I am sure any animal designed by evolution for maximized mobility on land is capable of outswimming any animal designed By evolution for maximized mobility in water.
      It's common knowledge that, by the same vein, a shark can outrun most terrestrial animals when they come out of water, as they occasionally do!

    • @GuukanKitsune
      @GuukanKitsune 3 года назад +48

      @@chatnoire89 Actually, it's possible to outswim a croc, but not because they're slow swimmers. They are ambush predators, relying on their camouflage and stealth. They swim very slowly and silently up to prey and then, VERY SUDDENLY, launch themselves at full speed to attack once in range. The biggest danger of a croc is not knowing they're there. If you know they're there, you can actually outswim their stalking swim pretty easily. Keep that up for a bit, and the croc might actually decide you're not worth the effort and break off the hunt.
      Just keep in mind, Crocs are actually pretty fast on land, too, and use much the same tactic. They can't keep it up for long but a galloping croc can reach 20-30 MPH, they can easily chase down horses and deer if they stalk close enough before sprinting into a gallop because they accelerate MUCH faster.
      Also, if you're on the other side of a chain link fence or in a tree, you are still not safe because both alligators and crocs can actually CLIMB, and are regularly sighted in trees and fenced areas as a result.

  • @dannchap7795
    @dannchap7795 3 года назад +371

    You can see why he trains the trainers, very entertaining, easy to follow and well spoken. Clearly highly experienced

  • @jofox1186
    @jofox1186 3 года назад +341

    I was capsized while sailing in the North Sea in early March as a young adult. When we went into the water it was very cold. A storm was building and a small shipping warning had been issued. We had been heading home with all speed. I remember gasping hard when I went in but then I couldn't get myself to breath at all for the longest time. I really thought I would suffocate. Then we tried hard to right the boat, climbing on the upturned hull and pulling the keel over with all out weight but the mast was stuck, probably in a sand bank.
    Our safety boat for the flotilla appeared and was manned by someone who was just learning. He approached from windward and up tide with his 2 mercury 90s pointing towards us. He got too close and I tried to yell as hard as I could that he was going to make us into mincemeat but I couldn't get any sound to come out. Fortunately his trainer saw the situation and floored the engines to bring them away from us in the water but I was swept under and away from both boats by the force of the engines right next to me. By this time I'd been in the water for about 5 minutes and couldn't feel my legs. I remember thinking that the situation was serious because I couldn't see any shipping or land. I remember thinking clearly that I should blow my whistle (on the life jacket), but I never actually did it. I kept thinking I had and then seeing that I hadn't even got the whistle out of the loop it was held in on the lifejacket. By the time I was rescued I didn't feel cold anymore and had stopped shivering. I couldn't really move much at all or keep a coherant thought in my head. I just remember feeling quite peaceful.

    • @MASTEROFEVIL
      @MASTEROFEVIL 2 года назад +2

      You're lucky to even be alive after something like that

    • @jofox1186
      @jofox1186 2 года назад +20

      @@MASTEROFEVIL Yeah, it was quite scary at the time. I don't think I felt properly warm for a day or so.

    • @latinaalma1947
      @latinaalma1947 2 года назад +20

      Your statement may give some comfort to others...thanks.

    • @tomben6180
      @tomben6180 2 года назад +17

      I’m never entering the sea ever again

    • @FallOfDemons
      @FallOfDemons 2 года назад +17

      Very interesting to read, thank you for sharing

  • @JJay-m1x
    @JJay-m1x 2 года назад +55

    not only does this guy know what he is talking about but also he is a brilliant teacher. if he ever gives private survival lessons i'd gladly participate. pls bring him back to this show

  • @DanteRU0312
    @DanteRU0312 3 года назад +916

    "It's a really common way for people to get into difficulties"
    That's one way to call it.

    • @johnkreese4706
      @johnkreese4706 3 года назад +22

      Maybe I’ll just avoid getting on cruise ships and the ocean…..I’ll stick to the resort pool and sipping drinks instead

    • @chatnoire89
      @chatnoire89 3 года назад +3

      @@johnkreese4706 Me too. My first time swimming in the ocean was a few months ago as an adult who can swim. I didn't put the life jacket on and while I was looking down to enjoy the view I drifted a bit too far away from the pier. Could've had a heart attack when I pulled my head up and realized how far away I was. Never again, at least not without a life jacket!

    • @johnkreese4706
      @johnkreese4706 3 года назад +2

      @@chatnoire89 I get my feet wet in the ocean,…but that’s it…drinks by the sand….on a nice chair…..and a joint

    • @christinevanzyl3106
      @christinevanzyl3106 3 года назад +15

      Best way to handle this to ask where the safe spaces to swim are from locals. Locals very rarely die from drowning, it’s usually tourists who think they know best.
      Interesting story was from a local that got pulled out to sea. Instead of swimming back, he made himself comfy and floated until the currents brought him back to another part of the beach. He knew the ocean and knew he would have drowned if he wasted all his strength by swimming against the current. It really is about knowing the timing of how the currents push and pull that keeps you safe.

    • @dzungtran314
      @dzungtran314 2 года назад

      @@chatnoire89 Something similar happened to me last year. I told myself not to panic and focused on swimming back. All those cardio workouts paid off.

  • @FTropper
    @FTropper 3 года назад +1121

    If I ever get lost at sea, I want this guy by my side!

    • @Foolish188
      @Foolish188 3 года назад +78

      Yeah, he won't think of cannibalism first!

    • @crewcutter2030
      @crewcutter2030 3 года назад +10

      so he can eat you when it gets tough?

    • @Blaisem
      @Blaisem 3 года назад +73

      He's probably so skilled that he will find the right way to sautee you 3 weeks in.

    • @acidicjerk218
      @acidicjerk218 3 года назад +2

      @@Blaisem lmaooo

    • @amatya.rakshasa
      @amatya.rakshasa 3 года назад +10

      But you *will* get the short straw three weeks in. Lol

  • @Ramboost007
    @Ramboost007 3 года назад +6056

    The fact that he calls Rose's survival in Titanic superhuman and basically a miracle just adds credence to the popular fan theory that Rose is an unreliable narrator and made at least a large part of her story up.

    • @AndrewNiccol
      @AndrewNiccol 3 года назад +272

      "basically a miracle" doesn't mean "impossible."

    • @LocalFoe
      @LocalFoe 3 года назад +554

      You understand that Rose is a fictional character, right?

    • @marallenrondez2606
      @marallenrondez2606 3 года назад +326

      Well, with Rose as the supposed last survivor of the Titanic in the film, and with no other survivor to talk to, the researchers will just take her story at face value.
      Also, adding the unreliable narrator theory, she's the only narrator we have, and the fact that she knows about the Heart of the Ocean pretty much proves she's a main source of info at best or unreliable at worst.

    • @Ramboost007
      @Ramboost007 3 года назад +436

      @@LocalFoe Of course it's fictional. I'm just referring to what happened in the universe of the movie.
      In the movie, the events aboard the Titanic are told from Rose's point of view. However, Rose does not have any concrete evidence to back them up. Jack's name is not on the manifest (since he won the ticket in a last minute poker game), she cannot provide any links to her past socialite life (since she burned all bridges to that life to avoid her domineering mother, actions inspired by Jack), and no other witness is alive to corroborate her story. The only evidence she has is the presence of a "Rose Dawson" in the survivor list (which may not be her), a nude drawing of her (which may also not be her), and possession of The Heart of The Ocean (which she may have acquired somewhere else aside from being in the Titanic or may even be a fake altogether).
      Adding the fact that her story has a lot of inconsistencies, inaccuracies, and anachronisms (Jack mentions a lake that did not yet exist), that it's told from the memory of a 101 year-old woman, and now including this expert's analysis in her alleged survivor story, there is a very plausible chance that "Rose"'s story may be inaccurate at best at completely false at worst, and she might just be a grifter scamming the explorers, who were suspicious of that happening in the first place. But with some good storytelling peppered with publicly known facts about Titanic, she manages to get a free trip to Newfoundland.

    • @pcbassoon3892
      @pcbassoon3892 3 года назад +50

      There were a few people pulled from the water floating on things. But it wasn't by people from the Carpathia. One of the life boats went back fairly quickly, but the water was so cold, almost everyone was dead. I don't think there are accounts of whistle blowing, but a few people survived going in the water.

  • @Blazequine
    @Blazequine 2 года назад +71

    My history teacher knew Louis Zamperini, the one Unbroken is about. Louis used to come to my high school and talk to all the kids, until eventually my teacher stopped bringing him in due to his age. From what my teacher told me about him, he was an incredibly sweet man, I wish I had gotten the chance to talk to him and hear more of his story of what happened.

  • @thomasackerman5399
    @thomasackerman5399 3 года назад +299

    At 2:31, it's not anyone from the Carpathia in a lifeboat looking for survivors who went into the water after the Titanic sank, it's Titanic 5th officer Harold Lowe, commanding one of just two of the Titanic's lifeboats to return to try and save people from the water after Titanic had sunk.

    • @Unownshipper
      @Unownshipper 2 года назад +28

      I was hoping someone else would point this out.

    • @me5969
      @me5969 2 года назад +10

      I’ve never seen the film and it’s entirely possible he hasn’t but is he talking about what happened in real life perhaps, thinking it’s what the film was portraying? Bare in mind the fella hasn’t got context for these clips.

    • @mehere8038
      @mehere8038 2 года назад +1

      @@me5969 nice user name :)

    • @CT-REX-fx4fv
      @CT-REX-fx4fv 2 года назад +25

      @@me5969 the Film is pretty accurate except the whole love story. The Carpathia arrived in the early morning hours not in the night. So the survival expert made a mistake

    • @HarryFlashmanVC
      @HarryFlashmanVC 2 года назад +3

      That Ioan Gryffud has lots of practice as a sailor.. wasn't he Hornblower? My only question would be, would his uniform be quite so immaculate?

  • @aclark217
    @aclark217 3 года назад +797

    I'm glad he gave the scene from Unbroken 10/10 since it was based on the real-life experience of Louis Zamperini and his fellow crew members.

    • @russelljohnson6267
      @russelljohnson6267 3 года назад +7

      Agreed

    • @thatonechupacabra2996
      @thatonechupacabra2996 2 года назад +22

      It was such a good movie. Totally deserved a 10/10

    • @aleksandarlitov3118
      @aleksandarlitov3118 2 года назад +14

      Movies based on real events can still be overplayed and stamped some Hollywood for effect.

    • @mikeyb22
      @mikeyb22 2 года назад +8

      I thought the same thing, I've read the book and it was fantastic

    • @scottstewart9154
      @scottstewart9154 2 года назад +1

      Lots of movies based on real life that are ruined by Hollywood. Watch the real-life documentary of "Little Dieter Needs to fly", then watch the horrible Hollywood remake "Rescue dawn"as an example. Better yet just watch "Little Dieter Needs to fly" and don't waste time watching the other

  • @TheHolyRomanEmpireGaming
    @TheHolyRomanEmpireGaming 3 года назад +3218

    Are we just gonna ignore the fact that a special trained marine survivalist gave “it’s always sunny” a 10/10 realism rating.

    • @allan2098
      @allan2098 2 года назад +41

      Because thats realistic. A couple o idiots in a life raft are not going to manage.

    • @KNYD
      @KNYD 2 года назад +86

      RUM HAM!

    • @nissan_skyline
      @nissan_skyline 2 года назад +362

      Well yeah. Cause he explains how someone who hasn't thought about survival in real life and hasn't been trained in it would react similarly if they had to enter survival mode. Sounds like a realistic scenario to me.

    • @TheHolyRomanEmpireGaming
      @TheHolyRomanEmpireGaming 2 года назад +82

      @@nissan_skyline I need to elaborate, this is true and I was appreciating the fact that he understood that.

    • @tomasflatharta
      @tomasflatharta 2 года назад +2

      Brilliant

  • @sweepingtime
    @sweepingtime 3 года назад +299

    I think it's amazing that the Inuit gesture of greeting is also a check to see if you still have manual dexterity.

    • @ire1398
      @ire1398 3 года назад +10

      It’s also the number 6 in ASL.

    • @mikearchibald744
      @mikearchibald744 3 года назад +2

      Middle index finger works too.

  • @emperortrajan3609
    @emperortrajan3609 2 года назад +61

    This is one of the best if these. Loved his professionalism and confidence without arrogance. I actually learned a lot from this one.

    • @whiteeye3453
      @whiteeye3453 2 года назад

      Not exactly when he didn't mention adrenaline in titanic to pull it of and he doesn't know about survival mode

  • @johnlaremy3592
    @johnlaremy3592 2 года назад +78

    The one he gave 10/10 was a true story, and it was the longest time anyone had survived adrift at sea in a liferaft at that time (During WW2). Pretty amazing story!

    • @biosparkles9442
      @biosparkles9442 Год назад +5

      I'm gonna assume you're not talking about Its Always Sunny

    • @johnlaremy3592
      @johnlaremy3592 Год назад +6

      @@biosparkles9442 xD no when Louie Zamperini was adrift for like 45 days or something

  • @malvoliosf
    @malvoliosf 3 года назад +619

    His imitation of a tonic shark - “urr, what’s happening?” - is priceless. (7:20)

    • @bryson.lovorn
      @bryson.lovorn 2 года назад +21

      was looking for this comment, favourite expression in the video

    • @graceking9478
      @graceking9478 2 года назад +10

      Literally same 😂

    • @nzwakele
      @nzwakele 2 года назад +6

      I lost it

  • @hypersenator3022
    @hypersenator3022 3 года назад +477

    Damn, that man really knows what to do. It was nice to see, real pro

  • @hello7032
    @hello7032 3 года назад +178

    Having the knowledge is one thing, being able to communicate it effectively is another. This guy has both

  • @katego370
    @katego370 5 месяцев назад +2

    I really like this guy, straight to the point yet with adequate humor.

  • @allshookup1640
    @allshookup1640 2 года назад +277

    Fun Fact! Charles Joughin, the head baker on the Titanic survived in a pretty crazy way! After passing out food and supplies, giving up a seat on a lifeboat for another, and throwing chairs over so other could use them to float, he went to his cabin and got HAMMERED on whiskey. He was in the water for 2-3 hours. He survived for a few reasons. He was one of if now THE last person to leave the ship clinging to the stern as it went down. Also the cold water nullified the effects of alcoholic vasodilation and gave him a heavy dose of liquid courage. While everyone was panicking and thrashing, lose body heat or drowning, he just doggy paddled around for hours. He ended up clinging to a life raft until another came along and pulled him in. He survived until 1959. Pretty darn amazing

    • @annemchurchwell
      @annemchurchwell Год назад +12

      Yes and also that was Officer Harold Lowe of the Titanic and not the Carpathia.

    • @allshookup1640
      @allshookup1640 Год назад

      @@annemchurchwell what was officer Lowe?

    • @annemchurchwell
      @annemchurchwell Год назад

      @@allshookup1640 5th officer of the Titanic

    • @allshookup1640
      @allshookup1640 Год назад

      @@annemchurchwell what about him? Sorry I’m just confused why you brought him up

    • @annemchurchwell
      @annemchurchwell Год назад +3

      @allshookup1640 the one who brought the life boat back to search for surviors. He said he was from the Carpathia.

  • @Maazzzo
    @Maazzzo 3 года назад +340

    Really enjoyed John Hudson, please bring him back.

  • @gewgulkansuhckitt9086
    @gewgulkansuhckitt9086 3 года назад +352

    Kudos for addressing the "We gotta have food!" mentality when you're short on water. Food takes water to digest. If you're short on water, minimize eating as much as you can afford to or even stop eating altogether to make the water last longer. Sometimes you really do need the food to help withstand cold or provide necessary energy for physical feats. Otherwise it's better to go hungry. Also it's usually better to go hungry than eat some questionable food that might make you sick.

    • @ire1398
      @ire1398 3 года назад +3

      If you need to eat a person eat the fat.

    • @The_DC_Kid
      @The_DC_Kid 2 года назад +13

      Raw, wild seagull sounds pretty chancy even if you're near a hospital.

    • @TommyCurrell
      @TommyCurrell 2 года назад +3

      What about drinking blood

    • @V3ntilator
      @V3ntilator 2 года назад +5

      @@TommyCurrell You will dehydrate faster.

    • @thaloblue
      @thaloblue Год назад +1

      @@The_DC_Kid they are literally sky rats. I think mayyyybe in a jam I might use their blood to keep my lips from cracking. Might even drink a little, but most likely not. But there’s a reason we don’t eat birds raw.

  • @ikeekieeki
    @ikeekieeki 3 года назад +325

    it is good to see a survival expert confirm that survival is better with each other, not "every man for himself"

    • @mikearchibald744
      @mikearchibald744 3 года назад +15

      except for the cabin boy.

    • @Istaphobos
      @Istaphobos 2 года назад

      IKR!

    • @mehere8038
      @mehere8038 2 года назад +1

      agreed! & he's British too! British soldiers died in much higher numbers than Aussies & others in ww2 POW camps, cause they didn't stick together well. ANZACS did it best & so survived in disproportionately high numbers

    • @MrTheclevercat
      @MrTheclevercat 2 года назад +2

      @@mehere8038 The survival rate in POW camps had almost nothing to do with that and almost everything to do with the amount of food, forced labor and extermination. What a fucked thing to believe.

    • @mehere8038
      @mehere8038 2 года назад

      @@MrTheclevercat you need to do some research! Many camps had a mix of POW's from different countries, all getting exactly the same rations & doing exactly the same work, yet some nations saw a far higher percentage survive than others. Certainly stuff like POW's with dysentery giving their rations to their mates while sick, then getting extra back when/if they recovered assisted, but moral is also a huge thing

  • @bushcraftbasics2036
    @bushcraftbasics2036 Год назад +8

    I wish we could see more of this guy on survival shows. He explains things so well in a fun manner. Best of all he takes information from all survival genres and not just the tough soldier, stone age wannabe or the person who wants to be one with the earth, like many others do. He takes pieces from all of these and provides a much more balanced view.

  • @ajayschooler
    @ajayschooler 2 года назад +21

    I've had the pleasure of speaking with John several times, he is an absolute gentleman. I can thoroughly recommend his books on survival.

  • @yuliangeorgiev
    @yuliangeorgiev 3 года назад +561

    That's one of the best ones from Insider.

  • @mr.meeseeks5127
    @mr.meeseeks5127 3 года назад +1425

    The ocean took my brother. 53 degree water. They searched for his body for 12 hours. After 30 minutes they weren't looking for a survivor, they were looking for a body. Coast guard never found him. Buried at sea.

    • @Lia-xf2xm
      @Lia-xf2xm 3 года назад +242

      I'm so sorry about your brother. Sending love your way.

    • @2120musiclover
      @2120musiclover 3 года назад +80

      Damn, I’m sorry

    • @redbetta2191
      @redbetta2191 3 года назад +115

      he is with aqua man

    • @michaelterrell5061
      @michaelterrell5061 3 года назад +34

      I’m so sorry to hear that.

    • @catsinwonderland7473
      @catsinwonderland7473 3 года назад +139

      @@redbetta2191 dude 😭😭😭 thats sweet but thats so disrespectful

  • @highvoltage988
    @highvoltage988 3 года назад +306

    This has to be the most 10/10s given in this series. Seems if Hollywood can do one thing right, it's ocean survival.

    • @DJShire_ATL
      @DJShire_ATL 3 года назад +7

      And I like how this comment has exactly ten likes. 10 out of infinity that is.

    • @hueco5002
      @hueco5002 3 года назад +15

      Hollywood always fictions things up for more entertainment value. What’s it say about ocean survival, then, that being perfectly real is harrowing enough for our entertainment?

    • @josephanaya7689
      @josephanaya7689 3 года назад +8

      Don’t give Hollywood too much credit. These are hand picked films not a random compilation. I’m sure there are more films where they get it wrong than they do right.

    • @zachgordon99
      @zachgordon99 3 года назад +1

      On average it seems like 😂

    • @lucheng1945
      @lucheng1945 3 года назад +1

      Watch the video on cults, they've got those down pretty well too.

  • @KazenoniKakuremi
    @KazenoniKakuremi 2 года назад +63

    7:29 His impersonation of what a shark would be thinking when flipped upside is hilarious ....but he's spot on
    This is what Killer Whales do when they hunt sharks....they flip them on their back and for some reason the sharks go catatonic like the fell asleep
    There's great documentary footage of Killer whales doing this to sharks and humans experimenting using this technique

  • @narc440
    @narc440 2 года назад +45

    I used to take cold showers and even though the water was like 60 F, I was still in shock for like 30 seconds trying to get used to it. I couldn't even begin to imagine how shocking it was to have been in the near freezing water where the Titanic sank

    • @debjoy12
      @debjoy12 Год назад +6

      not near freezing, BELOW freezing! the ocean was estimated to be 27-28F that night. (salt water freezes at a lower temperature than fresh water.) Jack Thayer, a survivor, described the shocking feeling as "being stabbed with millions of knives" when he dove into the water after there were no more lifeboats.

    • @kateburcroff5209
      @kateburcroff5209 Год назад +4

      I went to the Titanic museum in Gatlinburg a couple of years ago,and they have a pool that's the same temperature the water was that night. You're supposed to stick your arm in and see how long you can last. I pretty much stuck my arm in, and pulled it right back out.

  • @amberh1653
    @amberh1653 3 года назад +272

    I'm so happy he gave Unbroken a 10/10 for realism. That's one of my favorite movies and for good reason ☺️

    • @BuzziRus
      @BuzziRus 2 года назад +13

      Should be because it was based on the true account of Louis Z. Hopefully told as it was.

    • @blu5021
      @blu5021 2 года назад +6

      @@BuzziRus the book is even better, but scary at points.

    • @fishsion9569
      @fishsion9569 2 года назад

      @@blu5021 yea we had to read it in school but worth it, I got so excited when they showed the albatross scene

    • @blu5021
      @blu5021 2 года назад +2

      @@fishsion9569 it was incredible how well they portrayed it. Most movies just say and then it was all ok after

  • @CYMotorsport
    @CYMotorsport 3 года назад +758

    Is there a patreon or petition I can contribute to in order to bring back “dude, you’re screwed”? Now that I see you’re alive and well, I’d love nothing more than to see grown adults travel 30 Miles in 100 hours in impossible climates. Low key the most addicting show on the planet.

    • @Chiwalker
      @Chiwalker 3 года назад +9

      It was obviously scripted, but was still so entertaining. I agree that I wish they had more seasons. I mean, the scenarios were whatever, bug the fact that the characters were legit was what really made it

    • @iwatchyoutube6539
      @iwatchyoutube6539 3 года назад +2

      You would pay money to see something you can get for free? Wow people are stupid nowadays.

    • @rorysaurusrex_
      @rorysaurusrex_ 3 года назад +15

      @@iwatchyoutube6539 who hurt you??

    • @CYMotorsport
      @CYMotorsport 3 года назад +8

      @@iwatchyoutube6539 with such a sophisticated name it’s no wonder you’re so clever. You must have ALL the Reddit karma huh?

    • @CYMotorsport
      @CYMotorsport 3 года назад +4

      @@Chiwalker absurdly scripted. But you get it haha if you described it to someone who has never seen it they’d be like… uh no thanks haha.totally the characters. So much low key tension between jake and John I loved it haha

  • @blaine8216
    @blaine8216 3 года назад +223

    This guy is really well spoken and interesting, hope to see him again

  • @mrsnrub282
    @mrsnrub282 3 года назад +356

    I love how It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is equally as realistic as Unbroken

    • @neilthorpe5988
      @neilthorpe5988 2 года назад +3

      😂

    • @thaloblue
      @thaloblue Год назад +15

      It’s probably super realistic in terms of the average intelligence of a civilian. And I say that as a civilian. I’m probably half aware, but can you imagine sharing a life raft with a qanon idiot? We’re gonna DIE.

  • @ashleymarie7452
    @ashleymarie7452 11 месяцев назад +3

    This guy is the real thing. I'd love to watch more from him! Totally impressed. And I don't often say that.

  • @shannonlouiseh.9316
    @shannonlouiseh.9316 3 года назад +167

    I bet he has some great stories himself. Best one of these thus far.

    • @kristinastaab3572
      @kristinastaab3572 3 года назад +10

      He wrote a book….👀 It’s called How To Survive. Just throwing that out there.

    • @shannonlouiseh.9316
      @shannonlouiseh.9316 3 года назад +4

      @@kristinastaab3572 thanks so much for the info😀

  • @reijisan9852
    @reijisan9852 3 года назад +114

    He can describe how paint dries and I'll totally listen to it.

  • @ygorschuma3059
    @ygorschuma3059 3 года назад +524

    15:38 There's also an anecdote/real story here in Brazil, that during the war, a brazillian expeditionary patrol in the italian mountains, not used to Europe's colder environment (Here is mostly warm and never too cold) made a small fire in the forest knowing that if a german patrol saw them they would be caught and killed, and in fact, a german patrol saw the fire, but didn't went to check out what it was because they thought it would be too stupid for someone to do that.

    • @eduardoverre6392
      @eduardoverre6392 2 года назад +4

      Do you know which part of Italy?

    • @ygorschuma3059
      @ygorschuma3059 2 года назад +25

      @@eduardoverre6392 Probably near the Monte Castello, which was the major battle the FEB had their entry marked in Europe.

    • @eduardoverre6392
      @eduardoverre6392 2 года назад +21

      @@ygorschuma3059 I live so near! It is realistic since in this area there were many many nazis during the occupation! It is in the north so yeah in the mountains can get to 0° or a bit less during the winter. Fun fact the place is so near at the birth village of Benito Mussolini!
      Great story!!

    • @V79K
      @V79K 2 года назад +4

      I didn't get it. They knew they would be caught and killed, so they built a small fire. But the German patrol saw them and yet ignored them because they thought it was stupid?

    • @virgiljericho664
      @virgiljericho664 2 года назад +35

      So these brazilians survived because of some weird reverse psychology.

  • @ponyboygolden963
    @ponyboygolden963 3 года назад +7

    His shark voice "Oh what's happening??😳😟" was downright adorable
    Fr though, one of my gave guests for this series! Just praying I can remember this video for my dumbass in Utah's backcountry

  • @123leemur
    @123leemur 2 года назад +12

    I love how he also give tips on how to survive these situations

  • @americas_soldier1490
    @americas_soldier1490 3 года назад +267

    Clicked it for entertainment. Walked away with a PhD in survival

  • @aliceblake8639
    @aliceblake8639 3 года назад +153

    I could listen to him for hours! Insider...we want more!
    This guy is simply awesome! :D

    • @sergioomar9090
      @sergioomar9090 2 года назад +2

      Try a show called dude, you're screwed. He was one of the participants and shows how intelligent this guy is and some others.

  • @hillaryfield1883
    @hillaryfield1883 3 года назад +898

    “You want to be unattractive to this thing”
    Me: ✅

  • @میردانش-ش1ط
    @میردانش-ش1ط 2 года назад +11

    Given how tough this guy is, that makes the part at 7:28 even more wholesome/entertaining 😀😀

  • @wildernesswolff9350
    @wildernesswolff9350 3 года назад +3

    This guy was one of the best ones ever. So knowledgeable and easy to listen to

  • @xraystyle00
    @xraystyle00 3 года назад +86

    "One of the first senses you lose is your sense of humor." nice one.

  • @BryanWhite77
    @BryanWhite77 3 года назад +61

    I would love to take a survival course with John Hudson. Such a class act.

  • @sadoldgit313
    @sadoldgit313 3 года назад +26

    20 yrs as a Combat Survival Officer and every word this guys says is absolute gold!

  • @marcor7152
    @marcor7152 2 года назад +20

    My husband and I with our 8 year old son had an accident in a lake.
    Our boat flipped and we found ourselves in the freezing water wearing all our clothes. Heavy jackets and leather boots, scarfs and jumpers. We had our life jackets on, but our clothes made it soooo hard for us to float.
    I had seen this video before and I swear, while I was gasping for air, hyperventilating and fearing for my son's life, there was a part of my brain saying:
    Well, it turns out , that guy from that RUclips video? Knew what he was talking about....
    We were able to swim to shore all three of us with great difficulty and we're ok now. Scariest 15 minutes of my life.

  • @pyotrberia9741
    @pyotrberia9741 2 года назад +4

    I enjoyed this. Picking scenes that have interesting information rather than criticizing movies that are completely unrealistic.

  • @lilliank3542
    @lilliank3542 3 года назад +117

    I honestly had no idea that water temperature affected how long one could hold their breath for! Very interesting!

    • @hunormagyar1843
      @hunormagyar1843 3 года назад +4

      Yeah and it sorta sucks if you think about it. Even without cold, and without doing any movement, you can only hold your breath for around a minute, or two at best. Splashing into cold water though is all sorts of bad. If your body was too heated before you enter, you can even get like a heart attack sorta thing... Plus this breathing reflex... RIP

    • @anna_in_aotearoa3166
      @anna_in_aotearoa3166 3 года назад +1

      As an asthmatic I've had that experience myself jumping into a river which turned out much colder than expected! Instant massive asthma attack from external temperature shock to torso & throat, even though I hadn't breathed in any liquid... 😬
      Thankfully an uncle spotted I was in difficulties & towed me out, or suspect I'd likely be dead now? It seemed like when breathing suddenly stopped like that, any logic and rest of body's motor control just went into a sudden freeze as well, really scary. Given the skill-building this gentleman & his trainees deliver, I suspect that may be something you can train yourself to override, but I dont imagine an untrained person has much chance alas? 😔

  • @RHTeebs
    @RHTeebs 3 года назад +331

    Interesting fun fact: the guy with the dark hair in Unbroken is based on a true person. His name was Louis Zamperini. He was an Olympic runner, and a soldier in WWII. He was born in my home town of Olean, NY.

    • @jgod1341
      @jgod1341 3 года назад +15

      They were all real people

    • @mizzouranger134
      @mizzouranger134 3 года назад +2

      Yeah they were all real and everyone moron knows that…. It says it in the movie. It’s made very very very clear.

    • @reyvery
      @reyvery 3 года назад +27

      @@mizzouranger134 you don't have to be rude, man

    • @omniimmortal9950
      @omniimmortal9950 2 года назад +1

      Interesting fun fact: People exaggerate their own experiences+lie about them for personal gain all the time.
      Don't fall to that, "oh these guys said they experienced this, it must be true!" train of thought.

    • @ksjsjajaj7658
      @ksjsjajaj7658 2 года назад +1

      Not so fun fact: Gaga had the worst experience in WWII

  • @bautistamolinari
    @bautistamolinari 3 года назад +31

    There's a song that says "the terrible thing about the sea is dying of thirst" wich always reminds me of that scene in unbroken

  • @Destroyer9300
    @Destroyer9300 2 года назад +6

    Inteligent person explains complicated things as simple as possible, i like this man, i could watch at least 20 min more. I would like him rating desert survival scenes too...

  • @incog_nizant
    @incog_nizant 2 года назад +90

    Missed opportunity to talk about Charles Joughlin, the baker on Titanic who survived for 3 hours in the cold water because he was completely smashed! Look him up, it’s a fantastic story. And he is portrayed in the film too.

    • @jjhry177
      @jjhry177 2 года назад +5

      if he was pissed then the alcohol thinned his blood enough to survive lucky him lol

    • @x--.
      @x--. 2 года назад +2

      Wait, what? We should get trashed if we're gonna freeze?

    • @gingerguinea-pigfromoneoft6394
      @gingerguinea-pigfromoneoft6394 2 года назад

      sounds like a birko head,sorry british slang,means he’s from birkenhead (which is one of the roughest areas in the north of England)

    • @Celisar1
      @Celisar1 2 года назад

      This is medical nonsense. Alcohol dilates your vessels which in return leads to loosing your body warmth faster which leads to hypothermia and death faster

    • @x--.
      @x--. 2 года назад

      @@Celisar1 yeah, that's what I thought! So something else was clearly going on here.

  • @starsantheoriginal
    @starsantheoriginal 3 года назад +226

    The shallows is one of those films that is so far out of reality that I couldn't enjoy it. It was so ridiculous. Sharks are not that vindictive. And also, THERES A GIANT DEAD WHALE. The shark will never waste the time attacking a human on the shore when the whale is right there, prime for eating

    • @ire1398
      @ire1398 3 года назад +23

      Jaws was the worst PR for sharks ever.

    • @vacsad
      @vacsad 3 года назад +7

      I can watch any trash shark movie, becuase, you know, sharks. Regardless how accurate the movies are, sharks are amazing and terrifying.

    • @ire1398
      @ire1398 3 года назад +18

      This makes me think of when there are Deaf people in movies and on TV. I’m an interpreter. It makes me nuts. Every time a Deaf person is interviewed by the police they: don’t get an interpreter, they find an officer who “can sign”, they sit them next to them, have them in a dark room, and the “interpreter” is ahead of what the person is signing. Dude! Laws of physics and neurology. Interpreting is the single hardest task the human brain can do. It requires a LOT of study past bilingualism (the beginning). Deaf people can’t watch someone signing in the dark next to them.

    • @MichaelAlthauser
      @MichaelAlthauser 3 года назад +9

      @@ire1398 It says a lot when even Peter Benchley regrets writing the book because he saw how much harm it ended up doing to sharks as an entire species.

  • @Dylan-sj2vo
    @Dylan-sj2vo 3 года назад +168

    I’m glad they did Always Sunny in Philadelphia that episode was hilarious

    • @denimchicken104
      @denimchicken104 3 года назад +20

      10/10, naturally

    • @acidicjerk218
      @acidicjerk218 3 года назад +2

      How did they survive that? Or like get back to shore?

    • @An1meL0v3r1997
      @An1meL0v3r1997 3 года назад +18

      @@acidicjerk218 they got rescued by a party boat

    • @keeemon4451
      @keeemon4451 3 года назад +9

      @@An1meL0v3r1997 by the guidos

  • @lbb2433
    @lbb2433 3 года назад +68

    What a cool and knowledgable guy. He knew his stuff and didn’t come across as a know it all at all. I feel I’ve learnt things from this video!

    • @user5214
      @user5214 2 года назад

      Yeah for someone who knows as much as he does he seems like someone whod make me feel smarter by talking to him

    • @mpownage4806
      @mpownage4806 2 года назад

      he is in a survival show too where they get dropped somewhere on the planet without knowing, its called dude you're screwed

  • @Obsidianightwalker
    @Obsidianightwalker 2 месяца назад

    I could watch videos from this guy all day. Incredibly informative with a good sense of humor. I need more of him.

  • @dokukarmagad12578
    @dokukarmagad12578 2 года назад +25

    John Hudson is an amazing expert and a great teacher. A very entertaining and enlightening video. But the main lesson I learned from watching this video is "never go anywhere near the ocean."

    • @HarryFlashmanVC
      @HarryFlashmanVC 2 года назад

      If you don't drown, you'll freeze, if you don't freeze, you'll bake and if you don't bake, you'll die of thirst, if you don't die of thirst, you'll get eaten by something nasty...
      I have a similar attitude to going to Australia, why would you go to a continent where most if the flora and fauna will try and kill you? 😁

  • @hurricaneofcats
    @hurricaneofcats 3 года назад +109

    The reason Unbroken is so accurate is because it's based on a true story. I read the book and what this man survived is insane.

    • @haroldbridges515
      @haroldbridges515 Год назад

      Titanic is based on a real story, but that film is fantasy.

    • @hurricaneofcats
      @hurricaneofcats Год назад

      @@haroldbridges515 I should clarify. The film Unbroken is a pretty faithful biographical adaptation of an actual person's life based on a non-fiction novel written by an actual historian which combines a detailed 1st person account with additional contextual historical research.
      Titanic is a film based on a historical event but completely invents pretty much everything. It's historical fiction, not a non-fiction biography. It borrows from some actual accounts and history but is non-biographical.

    • @haroldbridges515
      @haroldbridges515 Год назад

      @@hurricaneofcats How do you know how much of Zamperini's story as told by Hillebrandt is fiction?

    • @hurricaneofcats
      @hurricaneofcats Год назад

      @@haroldbridges515 That is something I personally cannot attest to since Mr. Zamperini died in 2014 and I'm not an expert on this particular topic.
      As with most historical accounts Zamperini is likely not a 100% reliable narrator, no human is. And I would not be shocked if there was some embellishment or inaccuracy. It includes a lot of harrowing stuff and Zamperini also didn't omit some of the uglier effects of his experiences after the war (drinking and PTSD). But his story as a whole is still pretty amazing even if you go by the well established facts. It's hard to dispute the key points of the story, his athletic career, his plane going down in the Pacific Ocean, the fact he was a Japanese POW, and the well-documented abuses that many POWs experienced. Hillenbrand didn't just use Zamperini's interviews, she also cited wartime records, letters, Zamperini's own diary from the war, other historians, other published accounts etc. Hillenbrand cites her sources in the book itself throughout. Feel free to form your own opinion, but I personally think Hillenbrand did her homework.

  • @saqibzulfiqar4236
    @saqibzulfiqar4236 3 года назад +62

    “When sharks attack there is not a lot you can do about it”
    Well that’s reassuring

  • @Julia-lk8jn
    @Julia-lk8jn 3 года назад +74

    I remember that gasp reflex. I was getting into water maybe 10°Celsius, (that's about 10° over freezing point) and the first thirty seconds after jumping in I was gasping and hyperventilating so much, I thought I was having a heart attack.
    After that, it was fine: the swimming kept me warm. And I had the entire (way too cold) pool to myself, hurray!

    • @MB-xw1tu
      @MB-xw1tu 2 года назад +3

      Same. When I taught at a middle school we took them to a camp in the spring and as motivation they were allowed to throw a teacher in the lake at the end of the week if they met a goal. It was Lake George. I had never been tossed in cold water (it was about the same temp as the water you describe). I was only a few feet from the dock (in 10 feet of water) but I wasn't sure I would make it back before I sank to the bottom because I barely got back to the top before I had to inhale and then it was just a constant battle to stay up high enough to breathe while I panted my way back (with hair all over my face so I couldn't see!)

    • @hectorgoodhope5800
      @hectorgoodhope5800 2 года назад +2

      I get that feeling just from having a cold shower

    • @bluehornet197
      @bluehornet197 2 года назад +1

      I've never had that reflex like you mammals do

    • @steffenkassner2033
      @steffenkassner2033 2 года назад

      @@bluehornet197 Well, your tracheae won't save you.

    • @bluehornet197
      @bluehornet197 2 года назад

      @@steffenkassner2033 you're right this is why I fly above water not swim in it

  • @christophernathanfarmer7726
    @christophernathanfarmer7726 2 года назад +17

    This guy is who you should have had as a survivor. He knows his information and has been through most.

  • @zackkrasney1936
    @zackkrasney1936 2 года назад +2

    I love John Hudson, he was on “Dude, You’re Screwed” an amazing survival show among some of the best of the best. Glad to see him back on my screen. Bring back Dude, You’re Screwed!

  • @i.cant.sleep.anymore
    @i.cant.sleep.anymore 3 года назад +16

    Please make another one of these with this guy, I learned more in this short video than I have in the past month.

    • @sergioomar9090
      @sergioomar9090 2 года назад

      Try a show called dude, you're screwed! He's on it with some other survival guys.

  • @gracet-d2498
    @gracet-d2498 3 года назад +169

    He just confirmed what we already knew, Jack could have got on that raft but Rose was too greedy

    • @blusafe1
      @blusafe1 3 года назад +19

      24 years later and people still get this wrong. 2 people on the raft was SO OBVIOUS it was the first thing they tried...and failed.

    • @jandm4ever716
      @jandm4ever716 3 года назад +4

      The raft couldn’t hold both of them with out flipping

  • @historywalrus4851
    @historywalrus4851 3 года назад +42

    I’d like insider to do a full video on how to survive in some of these scenarios

  • @DavidAWA
    @DavidAWA 2 года назад +8

    I was once locked in a walk-in freezer in slacks and a polo shirt for about 35 minutes (temp around 2 degree F). In just over 25 minutes I had lost all of the movement in my fingers and most of the movement of my hands below the wrist. I was shocked at how quickly they lost functionality.

  • @paulharper4196
    @paulharper4196 2 года назад +9

    I did cold water training once, the water was 5 degrees in an outdoor pool in the middle of the uk winter, I managed 20 minutes up to my shoulders before the instructor told us to exit the pool as anything over that starts to get dangerous. It was awful but awesome at the same time.
    Also correct about the involuntary gasp/hyperventilating, I often have contrast showers after the gym and although over time you start to get used to it so that initial cold shock isn't as pronounced, it still causes sharp intakes of breath.

  • @cassuttustshirt4949
    @cassuttustshirt4949 3 года назад +35

    I wanna see this guy and Les Stroud of Survivorman fame go on a survival adventure together. I think it would be really interesting seeing two experts survive together. How would they parse out tasks? Would they agree on everything, or disagree on some things? Would they learn things from each other? I know it'll never happen, but it would be fun to see.

  • @xXxDigitalBathxXx
    @xXxDigitalBathxXx 3 года назад +48

    This guy is great "the bitey end" lol

  • @johndavidtackett
    @johndavidtackett 3 года назад +26

    Love John! Miss the show he was on called “Dude you’re screwed” which was AMAZING!!!

  • @bagofj3117
    @bagofj3117 2 года назад +5

    genuinely, unbelievably for me, never thought about it even. This was so true, so informative, best video on youtube i've watched in terms of reality and genuine intrigue and knowledge

  • @jacobgill4808
    @jacobgill4808 2 года назад +8

    When I was about 12 my friend and I were alone on the beach playing in a cheap inflatable raft...a thunderstorm was getting close but we didn't think anything of it ..we swam in the rain all the time...we were about 75 yards out from shore when all of a sudden the wind in front of that storm system hit us ...it was like we were the sails and we started heading out to sea fast...no matter how hard we paddled land kept getting farther and farther away....we finally made the decision to jump out the boat and swim for it...the wind was blowing so hard the boat blew away like a plastic bag flipping end over end across the top of the water when we jumped out...it took us 30 min to swim to shore...we barely made it...we could barely see with the rain and chop in the water...we layed on the beach psychically and emotionally exhausted for 5 minutes

  • @henning_shred
    @henning_shred 3 года назад +38

    I could watch him rating movies for hours!

  • @linasayshush
    @linasayshush 3 года назад +19

    By the way, Unbroken (the first 10/10 one) is a true story. It was directed by Angelina Jolie and they consulted with the actual guy.

  • @gabrielb5387
    @gabrielb5387 3 года назад +23

    Some people sound knowledgeable but you can tell when they're a real expert

  • @DefgirRZawa
    @DefgirRZawa 2 года назад +17

    Thanks not only for breaking down the survival videos, but also giving us survival tips. I try to remember them if I get in this situations^^

  • @ninaseda9193
    @ninaseda9193 Год назад +3

    This guy is fantastic. Bring him back!

  • @timovangalen1589
    @timovangalen1589 3 года назад +38

    There's an episode in the pirate show Black Sails where the crew are stranded in calm waters for weeks. It's got lots of great survival scenes that I'd love to hear John Hudson's reaction to, especially the ones where they deal with distributing rations.

  • @blackcotton2288
    @blackcotton2288 3 года назад +43

    as a nurse, I give this guy a 100/10. Amazing. Totally immersed in his narrative.

  • @AhJong0
    @AhJong0 3 года назад +34

    What a cracking bloke, really enjoyed it.

  • @matthewcrowther
    @matthewcrowther 2 года назад +6

    This man knows everything about everything - truly an expert !

  • @bearbryant3495
    @bearbryant3495 2 года назад +10

    My dad, USS North Carolina '43-'45, had one of those mirror things. And since he was a signalman, he knew very well how to use it.