I suspected something was up. Straight-up, I don't care how fit you are, how much you know, after several days with little sleep, food, or water - you would be DRAGGING - like Les usually is.....

Most of the time Bear is going out of his way to climb, decend, jump into muck, freezing water, and what-not. You can't tell me that when you're in the freezing cold with nothing, and you're camera team has a tent and all the provisions - you wouldn't cave! I think Bear caves....