What's up with all the "floating down the rapids" thing? I've seen him do it twice now. I'd never do that. You get all wet and cold, if the water is shallow you'll hit rocks, you may end up trapped in the bottom of the river by the rapids, it's just one big waste of energy. Why? I'd just keep killing bunnies with wooden sticks and start a forestal fire to get Search & Rescue's attention.
At least food and water are easy to come by in jail. How about that for an episode: how to survive jail after burning the forest to get SAR to you. Survivorman goes to jail:
http://www.temporaryservices.org/videos.html (more like McGyver).
The life-jacket just screams what a great piece of advice it is jumping in a deadly river that already took two lives just to travel faster.