But before we talk about what the winners packed, lets look at a few of the things that the winners did NOT take:
- Bow and Arrows
- 12 X 12 Ground Cloth
- Roll of Duct Tape
- Bivy Bag (Gore-Tex)
- Food Rations
My list would also include the Bivy for warmer sleeping. This would make it unnecessary to burn excessive calories building a more elaborate shelter. A tarp and para-cord lean-to will be sufficient.
Here are the common things selected by the winner:
- Multi-seasonal sleeping bag that fits within provided backpack
- Flint or ferrous rod set
- 2 quart pot with lid
- Ax
- Hunting knife
- Saw
- 550 para-chord - 20m
- Small gauge gill net (12' x 4' with 1.5" mesh)
- Canteen or water bottle
- Small shovel
- Slingshot/Catapult + 30 steel ball bearings + 1 replacement band
- 3.5 lb roll of trapping wire
Season 3 winner, Fowler, took a few unique tools including a Shovel, Leatherman and a sling shot although I never saw any of them giving him any advantage. While Fowler did not take a hunting knife, his shovel was sharp for multi-purposes cutting and chopping making it a good multi-purpose tool. The Leatherman was also multi-purpose having a knife blade (he took no hunting knife), file, needle nose pliers, wire cutters (and more), which would have been handy had he taken the wire for snares.
Season 1 winner, Alan, took a 3.5 lb roll of trapping wire, which was unique but used for snare traps, where as other participants used para-cord which failed because it was easy to chew through. He also took a Water Bottle, in addition to his 2 quart pot, which was a bit unique. With the importance of water, I can see the value in this rationale.
Below is the list that I would pick; what would you pick?
If there was no flowing or tide water, I might forgo the gill net and replace it with the water bottle.
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You can't just say "I'd use a bivy and then wouldn't have to worry about a cabin or burning wood" - unless you plan to spend every waking moment inside of a sleeping bag, this is a bad plan. You need to be up, move around, sit around, do things, all of which require fire to keep you warm.
ReplyDeleteGood luck burning wet logs in half... part of the reason they chop wood down is to get it into smaller pieces and let it dry out so that it burns cleaner and more easily. Light a fire and throw a wet log on it and see how well it goes (spoiler alert - it's going to pop and spark like crazy)