Out of the Wild, anybody watching?

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I'm watching this thinking, what if some of us were on that show? If we could decide on the gear we took, and go light, could we go faster, find more food, and do it with a smile?
Seems like they pass up food and shelter materials, while carrying too much weight. They do a death march to the next camp, then think about food and shelter. The slower and weaker group members slow down the whole process, the girl with new boots for example.
Would more experienced outdoor enthusiasts do it better, and if so, how?
 
Yep I have been watching the show too. I like it better than that survivor
show by 100%.
I agree with what you wrote.


I am looking forward to next thursday to see who quits.

Bryan
 
I watch it and enjoy it too. Can't agree with you more either. My wife thinks I'm nuts because I talk to the TV as I watch. They missed .... Why don't they .....
 
ndmiller65 said:
I watch it and enjoy it too. Can't agree with you more either. My wife thinks I'm nuts because I talk to the TV as I watch. They missed .... Why don't they .....
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Got it DVR'd so I can watch the next day after work. I'm enjoying mucho.
 
On another thread somebody complained about their having to make it to the "camp sites". At least on the Alaska show there were cabins and supplies waiting for them. On this show they kill themselves to make it to a camp site and there is nothing there for them.

I wonder if they will wise up and start taking it slower.

Chad
 
Over the years I've tried to get lighter and ligher on my trips. Seems to me that they are all struggling, even from the start. They went down that mountain with no walking sticks, so the older guy's knee failed.
I do enjoy the show, would it be more enjoyable if they were experts? Seems like the struggle is part of the entertainment.
 
I wonder why they keep setting up campsites out in the middle of savannah.
This week I thought I could see large trees nearby the campsite.
Why aren't they using the transition area where jungle becomes savannah for thier shelter set-up ?
I wonder if they are required to set up in the pre-designated spots ?

It just seems odd, since there are a few in the show that do have outdoors experience.

Watching them huddle together and throwing a tarp over themseleves is almost painful.

Sunset seems to suprise them each day also. The sun does go down fast then your right on the equator. You think that they'd learned that by now.

Hope they can start learning fast to ease thier pains.
 
foxx said:
They went down that mountain with no walking sticks, so the older guy's knee failed.
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They were in a National Park so they couldn't cut any walking sticks. That doesn't explain why they didn't cut them for their trek through the jungle this week.

Chad
 
I have been watching this show... though I have to admit I liked the Alaska season better. Maybe it's because Alaska is overall more intruiging to me, but it felt more like true survival that they were doing wheras these folks in the jungle haven't quite figured out what to do yet.

I really like this show though and would love to be a participant!
 
There's a thread about this show on another forum (bushcraftusa) and some members of the show are particpating.

While I'm sure some of us here have more experience than some of the members of the cast, it doesn't seem like a walk in the park. They're stuck with minimal equipment, they're forced to move according to a schedule, and they're in unfamiliar terrain and given only a couple days of training.

Of everything, I think the forced schedule would mess any of us up the most. You can't become familiar with your surroundings and have a nicely built shelter if you have to move to a new area every couple days.
 
Good point Wildewinds.
We are only seeing what producers are giving us.
I don't think that it is a very forgiving environment they are in I agree with your thought that the forced schedule is a problem.

Heckuva adventure to watch.
 
I'm watching it and like it. I did have a few misgivings and and then I read the thread over at BCUSA and the cast members on the show over there explained things that gave me several things to think about.

What I would like to see is the countless hours of film that ended up on the cutting room floor and to see it in context instead of being "creatively" edited for maximum impact. I am going to continue to watch it. Looks like a good show.
 
I'm sure the producers who are on the scene were making them keep moving, but I wonder why they didn't fight back and say, "We're going to stay by the waterfall for a week until we get back in shape."

Chad
 
ChadHahn said:
I'm sure the producers who are on the scene were making them keep moving, but I wonder why they didn't fight back and say, "We're going to stay by the waterfall for a week until we get back in shape."

Chad
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I would imagine their contracts include time constraints. Filming can't be cheap.
 
ChadHahn said:
On another thread somebody complained about their having to make it to the "camp sites". At least on the Alaska show there were cabins and supplies waiting for them. On this show they kill themselves to make it to a camp site and there is nothing there for them.

I wonder if they will wise up and start taking it slower.

Chad
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That was me. The artificial deadlines, which have the cast trailblazing through jungle AT NIGHT to make it to a crappy camp doesn't make sense, but then again must of these shows aren't practical, but rather entertaining. I'll watch part III tonight.
 
Just to clarify, that is not the jungle but a high elevation savanna, they are not even close to the jungle were they are.
Their biggest challenge is be to find food, for the rest the weather is not that bad even though very humid. Or as we say the seasons are the raining season and the very raining season.
By the way it will be very difficult to cut a walking stick in the top of Mt Roraima, as there are no trees up there, also as other have pointed out is a national park and it is unlawful to cut any plants.
 
Joe Real said:
Just to clarify, that is not the jungle but a high elevation savanna, they are not even close to the jungle were they are.
Their biggest challenge is be to find food, for the rest the weather is not that bad even though very humid. Or as we say the seasons are the raining season and the very raining season.
By the way it will be very difficult to cut a walking stick in the top of Mt Roraima, as there are no trees up there, also as other have pointed out is a national park and it is unlawful to cut any plants.
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It's savanna and thick tropical woods, or jungle.


So i saw part III last night and the good looking latin chick decided to go home. Bummer.
 
I like the show. If nothing else we can look at it and say “I would do ____ differently.” Gives us a good grasp on our own skills seeing where others lack.

They pack those packs poorly. Their shelters are a joke. As mentioned, they death march all day, arriving exhausted and put together a mediocre shelter at best. Carolina completely destroyed her feet, the #1 most important thing to take care of in that kind of situation. I don’t know if the show doesn’t allow them to or what, but I’d slow it down and start making shelter at 2 in the afternoon if they have to instead of arriving at camp in the dark every day. If they means they need to pack things up in the dark one morning and head out at first light, so be it.
 
I guess the paramiters of the "experiment" put pressure on them to get to those campsites.
In Yellostone, I had to camp at a specific site, like a hotel room. That wasnt' so bad, it was a nice place, by Heart Lake. They are more in a survival situation, and that would seem more important than an empty campsite, with no food, shelter, etc.. I'd have to put my foot down, and do what I felt the group needed, not what the producers want.
That's why I'm not on the show and just home watching it.
 
Absolutely. We have to remember the show has to be dramatic. If people were comfortable based on their own skills, it wouldn’t get ratings.

BBC had Ray Mears Extreme Survival and it was a great show of him demonstrating skills. Never sell in the US. Not enough drama.

Cody Lundin said once on The Survival Podcast that he tried a few different survival shows and they’d say “Okay, now go jump in that frozen lake and go hypothermic….” WTF? No!
 
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