Loading ...We've all seen SurvivorMan and Man vs. Wild by now. And we've all seen the controversies behind Bear Gryls method. And we've all wondered if we could survive out there on our own with only our wits and some McGuyver spare parts to use.
Well I'm going to do it this weekend for the sake of Outdoorzy. I'm sacrificing myself for the sake of a blog post... what a noble cause... I'm heading out with three other Outdoorzy members; Nomad75, ChrisG, and 3leftsmakeapar. Only two of us will be "surviving." The other two will be documenting the trip and laughing while we eat bugs.
I know you're all thinking "Man this guy is dumb if he thinks living in the woods for 2 days is "surviving." Okay then, I'm not actually surviving. More like testing some skills and trying some things out to see what works and to see if I can pull it off. That's why this is called Survivor"Dude"... because it's kinda half-baked. Here's the plan.
- Take all our regular gear, and then only use it if we need to
- Take 4-5 items each that you would find in the trash
- Bring a knife or multi-tool
- Spend 24-36 hours in the wilderness, several miles from a road or civilization
- Come back without getting some gastro-intestinal funk from eating something dumb
- Make a Shelter
- Get clean drinking water
- Find or catch some food (even just a little)
- Build a fire using only natural materials
- Build a stove or cook items on the fire that we find
Should be fun. I'll report back next week and let everyone know how it goes.
-SURVIVORDUDE
It will probably look more like this blooper real from SurvivorMan...
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can I send the "trash"... I have some nice, slightly soiled, items that might be fun.?
I pick my own trash! Besides, I'm really scare of what would be in yours...
Very creative you guys!
This will be lots of fun and adventure...
DSD
sounds like great fun. if i could afford the camera i'd spend a week going it entirely alone, uncutt, unedited!
Can't wait to hear how you fare! Should be fun regardless. I'd come along. To laugh at you while I ate real food.
I have a feeling thats what our two "documenters" are going to do.... laugh mostly. The forecast says 35 degrees Saturday night, so it should prove interesting!
Cool man! Maybe you will come back as skinny as me
Where you guys doing this? Should be kewl.
Top Secret location bro.
We warmed up tonight by eating bean dip and drinking dos equis. We are ready....