{"id":2057,"date":"2016-02-28T00:11:01","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T07:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/?p=2057"},"modified":"2016-02-28T00:11:01","modified_gmt":"2016-02-28T07:11:01","slug":"just-how-realistic-is-the-revenant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/golf\/offcourse\/2057\/just-how-realistic-is-the-revenant","title":{"rendered":"Just How Realistic is “The Revenant?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

With \u201cThe Revenant\u201d accruing multiple Academy Award nominations, it seems inevitable that the sweeping outdoor adventure movie, starring Leonardo DiCaprio playing 1800\u2019s fur trapper Hugh Glass, is sure to bring home some Oscar statuettes.<\/p>\n

Care to do some winter camping in the great white north?<\/p>\n

Filming in the frosty forests of Canada was rough enough, but the character of Glass, having been left for dead after a bear attack, endures, while crawling and covering 200 miles, being shot at by both the French and Indians; being half buried; a broken ankle; punctured organs, gaping wounds and slashed skin; malnutrition; heartbreak; riding a horse off an escarpment; and falling into icy, raging rapids.<\/p>\n

Dr. John Dery is an emergency room physician at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing. \u201cYou have to love Hollywood for telling a good story. The amount of trauma that was taking place at the same time he was battling the elements was overwhelming. You have a greater than 85-percent chance of dying if you have a concurrent trauma because it prevents your body from healing and stops it from responding the way its\u2019 supposed to,\u201d says Derry. \u201cAs for his frostbite, you saw Glass laying his bare back against a rotting animal carcass. The carcass had a lot of maggots throughout it, which are known to eat infected and dead tissue. Believe it or not we still use that method in modern medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n

What about Glass surviving the bear attack to begin with?<\/p>\n

\u201cA grizzly bear is one of the most aggressive animals you can encounter, especially one with cubs,\u201d says Richard P. Smith, an outdoor writer and author of \u201cUnderstanding Michigan\u2019s Black Bear.\u201d<\/p>\n

The single shot Glass fired initially only enraged the bear. \u201cGlass had no choice but to try playing dead. Curl up in a fetal position and put your hands around the back of your head; very often that will work,\u201d explains Smith, who has done some bear hunting in Alberta. \u201cThe bear may bite and test you, and you may experience some injuries, but the injuries won\u2019t be as severe as the ones you\u2019ll get if you try to fight the bear.\u201d<\/p>\n

To survive, Glass munched on whatever he could find, including raw fish, bone marrow, and the liver of a freshly killed bison.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn that day and age it wasn\u2019t that unusual to eat raw meat and foods since they may not have had access to cooking or even fire,\u201d says Smith. \u201cIn a survival situation you\u2019re going to eat what you can.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBuffalo liver has a sweet, meaty flavor and is very delicious and lean,\u201d says Holly Arnold Kinney, proprietress of The Fort, a popular Denver-area restaurant which serves bison liver cooked\u2026and raw. \u201cEating raw liver has saved many lives in the 19th<\/sup> century. It\u2019s chewy raw, but still has a sweet, fresh taste full of minerals and iron.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"OURTESY

COURTESY PHOTO: Hugh Glass ate bone marrow to survive. Denver diners can have a dish of the delicacy<\/p><\/div>\n

The Fort\u2019s menu includes buffalo tongue, bison sausages, Rocky Mountain Oysters (bull testicles) and buffalo bone marrow, too. Dr. Jim Hanson, who served on set as a technical advisor to ensure historical accuracy during the filming of \u201cThe Revenant,\u201d will be guest dinner speaker at The Fort on March 20<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Michael Patrick Shiels can be heard weekday mornings in\u00a0Lansing\u00a0on 92.1 FM. He may be contacted at\u00a0<\/em>InviteYourself@aol.com<\/a>\u00a0and read at TravelTattler.com\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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