Faking it (on the telly!)

Ever seen the TV show "Man vs. Wild"? English guy? Parachutes into the wilderness and slogs his way back into civilization? Yeah, me neither.

Turns out the "Man" -- who is named "Bear" -- has a secret wilderness survival technique: staying in hotels.

Mr Grylls was also staying in a hotel in Hawaii while filming an episode where he claimed to be a "real-life Robinson Crusoe" stuck on a desert island.

Channel 4 has confirmed that Mr Grylls used hotels during expeditions and has ordered the production company that made the show to investigate the other claims.

Bear Grylls has a history of, as they say in the TV business, "making shit up." Recently he's been telling people he paraglided over Mt. Everest. And the reason nobody saw him do it is WE'RE ALL JEALOUS.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to swim the Amazon. Upstream.