Easiest place to survive

A.L.

A.L.

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I've been thinking, what would be the easiest place to survive on earth?

Im thinking of nature, no or low equipment. Perhaps a place where you could just pick fruits from trees around the year or fish/hunt with ease. And what about enviromentwise? Sleeping with little protection on you?

Or is there places like that anymore? Sounds too much of Eden?
 
I remember watching Survivorman where Les was surviving in Georgia. He had minimal gear and looked like he was enjoying a lovely weekend jaunt. Plenty of food, decent climate, lots of water.

I would say the pine forests of north Georgia are pretty tolerble. Of course, it may just be that I am comfie here.
 
A.L. said:
Im thinking of nature, no or low equipment. Perhaps a place where you could just pick fruits from trees around the year or fish/hunt with ease. And what about enviromentwise? Sleeping with little protection on you?

Or is there places like that anymore? Sounds too much of Eden?
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The Playboy Mansion
 
A.L. said:
I've been thinking, what would be the easiest place to survive on earth??
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I think it really just depends on where your from, what your use to and your comfort levels.

I might look at the Pacific NW coast and see a place that would be easy for me with easy food to find, you might look at it and see nothing more then a dense wet forest.
 
I rember Bear Grylls did an episode in Georgia or Alabama also. Looked reasonably comfortable, a place that I've spent some time in the woods as well. I live in the "mountains" of Virginia and I must say, the deer are plentiful and easy to approach. There are squirrels, groundhogs, possums, rabbits galore and easily trapped and available all year round. I have a whole mountain side of wine raspberries within easy walking distance of me and blackberries and Pawpaws too. Winters are relatively mild (except this one just past) so I could probably live quite comfortably here even if I had to build a shelter only slightly beyond lean to. There isn't much to speak of in the way of deadly animals. The occasional black bear and I've only ever seen one copperhead, though copperheads and rattlers do live in these woods.
I'd say the woodlands of the Eastern United States would qualify as right up near the top of the easiest places on the planet to survive with minimal gear.
 
I would say St. Thomas. There are critters like Iquana's all over you could trap or heck just wack with a stick sometimes. Lots of plants to make shelter out of. Decent amount of water. I think it would be pretty easy.
 
I think the Pacific Northwest. A reasonably mild climate, LOTS of water, many lakes, rivers, Puget Sound full of fish. Lots of natural food grows here too. Berries, pine trees, fern, wild asparagus, etc.
 
I think anywhere around an ocean or body of water.

The downside these days is with the level of mercury in fish.

Mercury in FishIn America one-in-six children born every year have been exposed to mercury levels so high that they are potentially at risk for learning disabilities and motor skill impairment and short-term memory loss. That type of mercury exposure is caused by eating certain kinds of fish, which contain high levels of the toxin from both natural and man-made sources such as emissions from coal-fired power plants. One government analysis shows that 630,000 children each year are exposed to potentially unsafe mercury levels in the womb.
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Until the 1950's, the problems that can occur with excessive mercury intake were not well-known. However, at that time, an epidemic hit fishermen and their families in villages on Japan's Minamata Bay. People whose diet was primarily seafood showed signs of brain damage; some were even fatally stricken with disease and seizures. The investigation linked the health problems to methylmercury poisoning from a local chemical plant that was discharging organic mercury into the bay. The villagers were getting sick from eating the fish that had absorbed the mercury.
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http://www.pbs.org/now/science/mercuryinfish.html

On PBS they talked to this old guy who retired and all he did was fish and eat what he caught:

Ed Mongin of Wisconsin went to a VA clinic for testing after he read an article about mercury in READERS' DIGEST.

ED MONGIN: I just thought, "Well, I think I'll just ask my doctor to do a mercury check on me for because if anybody's got it I got it."

BRANCACCIO: His levels were found to be seven times the Environmental Protection Agency's safe limit.
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http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcriptNOW103_full.html
 
The easiest place to survive is dependent on the person and what they are used to.
For me, temperate forest near lakes. Minnesota, Montana, near some lakes, Idaho, etc. I can deal with the cold much better than the heat.
 
I'm always amazed at ther amount of wild edibles etc where I live now. Add to that the moderate climate and there can't be too many places better !


Then again I've not studied wild edibles in other parts of the world !
 
Cpl Punishment said:
The easiest place to survive is dependent on the person and what they are used to.
For me, temperate forest near lakes. Minnesota, Montana, near some lakes, Idaho, etc. I can deal with the cold much better than the heat.
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I agree; but then what in the world are you doing in Florida:confused:
 
i would cast my vote for the pac NW as well.

mild climate. lots of wild edibles that are available almost all year round. plenty of game and fish as well as the fact that we lack alot of poisonous animals/insects that can be found in the south.


tracking deer or spotting one out here isnt all that difficult as many times you'll see them crossing your street in some places. annual salmon runs and steel head runs insure a good supply of fish that can be smoked or salted for the winter.

the sea also provides a host of shellfish including two species of crab.

the wood species over here also provide more than just fire wood or shelter. the first nations here have used the ceder to make clothing and baskets which could all contribute to your survival.

i'd say its about as close the eden as you can get :D
 
The coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest. This area which includes parts of Alaska, British columbia, Washington and Oregon supported the healthiest populations of aboriginal peoples on the North American continent. It is still well stocked with game etc. Plus the climate is very good, lots of wild edibles too.
 
XMP said:
I agree; but then what in the world are you doing in Florida:confused:
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Came down here to go to school, and got stuck in the "Florida Trap" -- i.e. they don't pay you enough to be able to move back out.

If/when the economy improves, and I can get a job up there, I'm out of here.
 
After taking classes with Christopher Nygeres and Cody Lundin, I would say (for me) SoCal riparian areas. Just what I am the most familiar with.

Mountains around San Diego might be OK as well. I hike there a lot in different seasons. Might be doable.
 
lumpymike1 said:
After taking classes with Christopher Nygeres and Cody Lundin, I would say (for me) SoCal riparian areas. Just what I am the most familiar with.

Mountains around San Diego might be OK as well. I hike there a lot in different seasons. Might be doable.
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I have to second the mountains around San Diego. Lots of food, if you know where to look.

There were several Indian tribes that wintered in the Anza Borrego desert, and spent summers in the mountains. They found the climate mild, and the food plentiful: so would I.
 
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