I'm a big fan of survival shows, but this one is absolutely ridiculous, bordering on the dangerous (for poor information).
First episode he has a few of the usual things you might have on you hiking etc ... but also just happens to have an electric drill, some LED's, a laptop (ok, you might), a soldering iron, an electronic compass module ... seriously??? "Survival tips" include not only making a compass from the module you have (as you're far more likely to have that on you than, say, an actual compass, but you'll learn how to solder the LED's to make it easier to see the rf detector (you've also made) direction indicators.
OK, maybe it was just a bad first episode, so I gave it a second go.
Episode two you'll see how to make, using the motor/servo unit and laser pointer one always has, so that you can make something that can release your rope by pointing the laser pointer at the photo receptor you also had lying around.
At that point I gave up.
You'll learn more about surviving in the wilderness from the average Simpsons episode.