How about mistakes on the Pot and Machete's? You get a pot, a machete, and the clothes on your back. Eventually we allowed a pocket fishing kit and life was good.
1. On the first one a guy brought a Swiss Army knife as his machete. Machete's rule on these things in FL. Like for shelter building.
2. I noticed on post #1 he was bringing a 12" X 3" container. Let's say it's metal. It still isn't big enough. You have to collect water, boil
it, AND LET IT COOL so that you can drink it. Several brought too small containers at first. We did one with harvested bamboo about
twice as big. We should have harvested more.
3. You won't like a lot of the food you scavenge and catch. We are spoiled on salt and sugar. The stuff out there is pretty bland. We
literally had food for the taking from the time we paddled up to camp to the time we paddled out. Some just couldn't stomach wild
food with no seasoning or gagged even thinking about eating insects. They sat there for 3 days hungry. Bite the head of that grub
first before you chow down. This one bit back. oops
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Termites are great! Pull the legs off those grasshoppers after roasting in the fire
and chomp. Get over being squeamish.
4. Practice your skills BEFORE you try "survival" camping. Our very own Highlife mastering the bowdrill on a Canoe trip.
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5. Don't give up too quick. We tried vines for line and thorns for hooks etc. We gave upand munched sadly on heart of palm. Daywalker quietly made a bow and arrow and had a bit of dinner Trust me when I say Daywalker could walk out into the scrub with a knife and be just fine for however long.
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