![]() ![]() Each tine can become 2 fishhooks in a minute each, using the multitool and then, using same tool, snare wire can convert the 48 single hooks into treblehooks, making them MUCH more effective, on game and birds, as well as fish, than single hooks could ever be. Take a slingbow, not a bow, and have mostly 4-tined fishing arrowheads, only 2 broadehads. If you cut 2″ deep all alround an 8″ OD log, or tree, you can then break it at the kerf with just your body weight, or a proper kick. The Cold Steel shovel can be modified to have 8″ of saw edge, and that’s plenty. Indians survived with out saws, indeed, without metal. Weirs are NOT just made of sticks and stones. NOBODY has had brains enough to use the NET as a weir. Making 3″ mesh netting is very easy, cause you just use 4 finders as the sizer. It’s never tested for strength, as in lifting out of the water, when in use. Such stuff is adequate for a weir, cause all it has to do is bump the fish’s nose. To make it 1.5″ mesh, weave in splits of local reeds, roots, vines, shoots, strips of bark. it’s plenty strong enough for use as a seine. Twist them for strength, wrap them around a 3″ OD stick until ready to load the cordage onto your netting needle. For $7 at Harbor Freight, you can get a small tarp, start the tear at the edges, find the weave pattern and tear off full length strips quite easily. That doesn’t mean that others can’t play concerts. They can’t play diddly on a piano, either. It does not get down below 0F until their last month and only drops below -10F for 2 weeks, at most. A foot thick layer of compressed grass around you, in a SEALED shelter, and you’ll not need even the hot rocks. If you can’t dig, make the entire sides out of the frozen mud blocks. Use the blocks to bring the walls up another ft high, make the peaked roof (4 ft high) out of sod, or moss laid on poles 2 ft thickness of dry grass, compressed in the folded-up 20×20 tarp, poles laid on the tarp to prevent it moving in the wind. ![]() Make a pole A frame, with a ridgepole set in a couple of forked stakes.Make some wooden frames, pack them full of dirt, wet them down and let them freeze into building blocks. Pile the dirt up around the edges of the pit, 1 ft high, wet it down and let it freeze. You can almost certainly find SOME place where you can dig a 9×5 ft pit, a foot deep. Coolers or food storage boxes (except optional bear canister).Filtration, purification devices, iodine tablets.Stoves, pressure cookers or other cooking appliances.Food or beverage (except the options from the selection list).Unapproved technology (anything with a battery or an engine, eg.This list is not exhaustive but if an item is not listed above, it is also prohibited. 5lbs of gorp (raisins, m&m’s and peanuts).5lbs of pemmican (traditional trail food made from fat and proteins).5lbs of chocolate (Simple/complex sugars).5lbs of hard tack military biscuits (carbs/sugars).5lbs of dried pulses/legumes/lentils mix (starch and carbs).Small gauge gill net (8 m x 2 m OR 1.5 m deep x 3.6 m long and 2” mesh).Primitive bow with 6 Arrows (must be predominately made of wood).300-yard roll of nylon single filament fishing line and 25 assorted hooks (No lures).A multi-seasonal sleeping bag that fits within provided backpack.These will be each participant’s unique tools used to survive in the wilderness on camera. Once chosen, no items may be swapped out or replaced. *Each participant must choose TEN total items from the following list. 1x Emergency rations pack to include water and food.1x 10×10 tarp for protecting camera and equipment.1x First aid kit (military type – tourniquet, wadding, ace bandage, alcohol, plastic bag, etc).2x Safety tools (may consist of a canister of wild animal repellant, an air horn and/or 1 flare).These items do not count towards the 10 special items. *We will provide the following items to each participant. *These items were provided to each participant and did not count towards the 10 special items. 1x Pair of Crocs, Teva sandals or Keen sandals.2x Fleece or wool shirts (hooded or unhooded).2x Pairs of Outdoor Pants (can unzip into shorts).*These items do not count towards the 10 special items, but may not exceed the approved quota for each. Standard gear includes clothing, protective gear, safety equipment, camera gear, and some survival gear. Individual gear includes shelter, bedding, cooking, hygiene, hunting, food, and tools. Here is the list of items each Alone contestant is given, the master list from which they can choose their 10 individual items and the list of prohibited gear items. ![]()
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