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[quote]NAUn wrote:
I mean “Alone in the Wild”, not wildnerness[/quote]

Was it a British programme?

If I remember rightly he only shot one skunk for meat and the moose that could have fed him for ages was illegal to shoot? but it was also halfway through swimming through a huge lake got spooked and turned the opposite direction and swam back?

Also at the end in the hotel after he quit due to his health declining he got really emotional about a block of cheese?

If so, I loved that show, and if he learnt more before he went into that situation he would have faired much better than he did.

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[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

[quote]Oleena wrote:

[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

[quote]gregron wrote:
Doing “survival” stuff for real sucks. When I was in the military I did a few survival courses and spent a lot of time in the field with no food/tent/whatever.

SERE- (survival evasion resistance escape) was a POW school. Lived in the field for 4-5 days with basically no food or shelter before you’re “captured” and taken to the POW camp to be interrogated for a couple days… Lame

DEST- (desert survival training) A week long and hot as balls… sucked. The temp swing was horrible… I was spooning with my buddy all night and we were freezing our asses off app night one night. Horrible. Water is hard to come by. Catching dew and making solar sills only go so far. Animals are pretty hard to snare even if you find an active game trail.

JST- (Jungle Survival Training) 10 days down in panama… Worst of them all. Sucks when it’s humid and bugs are everywhere. Can’t keep your feet dry and they get TORE UP. Mosquitos are awful… Good supply of edible plants and access to water… But hard to start a fire with everything so wet.

So what I’m basically saying is that a real life “survival” situation would in fact suck balls lol [/quote]
Given I would have a choice to disappear though, I’d park myself somewhere comfy and harvest oysters by the beach all day.

Maybe self reliant hobo would have been a better title.[/quote]

Better hope a red tide doesn’t come in.

Surviving near a beach would be easier for sure, but it is fucking nasty in the winter. Also, the water is freezing all year round. My boyfriend tried to accompany me for a swim the first year we dated. We were out there for maybe 20 minutes and he was shaking for 45min afterward, on a 95+degree day. If you didn’t grow up splashing around in it, chances are slim that you’ll enjoy it on the best day.
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The oceans I’m used to (gulf of Mexico and Caribbean) and where I would attempt my survival, are warm water bodies with protected lagoons and coves. It rarely freezes here in Texas and the Caribbean is warm year round.[/quote]

Southern California just north of San Diego. Great weather all year, no hurricanes and shit. Throw on free diving gear and grab a nice spear and you can bring in 20-40 lbs of White Sea Bass each time you go out. Plus lobster and other sea creatures available. There’s fresh water rivers coming in. Lots of green houses in place for growing vegetables. Last man on earth scenario, that’s where you’d find me.

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Didn’t read whole thread.

There is a reason us humans live together and not in solitude - as survival machines we suck balls, it is our brains and ability to work together that has prevented our extinction.

Also being on your own makes you go crazy (I believe that is the scientific term).

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[quote]on edge wrote:

[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

[quote]Oleena wrote:

[quote]HoustonGuy wrote:

[quote]gregron wrote:
Doing “survival” stuff for real sucks. When I was in the military I did a few survival courses and spent a lot of time in the field with no food/tent/whatever.

SERE- (survival evasion resistance escape) was a POW school. Lived in the field for 4-5 days with basically no food or shelter before you’re “captured” and taken to the POW camp to be interrogated for a couple days… Lame

DEST- (desert survival training) A week long and hot as balls… sucked. The temp swing was horrible… I was spooning with my buddy all night and we were freezing our asses off app night one night. Horrible. Water is hard to come by. Catching dew and making solar sills only go so far. Animals are pretty hard to snare even if you find an active game trail.

JST- (Jungle Survival Training) 10 days down in panama… Worst of them all. Sucks when it’s humid and bugs are everywhere. Can’t keep your feet dry and they get TORE UP. Mosquitos are awful… Good supply of edible plants and access to water… But hard to start a fire with everything so wet.

So what I’m basically saying is that a real life “survival” situation would in fact suck balls lol [/quote]
Given I would have a choice to disappear though, I’d park myself somewhere comfy and harvest oysters by the beach all day.

Maybe self reliant hobo would have been a better title.[/quote]

Better hope a red tide doesn’t come in.

Surviving near a beach would be easier for sure, but it is fucking nasty in the winter. Also, the water is freezing all year round. My boyfriend tried to accompany me for a swim the first year we dated. We were out there for maybe 20 minutes and he was shaking for 45min afterward, on a 95+degree day. If you didn’t grow up splashing around in it, chances are slim that you’ll enjoy it on the best day.
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The oceans I’m used to (gulf of Mexico and Caribbean) and where I would attempt my survival, are warm water bodies with protected lagoons and coves. It rarely freezes here in Texas and the Caribbean is warm year round.[/quote]

Southern California just north of San Diego. Great weather all year, no hurricanes and shit. Throw on free diving gear and grab a nice spear and you can bring in 20-40 lbs of White Sea Bass each time you go out. Plus lobster and other sea creatures available. There’s fresh water rivers coming in. Lots of green houses in place for growing vegetables. Last man on earth scenario, that’s where you’d find me.[/quote]

Oh.

You mean right where this thing is located?

Un-manned, probably give you some time to get a tan but I can’t imagine things would go too long before shit went haywire.

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Oh.

You mean right where this thing is located?

Un-manned, probably give you some time to get a tan but I can’t imagine things would go too long before shit went haywire.

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anyone here watch doomsday preppers on nat geo?

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Bear Grylls gets flack because people questioned the authenticity of his show and how realistic it was from a survival perspective. All those doubts and allegations are fair but the man himself is still a badass. He was one of the youngest people to climb Everest and he used to be part of the British Special Forces. In other words, I have no doubt Grylls can survive in the wilderness with minimal resources like Les Stroud.

The problem with Stroud’s show was that it wasn’t very interesting, which is why Man vs Wild was the most popular survival show. Grylls got to a wider audience of people who didn’t have the interest in tuning into a less entertaining show just for the sake of deriving more useful knowledge. In that sense, competition within the survival show genre is good because people can watch a format that interests them while learning at least something.

Grylls brought survival more into the mainstream and you can’t fault him for that.

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[quote]Gettnitdone wrote:
Bear Grylls gets flack because people questioned the authenticity of his show and how realistic it was from a survival perspective. All those doubts and allegations are fair but the man himself is still a badass. He was one of the youngest people to climb Everest and he used to be part of the British Special Forces. In other words, I have no doubt Grylls can survive in the wilderness with minimal resources like Les Stroud.

The problem with Stroud’s show was that it wasn’t very interesting, which is why Man vs Wild was the most popular survival show. Grylls got to a wider audience of people who didn’t have the interest in tuning into a less entertaining show just for the sake of deriving more useful knowledge. In that sense, competition within the survival show genre is good because people can watch a format that interests them while learning at least something.

Grylls brought survival more into the mainstream and you can’t fault him for that.[/quote]

I wouldn’t trust my life alone in the wild with Bear, but I would with Stroud. Survival has nothing to do with entertainment, ratings, or bad-assness. It’s smarts and common sense that win one more day.

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bear does show you need to do if shit does hit the fan… stroud shows you want to do so shit never hits the fan…

overall though just the fact that stroud had to carry his own equipment, film, survive, and still get amazing shots… is why i respect stroud a bit more… i don’t doubt that bear is a badass though…