An issue with 'Dual Survival'

If you were Dave would you stick around when Cody obviously doesn't need your help, or would you go find something to eat?
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Uhhh, I'd be getting water and/or making some signal devices (often at the same time because the shore of creek/lake/pond is a great place to prepare signal fires and stamp out or otherwise improvise large distress symbols).

I'd feel really stupid if I were out trying to take a turkey with a homemade arrow or chasing porcupines with a club when that search plane flew over for the one and only time.

HOWEVER-- apparently-- hunting animals (which are obviously staged by the producers) sells more advertising to the uneducated than practicing real survival priorities.
 
Talfuchre said:
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I need to add a ghost whisperer to my survival kit.

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I wonder if I could get away with a few more Jennifer Love Hewitt photos.

Naahhhhh, won't push my luck.
 
gunknifenut said:
Yup. I like the whole Hippy and RedNeck survival theme...a hell of a lot more fun than the older ones...
I just cant get around Mike Hawkes name...say it 3 times fast, away from the kids..and you will know why.:D



Should be a cool show though. I wonder how much skill his wife has.
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I know lol. There is a shop here in my town that will print whatever you want on T-shirt's. I want to get one that says "Mike Hawke rock's"
 
nemoaz said:
Dave has been a tool in most of the shows. I hope he's just listening too much to producer.
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I am from his part of the country, and that's a general attitude for most of his type. Northern, Midwest version of a good ol' boy, ex-military.
 
Although I still enjoyed watching this it was not as good as I had anticipated.
Hopefully the writers and producers make some needed changes for season 2.
 
I only watched part of one show. One guy was barefooted "whats he trying to prove" the other got stung a bunch of times trying to get honey.I got bored with it and turned the channel.
 
pict said:
... My take away is that being barefoot in just about everyplace they've been has been a bad idea severely restricting his mobility. His feet are really conditioned and even then it is a problem for him to get around. Anyone else who lost their footwear would be totally immobile with damaged and festering feet in a few days.

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Our terrain here is a challenge even to boots. This thing left a purple mark on my foot, without the boot it would have come out the top of my foot.

I have had to deal with many catastrophic boot failures, both my own and other peoples over the years. Whenever someone's footwear fails it becomes priority number one to fix it before moving on. Seriously, given a choice in a survival situation of keeping my boots or my machete I'll stick with my boots....

Mac
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Hey, just wanted to chime in with my thoughts fast. You make fine points Mac, but I can't help imagining we are all misunderstanding Cody's goal and ways, both in the scope of real life and the TV show.

Cody is not a dumb dude. His ways are subtle but he seems incredibly intelligent. I have no doubt he is well aware that footwear and clothes would be the "better" survival decision in virtually all of the Dual Survival environments. Cody's barefootedness is more a philosophical decision, a personal challenge per se, than a logical belief that bare feet > shoes in every situation. For us to fall into that trap is our narrow mindedness, not his.

Which brings me to your thorn in the boot pic. Just because we walk and behave a certain way does not mean barefoot Cody walks and behaves the same way. We are all conditioned to walking in shoes, and outdoors, frequently in boots. I think we forget that we walk differently than our ancestors. We tromp along heel-toe style, placing our steps not nearly as carefully as did our toe-heel fore-bearers. That thorn would never have ended up through Cody's, or any aboriginal's, foot because they walk 1) slower 2) more softly 3) more carefully and 4) with pain reflexes. When you put your hand on something hot, you dont leave it there obviously, your body takes control and moves the hand. same with the thorn.

And yes, my goodness, nice well worn boots! you've got some serious dirt time in those, i envy you good man

cheers mate! enjoy the show
 
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UCberzerkeley said:
Cody's barefootedness is more a philosophical decision, a personal challenge per se, than a logical belief that bare feet > shoes in every situation. For us to fall into that trap is our narrow mindedness, not his.
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Don't get me wrong, I am very impressed by Cody and have one of his books, but if you are teaching survival to the masses, I hope he isn't trying to teach by example. You can get nasty intestinal parasites like hookworm, threadworm, or roundworm, by walking barefoot, or schistosomiasis which can end up in who knows what body part.
 
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