This week on History's ALONE we see a contestant go home, several contestants get much needed protein, significant improvements to a shelter, net making, encounters with predators and much more! Also don't forget Tomorrow 05/17/2016 at 9pm Eastern time over at Prepper Broadcasting Network (LINK) I will be talking to Larry Roberts about his time on ALONE and what he has been upto since returning home, so be sure to join us in chat or feel free to call 347-202-0228 to listen to the show and press 1 to ask any questions you may have live on the air.
Quote of the week comes at the onset: "The instinct to survive will never change, neither will the human body's amazing ability to endure". -John 'Lofty' Wiseman
Quote of the week comes at the onset: "The instinct to survive will never change, neither will the human body's amazing ability to endure". -John 'Lofty' Wiseman
Everyone seems to be using their
headlamps this year compared to last year where it was a big controversy because it wasn't on the list of items to take. This year it is known to be a part of the safety equipment offered to the contestants, so no controversy and well everyone seems to be wearing them 24/7
Review my Alone Posts From Season 1: Alone Episode 1 Review & Thoughts; Alone Mid-season Recap;Alone Season 1 Conclusions and Final Thoughts; Alone Season 2- Selection Process, Alone Season 2-Episode 1; Alone Season 2- Episode 2; Alone Season 2: Episode 3 Thoughts and Commentary;
Review my Alone Posts From Season 1: Alone Episode 1 Review & Thoughts; Alone Mid-season Recap;Alone Season 1 Conclusions and Final Thoughts; Alone Season 2- Selection Process, Alone Season 2-Episode 1; Alone Season 2- Episode 2; Alone Season 2: Episode 3 Thoughts and Commentary;
Tracy:
Day 7:
-Really emotional post seeing Momma
black bear and her cub.
-Tracy says:“Being good at violence is not good and that is exactly who I reverted back to tonight”
-Tracy says:“Being good at violence is not good and that is exactly who I reverted back to tonight”
-She decides to tap out post bear
encounter because of how she reacted aggressively with the cub.
-I didn't see anything violent about
what she was doing or even that her actions were aggressive but she wants to go with
a little more of a peace/love/harmony approach to life and I wish her luck with that endeavor. For me personally it
may not have even been aggressive enough, when it comes to fight or
die I would always choose to fight and fight with everything in me. I
understand more than most some of the bad stuff she has seen
throughout her career as I still think about many bad calls early in
my career, but we all deal with trauma and hurt in different ways so
you can fault her for how she feels. I know the last few predator
encounters I have had while sleeping the last thing on my mind
pre/during/post encounter was ghosts of my past as I was more
concerned with #1 my weapon, #2 my light and #3 my plan of action
(i.e. shoot, scare or take no action). Until you have been alone
without a firearm and encountered a predator as your wake-up call you
will never know that cold chill down your spine, your senses going
from relaxed to hyper and then hopefully training and instinct take
over and you have a positive outcome and get to go home and see your
family.
-She went out on her own terms, she started accomplishing what she wanted in life and no one can fault her for her decision. Good job and I wish you the best in finding that inner peace you are looking to find.
-She went out on her own terms, she started accomplishing what she wanted in life and no one can fault her for her decision. Good job and I wish you the best in finding that inner peace you are looking to find.
Mike:
Day 8:
-That 20'x20' tarp is huge! That is a massive foot print and he seems like he is quasi protected from the coastal wind.
-Kissed a slug in the middle
of the night thinking its his wife. I've had plenty of bugs craw on me while sleeping in the woods but never woke up to one in/on my mouth. At least he didn't have to look too far for his next meal.
-Nice raised bed, glad to
see one on the show finally! Really surprised he hasn't started making an insulated shelter of some kind. Granted it may be way too warm for an insulated shelter at this point, but it the cold days are coming and a retreat will be a project well worth the time in my opinion.
-Plans to build a wood
drying rack over his fire, that is 100% essential for a wet environment and for continued successful fire making in a wet environment.
-Great setup for the
firewood drying rack setup according to how you need to build fire,
think I would add a place to a few logs so I could leave a single log
on the fire for most of the night some nights as well
-Camp is really coming
along! Drying rack looks great and I'm glad someone is looking at
this experience long-term.
-I see you found a plastic
jug on the beach! Mother nature does provide even if it is because
humans leave so much trash behind! Looks like you found a ton of cordage as well! I guess that gamble we talked about on the radio show paid off.
-Surprised that you are not
building a cooking camp away from where you sleep just to draw predators away from you a little bit instead of potentially pulling them into your camp.
-I like the elevated fire
area, but think I would have made myself a chair (hammock chair would be amazing) instead of an
elevated cooking platform and made that area in to a table (a few minutes later it shows a table and a chair... well I guess you are running out of projects).
-Built a hands free water
faucet via bleach container, nice man.... hot shower needs to be
next!
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David:
Day 8:
-Yum! Tacos and fried
chicken! I foresee a corporate sponsorship from KFC post show for you
my friend!
-Gill net is not providing
any subsistence and he believes that the holes in the net are just
too small which would mean the fish simply just bounce off of it.
-Gill net is the # 1 food
producer on the island (I agree 100%). he also said that he was
limited to one gill net (wow that sucks, maybe a hammock and a gill
net would be allowed?)
-Good job with the net
needle and crafting a second gill net with washed up cordage. Net is
coming together very quickly and looks really great, not ugly at all
brother!
Day 9:
-Getting dehydrated and his
water catchment ran out (I wish they would have shown his and others rain catchment systems), he now has to boil his water to drink daily
until they get more rain.
-Cedar bark and spruce resin
for his tinder bundle of choice and I have to agree 100% with that
choice! Great fast fire, making it look easy brother.
-Bummer on the pot falling
on you, live and learn. I usually use my pathfinder metal containers
with their stoves but rocks can be a pain like that, sticks even more so, usually end up just building the fire around my container and on the ground so I don't have to worry about it or using a tripod to suspend my container at the top of the fire.
-Surprised by the self
restraint of not dropping an F-bomb on camera after the pot tipped, I
would have been cursing that pot for my mistake for awhile.
-”If you want to catch big
fish then use big hooks and big bait” sage advice.
-”Bucket of chicken is a
phone call away,” man KFC better pay this man and give him free chicken for life much like Sam got his free hot pockets for life!
Post Show:
-Rocking the Lester River
Bushcraft Boreal Coat, I have 0 doubts you will be cold on your
travels! As you can see I'm a huge fan of mine, you just need a little bit of a wind break for those high wind days when its in the single digits or below and a canvas boreal coat does wonders in that area.
Justin:
Day 8:
-Still in shorts and a
t-shit, love it man! For those who may have been wondering if he did
bring pants, he did but prefers wearing shorts, as his legs and feet don't
get as cold as the rest of his body.
-Hammock/gill net worked
great and caught a decent sized fish so where are you going to sleep
now?
-Gutting job on the fish
wasn't horrible, it wasn't a filet job by any means but it did get
the job done and that's the name of the game!
Post Show:
Swinging on a branch alone
in the middle of nowhere doesn't seem like the best of ideas but I
guess whatever keeps you sane.
Larry:
Day 8:
-Not Lucus, not Alan... I am
who I am! Que the Popeye MEME's :)
-Someone is finally making a
spear! Looking like he decided to build more of a frog gig to me and
then when he is done... wow! Spear for bear/predator defense and gig
with what looks like 12 points and almost 8” wide! What is with the Sasquatch comments this year? Did Les Stroud start something with that hunting for Sasquatch series he did (wasn't a fan of that series)?
-I could be drinking a beer
and eating a burger in about 2 hours, don't start thinking like that
it will get your head out of the game and also make you hungry. In my
case it would lead to singing Jimmy Buffet's Cheeseburger In
Paradise!
Day 9:
-Caught something in the net
and the second he touched the net the fish is able to slip away,
crappy luck man!
-Eating limpets and
periwinkles but lack of protein is hurting his ability to function at a high level.
-His stationary line
produced a fairly large fish and a second stationary line yielded a
second decent fish. so like I said in several earlier posts.... get
that trap line going and going early! Now 3 fish, living high on the
hog thanks to that water based trapping.
-Making several fish filet's for dinner
and then using fish guts, and bones in water to make a very rich stew
for the morning (might invite predators throughout the night but need
all those nutrients).
Nicole:
Day 9:
-Made a counting stick to
calculate how many days she has been on the island. Rituals and daily
schedules are how you keep from going crazy.
-She is putting her gill net
out today, still don't understand why everyone is waiting so long to
put their gill nets out; but it is what it is and I wasn't there so they go with what mother nature gives you. Net needs to be a little more taunt but not
terrible for her first try, also looks like when she deployed the net it got a little tied up and bunched up, hopefully it doesn't effect performance in a negative manner.
Day 10:
-Momma bear and her cubs are
setting there by the river looking for food not too far from where
Nicole has setup her gill net. Momma bear stands up and Nicole bails
from the area as footage cuts out. The worse case is coming between a
momma and her cubs, a close second is having momma think you are a
threat to her cubs but either way you are probably in for the fight
of your life,
Randy:
Post Show:
-I'm struggling to find my
place here
-Got his first food in 8
days, a mouse.
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