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bird with big dick posted:I don't understand the people that bring both a multi tool and a hunting knife. Yeah, skinning a deer with your multi tool is going to suck poo poo but 1. you're not going to kill a deer and 2. who gives a poo poo do it anyway. Yeah okay here's his list. 1. Sleeping bag 2. Pot 3. Knife 4. Fishing line and hooks 5. Pocket knife 6. Gill Net 7. Ax 8. Emergency ration 9. Paracord 10. Bow and arrows Mostly good but why would you not bring a ferro rod instead of the pocket knife? Why do you need two knives? At least taking 3 days to start a fire probably taught him that lesson.
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I'd like to the the ancient technology youtube guy try this. Start him off in spring with a crate of food and see how long it takes him to become self sufficient.
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PetraCore posted:I think I remember that the dude that skipped the ferro rod in season 6 brought a knife and a pocket knife or something and I was like, wait, isn't the pocket knife totally redundant? anyone that doesn't bring a tarp is beyond stupid. that's the number one best item on the list by far and it isn't even close. If I could bring two tarps I would.
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The Walrus posted:anyone that doesn't bring a tarp is beyond stupid. that's the number one best item on the list by far and it isn't even close. If I could bring two tarps I would. At least one person in season 2? does.
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I think they give you a tarp that doesn’t count as one of your items but a lot of people get a second tarp.
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My list. 1. Mosquito repellant 2. Nokia N-Gage 3. 8 watts of solar panels 4. Low-power laptop, so I can shitpost 5. Wal-mart three-wheeled cart, as cheap as possible 6. Sunscreen 7. A rain coat, for in case if it rains 8. $25 wal-mart sleeping bag with Dora the Explorer on it 9. Ninja stars, for personal protection 10. I dunno, some raisins probably, that should hold me over for a few days
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Leperflesh posted:My list. those are clearly not on the webpage relevant to this discussion
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HugeGrossBurrito posted:those are clearly not on the webpage relevant to this discussion I for one would like to see how that goes. Letting the audience choose the items would be fun, if only to see their reactions. I'm sure you could use a rubber chicken to call in a moose.
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We watched all of Alone and while we liked it, it became super obvious that for the most part, just going into the competition fat and doing the minimal effort to stay warm and toughing it out is the play, not any fancy poo poo.
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you could say ive been training for alone for years
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PostNouveau posted:gorp lovely word
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HugeGrossBurrito posted:those are clearly not on the webpage relevant to this discussion https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3714480 e. goddamn, I forgot about The huge fuckin' burrito in a Pelican case lmao Leperflesh fucked around with this message at 00:34 on Feb 17, 2021 |
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HugeGrossBurrito posted:I think obviously what needs to happen here is that you need to post your item lists Sirotan posted:At least one person in season 2? does. A third tarp. They got two freebies in Season 2.
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So you can use your Two-Weapon Fighting Feats when you end up having to fight a bear. 
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Leperflesh posted:https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3714480 I still don't understand why his journey cross country started in the woods when his plan was to follow roads (and stop for meals at McDonald's).
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Leperflesh posted:https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3714480 
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In the tail end of the second season now and they did not need to add 3 episodes to this show. Nothing interesting has happened in that time it's been all whining and moaning for days and days. They should do a season of weirdo loners I think someone might last through winter with no kids or wife or family to go home to.
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Zero One posted:I still don't understand why his journey cross country started in the woods when his plan was to follow roads (and stop for meals at McDonald's). Stress-testing his equipment and plan, I think. Which was actually sort of a reasonable idea? But his plan was to wheel a wal-mart cart around on hiking trails, and survive entirely on raisins because he was also a picky eater also I forgot a bunch of the details, lol he was gonna bring an airsoft gun to scare enemies with, had no plan for getting his bipolar meds filled, and was not planning to bring a way to cook food
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Started watching season 1 and while I have exactly zero survival experience it stands out how obsessed with hunting they all are. Usually in ways that seem like best case scenario is mild starvation (shout out to the guy who sets up like 3 rocks to crush mice and expects it to feed him). From my limited understanding a forest even in winter should have plenty of nuts, berries, seeds, edible plants etc to get a reasonable carb intake.
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bird with big dick posted:I don't understand the people that bring both a multi tool and a hunting knife. Yeah, skinning a deer with your multi tool is going to suck poo poo but 1. you're not going to kill a deer and 2. who gives a poo poo do it anyway. A kukri is actually a legitimate choice because if you know what you're doing with it, it can replace both a bowie knife and an axe. I've had one as part of my standard camping gear for 15 years and it's incredibly useful. Easily capable of cutting up firewood, filleting a fish, and hammering in stakes with the butt.
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Mouse guy is, as far as I can tell, the only contestant who got calories from anything other than the Sea.
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Leviathan Song posted:A kukri is actually a legitimate choice because if you know what you're doing with it, it can replace both a bowie knife and an axe. I've had one as part of my standard camping gear for 15 years and it's incredibly useful. Easily capable of cutting up firewood, filleting a fish, and hammering in stakes with the butt. Fair, but give the amount of wood everyone needs for fire and usually shelter, I think they should just bite the bullet and bring a real axe.
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Leviathan Song posted:A kukri is actually a legitimate choice because if you know what you're doing with it, it can replace both a bowie knife and an axe. I've had one as part of my standard camping gear for 15 years and it's incredibly useful. Easily capable of cutting up firewood, filleting a fish, and hammering in stakes with the butt. Just baton the bowie. You think this bad mammer jammer can't do some axe work? I just hacked through my three inch maple bannister in three swings. 
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My ten items for Alone season 8: Tarp Ferrorod Axe body spray Pot (4oz sour diesel) Switch lite "10 guys hamburger" (2x five guys hamburger) Full sheet cake (vanilla buttercream frosting) Neck pillow unabomber manifesto Extra switch battery Wish me luck!
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Platystemon posted:Fair, but give the amount of wood everyone needs for fire and usually shelter, I think they should just bite the bullet and bring a real axe. Yeah, and the two people that I remember that definitely had kukris (out of the few seasons I've seen) they both definitely had an axe with them (Alan from season 1 and Nicole from season 2 IIRC). My question now is if it makes sense to bring both an axe and a saw. Lot of people do. Obviously there are tasks at which each is more efficient I just wonder if an axe is good enough and the item could be better used on something else.
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I tell you what Mary Kate in season 2 wishes she'd been batoning instead of axing
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Magic Underwear posted:My ten items for Alone season 8: this seems like a good compromise
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bird with big dick posted:I tell you what Mary Kate in season 2 wishes she'd been batoning instead of axing Man that lady hosed herself up real good that was gnarly
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I've actually had a kukri in my cart on Bladehq for a couple days, just waiting for a previous return to get refunded before I buy. There's no doubt they're considered (I don't own one so I wouldn't know) to be superior for chopping but every time I see one on Alone they're either getting used to gut a fish or whittle and with their curve and relatively blunt point it seems like they'd be pretty awkward for those things, though they can obviously perform those tasks if that's your only option. I was looking at this one but they don't have a huge kukri selection so maybe I should check other sites https://www.bladehq.com/item--Fox-Knives-Extreme-Tactical-Kukri--22609
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bird with big dick posted:Yeah, and the two people that I remember that definitely had kukris (out of the few seasons I've seen) they both definitely had an axe with them (Alan from season 1 and Nicole from season 2 IIRC). I’ve seen a lot of saw use, but nothing that really justifies it over five pounds of food. Maybe in one of the seasons I haven’t watched someone makes an invaluable structure that would be impossible with an axe, but I doubt it.
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Season 1: Dude makes a canoe in like 2 days, it owns bones gets him all over the place Season 2: Dude makes a canoe in like 20 days, it's rickety as poo poo Am I falling for some editing trick here?
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There was also the boat in the first season that was just branches wrapped in a tarp. Original strategy do not steal: spend all your effort building the best drat boat, then sail it in front of the other contestants to psych them out.
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The first season dudes was like a flat bottomed rowboat it floated but was a lot of effort to row around. Second season dude basically built 97% of a legit full on kayak it just turns out that last 3% is the part that keeps it from tipping over
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bird with big dick posted:I was looking at this one but they don't have a huge kukri selection so maybe I should check other sites That seems kind of expensive, $200 puts you in the hand made kukri world. An Angkhola Dui Chirra from Kailash blades with all the bells and whistles: performance grind, full tang, and micarta handles is only $230. I've strongly considered getting one myself, that's what I'd choose if I did.
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One hammock with all the fixins (underquilt, bug net, tarp, straps) (5) 500 pounds of oats (6) 500 pounds of dried fruit of many varieties (7) 1,000 gallons of distilled water (to cook the oats, 8) One camp stove (9) 200 small propane tanks for the stove (10) It ain't hard.
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I had a friend of a friend that did a week-long solo kayaking trip on nothing but peanut butter. I have no idea how, or why, but since it's so energy dense the theory at least is sound. The intestinal distress is not.
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In the newer seasons of Alone they start getting people are are really legit and could probably stay out there indefinitely if they weren't put in such a harsh and horrible area.
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TBH I think Donny made an ok decision tapping out when he did, you can wait out food poisoning sometimes if you've got a decent supply of fresh, clean water and can afford to take a day or so purging your system BUT I also don't think it's super disappointing to like... take care of your health especially coming from where he was as a heart attack survivor and one who almost died bc he ignored his own body until it was too late. Sucks to not win and he shouldn't have eaten that muskrat but he got unlucky and it felt like he was getting sort of delirious from the dehydration before tapping out. People underestimate how bad simple sickness can be for you in a survival situation I think, diarrhea and vomiting can absolutely be a killer if you can't keep hydrated. I really liked his shelter, seemed nice and cozy.
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