Well, I did suspect a bit of it was unbelievable. I have done some survival camping myself, but I ahve never actually been ina life or death situation, so I took it witha grain of salt. Some of that stuff was unlikely, but not impossible. things liek those rafts... I jsut assumed he was more skilled than I, because one's I have made never looked (or performed) as well as his. Still, even if he stays in a motel, the show still provides its intended benefit, as the things he shows can really be done in a survival situation.
I do feel, though, that as the show got older, it was more about shock value. Drinking your own piss, eating those massive grubs.