OT: SURVIVORS!, what 10 items would you take if you were on History Channel's Alone?

[rcb2000]

Great post!
I'd have to go with:
Tarp
Paracord
Ax
Saw
Hunting knife (Gso 5.1)
Ferro rod
Cooking pot with lid
Gill net
5# pulses
Fishing line

 

[Hard Knocks]

I haven't seen the show, although I have of course heard of it. Can someone enlighten me on a few points please.

Why 2 lbs of rice, but 5 lbs of everything else from the list?

No cable snares? Is that what is meant by the 'trapping wire?'

No water filter? Are they boiling it all?

How many batteries are you going to get with the led light?

It seems they are provided with a backpack? Are there other things that they are provided with as 'standard equipment?'

 

[Silver Needle]

I haven't seen the show, although I have of course heard of it. Can someone enlighten me on a few points please.

Why 2 lbs of rice, but 5 lbs of everything else from the list?

No cable snares? Is that what is meant by the 'trapping wire?'

No water filter? Are they boiling it all?

How many batteries are you going to get with the led light?

It seems they are provided with a backpack? Are there other things that they are provided with as 'standard equipment?'

Good questions! I don't have all the answers, but let's see what I can do.



Why 2 lbs of rice, but 5 lbs of everything else from the list?
Not sure...

No cable snares? Is that what is meant by the 'trapping wire?'
I think so

No water filter? Are they boiling it all?
Yes.... at least they should. There was a guy last season who just filtered river water through some moss then discovered there were rotting fish carcasses upstream then hallucinated all night... then went home

How many batteries are you going to get with the led light?
Don't know

It seems they are provided with a backpack? Are there other things that they are provided with as 'standard equipment?'
Check out the link to the website in my first post. They get basics in clothing to choose from and they all get some safety gear like bear spray and first aid stuff

EDIT: Here's the link to the gear page. I did not read this closely enough... going to go change my list!
http://www.history.com/shows/alone/articles/full-gear-list-and-prohibited-items

 

[Hard Knocks]

Okay, after some review, I believe I'd opt for:

1. 12×12 ground cloth/tarp (grommets approved)
2. 1 multi-seasonal sleeping bag that fits within provided backpack
3. 1 flint or ferro rod set
4. 1 ax
5. 1 hunting knife
6. 1 small gauge gill net (8 m x 2 m OR 1.5 m deep x 3.6 m long and 2” [50 mm] mesh)
7. 550 parachord – 20m
8. 1 large (no more than 2 quart) pot, includes lid
9. 1 300-yard roll of nylon single filament fishing line and 25 assorted hooks (No lures)
10. 5 lbs. pulses/legumes/lentils

Although I'd take 4 lbs of rice and 1 lb of salt if the pounds were equal. I guess you could boil out some sea salt. Have any of them done that?

It looks as if they are pretty well supplied with standard items, but water filters and other purification means are out as well as commercial snares. That one hurt for me, I'm fairly proficient with them.

I'm going to guess that since they supply a headlamp, they supply batteries. So the extra light is out.

I would guess the bulk of a person's time would be spent shelter building, fire making, and catching/preparing fish. And endless water boiling. I would think you'd need to make it a priority to find something to hold water, and procure some fatwood if possible. And get enough of a shelter to attempt to stay dry.

Shelter - Water - Food!

No lures allowed? Pshaw! You can build a lot of Texas Toothpick paracord specials with 20m of paracord

 

[Standard78]

1. 12 pack of beer.

2. Lawn chair

3. Generator

4. Extension cord

5. Microwave

6. Hot Pockets

7. Mosquito spray

8. Camera

9. Fishing pole

10. GSO 4.1


Push alert button at sunset and reflect on a great one day vacation.

 

[Silver Needle]

1. 12 pack of beer.

2. Lawn chair

3. Generator

4. Extension cord

5. Microwave

6. Hot Pockets

7. Mosquito spray

8. Camera

9. Fishing pole

10. GSO 4.1


Push alert button at sunset and reflect on a great one day vacation.

Ha! I'm coming to camp with you out on Vancouver Island

Great list, HK. I need to think if I really need an axe and saw. I'm surprised by how many contestants brought extra food this season. Food was bit problem for most people in season 1.

 

[TRfromMT]

^^ Standard78 For The WIN!!

 

[rcb2000]

I really liked last season, I think it's the most realistic survival show out there IMO.
Aside from the obvious immediate needs(shelter, water, food, fire) that most figured out quickly, it was loneliness and depression that got everyone.
One guy had built a working canoe, AND a cabin of sorts,, and then left!
I think in a real "I need to make it out of this to get back to my family", vs a "hmm,, I could push this button and have a hot meal in a bed and see my family" would have a dramatic effect on your will to survive, but it's a great show regardless.

Also, I would love to see a lot more YouTube 'Survival Experts' on the show, it's cool to see how they respond to a situation they advise people on.

Cheers Survivors!! Weekend is almost here...

 

[Hard Knocks]

1. 12 pack of beer
2. Lawn chair
3. Generator
4. Extension cord
5. Microwave
6. Hot Pockets
7. Mosquito spray
8. Camera
9. Fishing pole
10. GSO 4.1


Push alert button at sunset and reflect on a great one day vacation.

Perfect! I was being way too serious

Also, I would love to see a lot more YouTube 'Survival Experts' on the show, it's cool to see how they respond to a situation they advise people on.

You Tube Channel Challenge. I'd watch that.

 

[rexromic]

All I need is GSO 5.1.

 

[Standard78]

Ha! I'm coming to camp with you out on Vancouver Island

Great list, HK. I need to think if I really need an axe and saw. I'm surprised by how many contestants brought extra food this season. Food was bit problem for most people in season 1.

Haha it'll be a party!

In all seriousness though,
HK listed everything I would choose if I was crazy enough to try to survive out there.
I can easily handle being alone, but the animals and crazy climate out there are a force to be reckoned with.

 

[Hard Knocks]

Haha it'll be a party!

In all seriousness though,
HK listed everything I would choose if I was crazy enough to try to survive out there.
I can easily handle being alone, but the animals and crazy climate out there are a force to be reckoned with.

If I can find your camp after you pull out, I'll have enough dead fall triggers from all those try sticks you'll be whittling while watching your fishing pole, drinking beer, and eating hot pockets, that I can guard every entry point into camp. So animals shouldn't be a problem.

If a person could add cable snares and a .22 rifle that would be almost as good as hot pockets

 

[Standard78]

If I can find your camp after you pull out, I'll have enough dead fall triggers from all those try sticks you'll be whittling while watching your fishing pole, drinking beer, and eating hot pockets, that I can guard every entry point into camp. So animals shouldn't be a problem.

If a person could add cable snares and a .22 rifle that would be almost as good as hot pockets

Haha no kidding! I would definitely have to tinker with something while waiting for a bite. Maybe I could build a really nice spiked wood fence around the camp also.
Firepower and snares would really take that show to a higher level.

 

[Silver Needle]

I really liked last season, I think it's the most realistic survival show out there IMO.
Aside from the obvious immediate needs(shelter, water, food, fire) that most figured out quickly, it was loneliness and depression that got everyone.
One guy had built a working canoe, AND a cabin of sorts,, and then left!
I think in a real "I need to make it out of this to get back to my family", vs a "hmm,, I could push this button and have a hot meal in a bed and see my family" would have a dramatic effect on your will to survive, but it's a great show regardless.

Also, I would love to see a lot more YouTube 'Survival Experts' on the show, it's cool to see how they respond to a situation they advise people on.

Cheers Survivors!! Weekend is almost here...

Good points about the loneliness! Was it Lucas who built the boat and little cabin? He called the style of shelter a yert or yurt....... gotta look that up! He also had the necessities figured out so well he had time to build himself a small guitar! In the end he just missed his family. Mitch was doing well, but was missing his immediate family and I think his mom had health concerns. The second place guy had a pregnant wife back home.

I think if someone had the skills and no personal connections like a CIA operative they could handle the solitude without specific people to miss.

 

[donscpoo]

1. 12 pack of beer.

2. Lawn chair

3. Generator

4. Extension cord

5. Microwave

6. Hot Pockets

7. Mosquito spray

8. Camera

9. Fishing pole

10. GSO 4.1


Push alert button at sunset and reflect on a great one day vacation.

This ^^^ is the best list [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]

 

[alewn]

machete, sleeping bag, 5 lbs of pemmican, 20yds of paracord, slingbow and 6 arrows, gillnet, hammock (made out of gill net) saw, pot and lid, fishline and hooks, You can start a fire with the battery from the sat phone, the cam, or the light. You can start one with the lense of the cam. you can find a rock and start a fire with sparks from the machete and rock. You can form a "v" frame and set up your logs to self feed for 12 hours or more.

To be without a projectile weapon is a big losing proposition. They were given at least a couple of tarps, so why waste a pick on a tarp? they were given a backpack, bearspray, plenty of clothing, a flare, lots of stuff, actually. The biggest shortcoming is containers. short term, dig some holes and line them with one of the tarps. Long term, make baskets and some of them, line the basket with clay and fire the clay with red hot stones and coals. You've got to arrange to store food for the winter, out of reach of rodents and insects.

 

[alewn]

my BOB's hammock is made from a 64x5ft hunk of monofilament gill net, 2.5" mesh. If that's not permitted, take one made of paracord, so you can unravel it and have lots of cordage for making gill nets, trotlines and fish weirs. Holding onto a fishing pole is a huge waste of precious time. that area is very "brushy", so you'll have far more use for a machete than an axe. For real wood- cutting, wooden wedges and a saw are the ticket. Primitives all over the world make a machete suffice for all their cutting needs. If you don't take some prepped food, you'd better get really lucky about where they drop you off (as Nicole did). That was probably a setup sort of deal, since they want a woman in the mix, to increase viewer numbers.

 

[OBX351]

1 - 7/7 knife
2 - sharpening stone
3 - mid to small ax
4 - the biggest pot with cover they'll let me have
5 - fire steel 6" x 1/2" with striker
6 - sleeping bag -15 degree
7 - waterproof sleeping bag cover
8 - gill net
9 - large silky saw
10 - as much 9.8 mm climbing rope as they'll let me have

Would love to also have a tarp, fishing line, a canteen and a heavy duty emergency thermal blanket but after watching season one the waterproof bag really helped keep the sleeping bag DRY!

 

[Karoi]

• GSO 4.7
• DC4 sharpening stone
• 6 inch ferro rod with esee fire steel
• Candle
• Kevlar cord: 60ft
• Grabber emergency blanket
• Pathfinder 32 oz SS water bottle with nesting cup & stove
• Large clear plastic bags (water collection)
• Suunto M-3 global compass
• Small 1st aid kit

I suppose this is generally my 'top 10 list', but I would change 1 or 2 items depending on where I’m going and what I’m doing.

 

[Silver Needle]

Here's my updated list for season 3. One thing I hadn't thought a lot of before: would you rather have a felling axe or splitting axe?

1. -20 synthetic sleeping bag
2. GSO 6
3. Large ________ axe
4. Silky katanaboy
5. Ferro rod
6. Fishing line and hooks
7. Gill net
8. 2 qt pot with hanging handle
9. Sharpener
10. Rations