Anyone watch the tv show Alone? [SPOILERS!]

[LoopCutter]

I thought he was emotional, after eating the squirrel, because he realized that little critter provided companionship.

The Air Force survivor trainer is another I like. For his family!


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[Gerhard Gerber]

I wouldn't depend on it, but interesting to know for its own sake. If I actually want a fire I'm boring enough to bring a lighter or matches.

One day I have some spare time I plan to make the mother of all fire pistons just for the heck of it. I like the concept, but the traditional design is a bit hit and miss. A fire piston that fire every time would be interesting. That would be rather expensive and on the heavy side, but maybe an interesting personal side project.

David West https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgAunVsQr42Tg1lTd45mkaA

IIRC friction fire was my mission for 2016 or 2017, and I failed completely......I could've managed it, but I felt and still feel I need to do it with local woods.

I made (had made) fire pistons from brass, didn't work, but I did successfully light a fire with a bottom-of-a-can parabolic mirror.

[Vidar]

David West https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgAunVsQr42Tg1lTd45mkaA

IIRC friction fire was my mission for 2016 or 2017, and I failed completely......I could've managed it, but I felt and still feel I need to do it with local woods.

I made (had made) fire pistons from brass, didn't work, but I did successfully light a fire with a bottom-of-a-can parabolic mirror.

I haven't actually tried making a friction fire. I imagine wet wood isn't the best start, and that is what we got most of the time. I should try though.

So what failed on your fire piston?

Come to think of it I don't think I've seen any contestants bring salt?

[Gerhard Gerber]

So what failed on your fire piston?

I know this sounds illogical, but my only theory is we machined it with too tight tolerances and the seal was so good I bent the plunger with one of my first few attempts.

Most people don't realize how easily fire can be very very difficult. I make 99% of my fires with ferro rod, I test myself and I have failed.  Easy one to recall was late one afternoon fishing at the coast, we were cold & went, I'd done with fishing and decided to try for a small fire.  I was not expecting trouble because there was plenty driftwood way above the high water mark etc etc.
Finally gave up after I couldn't manage even with magnesium scrapings. 

[Aloha]

I always route for the women  .  Admittedly tho, I just want to see everyone go the their own distance.  Take themselves as far as possible.  I appreciate skills but I also appreciate when someone can shift gears all the while keep positive.  Its humbling for man out there both emotionally and skills wise which I also appreciate seeing.  I hope those who leave earlier than they expected go home and live their fullest lives.  Ray Livingston the search and rescue K9 handler was a favorite of mine.  I was routing for him.  His personality was great IMO its a shame he wasn't as successful in getting more food.   

[Vidar]

I know this sounds illogical, but my only theory is we machined it with too tight tolerances and the seal was so good I bent the plunger with one of my first few attempts.

Most people don't realize how easily fire can be very very difficult. I make 99% of my fires with ferro rod, I test myself and I have failed.  Easy one to recall was late one afternoon fishing at the coast, we were cold & went, I'd done with fishing and decided to try for a small fire.  I was not expecting trouble because there was plenty driftwood way above the high water mark etc etc.
Finally gave up after I couldn't manage even with magnesium scrapings. 

That doesn't sound illogical - it makes a lot of sense actually as a plunger can't be too wide but still needs to take some beating. I'll keep that noted.

For me fires got a lot easier once I really grasped the importance of having lots and lots of surface area to volume for whatever tinder material is at hand. Magnesium shavings sounds like something I should try just for the smurf of it.

[Vidar]

I always route for the women  .  Admittedly tho, I just want to see everyone go the their own distance.  Take themselves as far as possible.  I appreciate skills but I also appreciate when someone can shift gears all the while keep positive.  Its humbling for man out there both emotionally and skills wise which I also appreciate seeing.  I hope those who leave earlier than they expected go home and live their fullest lives.   

I think is part of what makes the show interesting - in a way they are all in the same place but on different journeys personally. 

I wonder if any of them will harvest a bit of grass and juicy branches to keep around for later. Time will show. Actually, show will show I guess.

[LoopCutter]

I agree!

It is also interesting how each begin and continue to open up personally with the camera lens.  It becomes their one eye therapist sort of. 

Once the cold sets in below freezing, warmth will be come the holy grail, and without a stove or barrel to control the burn, firewood will be consumed faster than they can cut and split.


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[Gerhard Gerber]

That doesn't sound illogical - it makes a lot of sense actually as a plunger can't be too wide but still needs to take some beating. I'll keep that noted.

For me fires got a lot easier once I really grasped the importance of having lots and lots of surface area to volume for whatever tinder material is at hand. Magnesium shavings sounds like something I should try just for the smurf of it.

I found this....or it found me yesterday, fascinating stuff on the whole but especially where he talks about fire making.

I can recommend all the episodes, honestly haven't heard of the other 3 guys, but that's just my ignorance......

Slight derailment but very relevant to what the contestants are doing.....

[Gerhard Gerber]

Well.........first big game on Alone 

[Vidar]

And skinned and parted with a Leatherman - the man should get some kind of prize!

Now he doesn't have to hunt anymore - all the predators will come straight to him.. 

[LoopCutter]

And skinned and parted with a Leatherman - the man should get some kind of prize!

Now he doesn't have to hunt anymore - all the predators will come straight to him.. 

There is another reality show, “The Last Alaskans”, and Heimo Korth, wears a SuperTool 300 on his left hip, and he as butchered at least 2 moose on camera with his ST300 and several Caribou. As well opening his storage barrels, repairing the snow machine, testing wire for several types of snares and trap sets. He and his wife are one of the last resident permit holders in the Alaskan Refuge, and has lived there for over thirty years. 


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[LoopCutter]

Yet, for Jordan to shoot, hit, and track a moose with a bow is pretty amazing.  I was surprised that the Surge was his only knife.


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[Vidar]

Yet, for Jordan to shoot, hit, and track a moose with a bow is pretty amazing.  I was surprised that the Surge was his only knife.

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+1 to all of that!

I was half expecting to see some contestants gather and dry vegetation to keep around for after the snow comes. After snow hits any delicious vegetation left will attract critters big and small alike. I don't know the vegetation there, but over here at least both the moose and hare have their favorites - and they come around for that if they can find it.

[styx]

this broken up broadcasting is really making it hard to follow the season

[Gerhard Gerber]

this broken up broadcasting is really making it hard to follow the season

Any idea what the reason for that was?

[Gerhard Gerber]

All hypothetical, winning Alone is my only chance of having any kind of retirement except utter decrepitude   

I can't shoot a bow to save my life, might need to change that.


From what I've seen of bow hunting, and the little I know about moose, that was an achievement.

As far as the skinning goes I just had one thought: hope that's not a 420HC blade 

I've had to do this twice, once an Oryx, once a Kudu.  I believe both are smaller, we were 2, but it was hot despite being Winter (hunting season).......not fun.

[LoopCutter]

Any idea what the reason for that was?

In the states, it was a holiday, Independence Day, July 4.  Often TV channels will schedule reruns or special programming on a holiday then resume a series the next regular date.

[Gerhard Gerber]

In the states, it was a holiday, Independence Day, July 4.  Often TV channels will schedule reruns or special programming on a holiday then resume a series the next regular date.

Of course...... 

[Aloha]

That was one heck of a game changer for him.  If he can keep it from predators and spoiling he'll need to firm up his shelter for winter and wait this out.  So, a MT for survival huh?  We've had this discussion before and now I am even more convinced its a great idea to carry. 

I did wonder why he wouldn't shoot that moose again to end it?  I have no knowledge of hunting but I thought a fast kill was always preferred. 

Big props to him 

[styx]

Any idea what the reason for that was?

it was the day when Will Smith defeated the aliens

[ducttapetech]

As far as the skinning goes I just had one thought: hope that's not a 420HC blade 

It was. He used a Leatherman Surge. Mine hasn't given me any problems gutting deer or other game.

[Gerhard Gerber]

It was. He used a Leatherman Surge. Mine hasn't given me any problems gutting deer or other game.

Used my Core to skin a chicken (for fly tying materials) once and did not enjoy it 

[Gerhard Gerber]

I did wonder why he wouldn't shoot that moose again to end it?  I have no knowledge of hunting but I thought a fast kill was always preferred. 

Head shot would be the only way I guess, which I wouldn't try with a bow.

It took 6 hours to die (IIRC) but even in that state it likely needed 6 seconds to completely mess him up.  I'm not much of a hunter and not a bow hunter at all, but I think he made the right call. 

[Aloha]

I've never hunted and I have no experience with a bow.  I'm sure he made the best decision in that scenario I was more curious than anything. 

Lots of good snare catches.  Some decent fishing from a few.  That fire was scary but she now knows to scrape the creosote occasionally to be on the safe side. 

Every season we see someone miss their family so much they tap out.  It was great to hear him speak of his family.  He was a strong contender and with a week of fish left who knows.......................   

[Gerhard Gerber]

Every season we see someone miss their family so much they tap out.  It was great to hear him speak of his family.  He was a strong contender and with a week of fish left who knows.......................

That's why they wouldn't dare put me in there, as things stand there's a friend or 2 I would miss and even less that would miss me, if I could sort out food I'd keep the crew away by throwing rocks at them and just stay......

[Vidar]

I thought it seemed like a risky plan to go out of the tent to fight a wolverine somewhere in the dark. Then he actually pulled it off and hit it with the bow. Which I found amazing. And then he decided to take a hatchet and go finish it off an injured animal infamous for its ferocious fighting ability..  Which somehow worked out fine for him. Lots of respect for Jordan for that - that took both balls and skill.

(And it was a strong contrast to the other contestant which got harmed fighting a squirrel). 

[Aloha]

That was a pretty scary ordeal.  I am so happy it turned out well for him.  He's seems to be doing very well for himself.  If he can settle in and not let the boredom catch up to him he certainly looks to be the front runner. 

OMG that lady and the squirrel.  I can understand her not just stabbing it in the head as she appeared to try.  Grabbing it with her hand however  .  I sure hope she's ok. 

Barry and his mishap fishing made me actually talk to the TV.  DUDE, make a net what the heck!  I was so glad he listened  .  Its one of the first projects I think I'd do.  So happy he was successful with fishing. 

The lady and her fox stealing her caught rabbits.  I sure hope she figures out how to keep what she catches.  Its no secret I am routing for any of these women to win. 

Adapt Improvise Overcome.  Who ever first said this 

[LoopCutter]

Jordan is well suited and comfortable in his setting. He seems well prepared, having spent several winters in Siberia with an indigenous tribe he does appear to have attitude that as a predator he must protect what he has has. 

Nicole (I think that is her name) is her own worst enemy. She cut herself with the knife, she poked her calf with an arrow tip, suffered a couple of fires in camp, now getting bit by a squirrel. I also believe she is having a fox raid her snares, too.   

I agreed with the net, I to said make net!

Missing being a DAD and a HUSBAND, is a good reason to tap, he already proved himself, I must respect!


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[Gerhard Gerber]

having spent several winters in Siberia with an indigenous tribe he does appear to have attitude t
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When he mentioned that my first thought was "we have a winner"