Not gonna look....not gonna look.....
Crap ...I looked.....
Not gonna look....not gonna look.....
Crap ...I looked.....
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Evoking the 50 year old rule...
First 50 years...worried about the small stuff...second 50 years....Not so much
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When all else fails, read the directions, and beware the Chihuahuacabra!
seems to me if they did,nt have the behind the camera crew and the caterer that goes on all filming
shoots they would probaly starve.did not see the show dont have tv. just giong by what i,ve seen posted
just had a thought someone said this show was shot in costarica, ok that,s jungle and you,ll find plenty of taro growing
the plants produce leaves as large as 4feet long and 3feet across,not to mention the root is high in starch it can be boiled
fried or steamed. the leaves once again can be used for shelter making wrapping meat in to steam or cook over
coals.
dry coconut husks can be burned to keep misquitos away.
the leaves can be used to make baskets or even shelter walls.
banana leaves can be used to serve food on as well as wrap food in to steam or
cook on coals.freshwater crabs can be had in the various streams there did they try to catch any?
dry palm fronds are great for a fire,
coconut when your done eating make a impromtu canteed and when split in half make nice bowls
to eat from spoons can be carved from wood. did they do any of these things?
one again taro root can be pounded into a paste known as poi
between just the taro and fish and coconut they could haved survived quite well for some time.
inthe islands of the so,pacific fish,taro,cocnet are main staples in thier diet. just saying.
This show is shot on location all over the world....different every time.
From what I have seen, it's pretty much the real deal....kinda hard to hide naked.
Crew isn't there all the time, but don't think they are at a hotel ....like some other shows we know of.
The normal "gear over comes all" doesn't work as all participants are naked and can only bring "one item"....Sort of the ultimate "If you only had one," whatever.
Seems the successful pairs mostly had fire starter and knife....although some were successful in primitive fire starting.....but had a heck of a time as they were not in their back yard...so to speak.
Mostly a exercise in dynamics between two naked people attempting to survive rather than a "How to" on bush skills ....
I really think the 21 days was chosen as being on the outer limits of starving,,,,as in 3 weeks with out food.
Mostly you get over the fact they are naked real fast.......and just suffer with them.
Still a TV show....for entertainment....but does bring up a lot of situations on what it takes.....
You really need to see it to have any idea of what the show is about.
Geezer Squad....Charter Member #1
Evoking the 50 year old rule...
First 50 years...worried about the small stuff...second 50 years....Not so much
Member Wahoo Killer knives club....#27
Barring some accident or immediate illness (like appendicitis) anyone should be able to survive a week. Even if they had bad water to drink. After that week things might get a bit dicey but none of us will starve to death in a week.
I can see what my wife would say if I were on the show, and trust me she wouldnt buy the bit about "No honey honest I didn't see a thing,it's blurred just like on TV honest honey!"
Last edited by Awanita; 09-29-2014 at 01:43 PM.
Awanita from the wild patato clan of the Tsalagi/Cherokee. "When the time comes, know how to only be seen when wanted to be seen".
hunter i,m just saying if the couple had bush skills it would make things a wole lot more interesting dont
you think? most every thing i mentioned in my post i,ve done while living in hawaii. if not all it,s been a long time.
Geezer Squad....Charter Member #1
Evoking the 50 year old rule...
First 50 years...worried about the small stuff...second 50 years....Not so much
Member Wahoo Killer knives club....#27
It also seems that some that fail do lack two things:
1. A realistic assessment of their true abilities
2. Interpersonal skills
ya crash if they had joined the fourm first they would have walked out of the jungle fat and happy.
i,m justsaying.
Bump:
I would like to see 2 very skilled survivalist take on this challenge just once.
I mean extremely skilled. Love to see if they would not only survive but thrive.
Well will be starting up again here pretty soon.
April 19, 2015
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...hannel/376026/
So we can all sit in our recliners and pick apart the participants.
Geezer Squad....Charter Member #1
Evoking the 50 year old rule...
First 50 years...worried about the small stuff...second 50 years....Not so much
Member Wahoo Killer knives club....#27
One thing is that they aren't putting you in the places you "practice" surviving. This weekends episode is in the everglades.
I am guessing it is filmed in the western glades based on the little bit I saw. I'll be watching this episode a couple of times I am sure. It looks like they are in some old growth cypress and they set up camp in a palm hammock. But, I didn't see their shelter or what kind of other trees were in the hammock.
First thing I would look at is mosquitoes. American beauty-berry, black elderberry, and wax myrtle can off some help. Smudge fires around dusk and dawn. Food and water shouldn't be a problem in any ecosystem in South Florida if you don't have to follow laws.
AH the naked bee keepers show i used to raise bees i,d like to see that one.
any how i don,t have TV so i,ve never seen the show any how is the woman hot
or what.and why dont they make some clothes out of the jungle plenty of material?
and what is it their afraid of? where do they find these people anyhow. has any of them ever been camping
just saying.can they think outside the box or no?
It's on!!!
Really, dropped into a desert?
That's kind of stipud.
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