Alone in the wild

[Justin Case]

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Alone in the Wild follows the survival adventure of Ed Wardle as he treks across the Yukon territory for three months
Nat-Geo,

Follow the adventure on line.
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/alone-in-the-wild

( I am watching this on the National Geographic channel right now, Looks pretty good !)

[Justin Case]

this guy has the right idea,, He is going to be out there for 3 months, I am watching his first day,, So Far, he seems prepared, He has a 12 ga, Knife,GPS, Canoe,hammock w/ cover, Fishing rod/reel, dutch oven,, he even has an electric fence gadget he runs around his camp to repel bears and other critters while he sleeps, This is what makes this different from the other shows, This is more realistic ,, Its nice to see a more modern approach to surviving, I guess its just "camping" out in the middle of no place, But I am liking it thus far.. He is doing all the filming like Les .

[canid]

I think the prospect of 'just campin out' with no immediate deadlines or intrusions from the normal pace of life is part of the draw of the outdoors life. I know it is for me.

[Justin Case]

Here is the Video play list for anyone who wants to watch on line

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/alone-in-the-wild-week-1-videos


Week One: Videos from the Wild
Watch Ed Wardle's video dispatches from the Yukon wilderness

Ed is equipped with multiple cameras and will be documenting his survival adventure for the next three months. Each week he will put video tapes in a drop box at a designated location and then return to his camp. After Ed has done this and left the vicinity, film crew members will go and pick up the videos without ever being in contact with Ed. He may be alone in the wild, but you get to follow along from behind the cameras' lens.

[Winnie]

I'm sayin' nuttin'. But he does cry like a baby very soon......

[Justin Case]

I'm sayin' nuttin'. But he does cry like a baby very soon......

yes, Just seen that part ,, I am really enjoying watching this show, he has been out there for 30 days now, Has been reduced to tears a couple of times and is almost out of the rice and oats he had, He has lost a LOT of weight, He is starting to lose it,, crying, writing things on his arms, Now he has found a moose skull and named it "Bruce",, lol,,

IMO, This is much better than all those other shows,,

[Aurelius95]

Did they shoot this last year (or earlier)? I recall visiting the website a while back. I used to subscribe to Nat Geo Explorer magazine (now defunct) and they ran a piece on this topic. Looks interesting, though.

Thanks for the link.

[Justin Case]

Did they shoot this last year (or earlier)? I recall visiting the website a while back. I used to subscribe to Nat Geo Explorer magazine (now defunct) and they ran a piece on this topic. Looks interesting, though.

Thanks for the link.

I am not sure when it was filmed, i would "guess" last year,

[Justin Case]

Well,, Its over,, He made it 50 days before pushing the button. Good Show !!

[NCO]

After watching those clips I have to wonder, why he didn't build a better shelter..

[Alaskan Survivalist]

Many are preparing to survive but very few have a clue what it takes to stay. They don't show that on TV shows.

[Justin Case]

After watching those clips I have to wonder, why he didn't build a better shelter..

He didn't know how,, He is an outdoors man but was clear he is not a survival expert, He also said later when he couldn't find food, "Either its not out here or I lack the skills and knowledge to find it",,, He basically cracked because of the seclusion... He actually had a good "shelter" , he had a nice hammock that was covered and equipped w/ bug netting,

[Justin Case]

Many are preparing to survive but very few have a clue what it takes to stay. They don't show that on TV shows.

This one showed that pretty well,, He fell short of his goal by 40 days,

[pete lynch]

I know of him from watching Everest Beyond the Limit.
He is the high altitude cameraman filming all the climbers at the summit.

[Justin Case]

Channel 4 exploitation row after film-maker is airlifted from wilderness dying of starvation

It promised to stretch reality television to the limit: one man pitting his wits against the Yukon wilderness with just a camera for company.

But hopes for an epic three-month contest between man and nature were dashed when adventurer Ed Wardle failed to go the distance.

Seven weeks after striding out into the rugged forests of western Canada armed with a rifle and a fishing rod, Mr Wardle had to be airlifted back to civilisation suffering from starvation.

He sent out a distress call five weeks before he was due to finish filming his one-man survival programme Alone In The Wild for Channel 4.

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Last night the broadcaster faced criticism for allowing him to attempt the expedition unaided and apparently unprepared, to entertain viewers.

During his adventure, Mr Wardle, 34, was permitted to send out a daily posting on the Twitter website and transmit a single electronic signal confirming he was still alive.

Channel 4 handlers tracked his progress through the 500,000 square mile wilderness using a GPS satellite tracking device.

To make the survival challenge as authentic as possible he avoided all human contact and left video tapes at drop-off points to be picked up by collection teams in a helicopter.


Mr Wardle lived off berries and any animals he could catch while trekking between hand-built shelters made out of fallen trees.

At first he appeared to be weathering the challenge, despite his lack of survival training.

He had been confident of finding regular food, telling the Daily Mail prior to setting off: 'I imagine I have a long future of fish-eating in front of me. It's going to be trout and grayling for 12 weeks.

'But meat's a relatively easy thing to get your hands on too. There are hares, squirrels and gophers. They're good to eat because they're fatty.

'The porcupines are easy to catch because they don't move very fast. As long as you're careful with the spines, they're a good source of food. You hit it with a big stick, roll it over, slice it open and peel the skin back, the same as you would any mammal.'


However, friends following his progress on Twitter - including long-term girlfriend Amanda Murray who lives with him in Islington, North London - became increasingly concerned when he appeared to start losing his grip on reality, hallucinating and talking to insects as starvation set in.

Two weeks ago he tweeted about losing weight rapidly, saying his muscles were 'disappearing'. Most alarming of all, he counted his heartbeat at just 32 beats-per-minute. A healthy range is between 60 and 100 beats per minute.

His condition eventually deteriorated so much that he used his emergency satellite telephone to call for help. He was airlifted out after 50 days, and arrived back in London on Monday. He is now being treated at home.

John Beyer, Director of Media Watch, said last night: 'This is a pretty foolish enterprise. If Channel 4 are going to send people on this kind of expedition, they really must make sure they are up to it and have the skills necessary to survive.

'If they first of all did not check that Ed Wardle was competent, then that is the height of irresponsibility on the part of Channel 4, to do that merely to provide entertainment for us all back home to watch this man steadily deteriorate.'

Mr Wardle was chosen for the project because of his abilitiy as a cameraman and producer, and his experience of filming in the North Pole and on the summit of Everest.

He has worked on shows for Channel 4, ITV, BBC and Discovery.

But he had no specific training for living alone in the remote territory, 80 per cent of which is pristene wilderness.


Read more and pics: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1209078/Channel-4-exploitation-row-cameraman-airlifted-wilderness-dying-starvation.html#ixzz0zA7t1wA5

[crashdive123]

Ummmmmm.....

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/forums/showthread.php?t=7874&highlight=Alone+in+the+wild

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/forums/showthread.php?t=7316&highlight=Alone+in+the+wild

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/forums/showthread.php?t=8436&highlight=Alone+in+the+wild

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/forums/showthread.php?t=8641&highlight=Alone+in+the+wild

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/forums/showthread.php?t=8785&highlight=Alone+in+the+wild

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/forums/showthread.php?t=8845&highlight=Alone+in+the+wild

:innocent:

[Justin Case]

LOl oops,, oh well,, instead of 6 threads, now its seven ,,

[2dumb2kwit]

Ummmmmm.....

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/forums/showthread.php?t=7874&highlight=Alone+in+the+wild

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/forums/showthread.php?t=7316&highlight=Alone+in+the+wild

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/forums/showthread.php?t=8436&highlight=Alone+in+the+wild

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/forums/showthread.php?t=8641&highlight=Alone+in+the+wild

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/forums/showthread.php?t=8785&highlight=Alone+in+the+wild

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/forums/showthread.php?t=8845&highlight=Alone+in+the+wild

:innocent:

Crash, you do know that you have the power to change his name to "Justin Case you missed it the first 6 times". LOL:euro: