Alone again.

[bjrogg]

I was wondering if there we’re anymore.
I thought maybe I just missed em.
Bjrogg

[GlisGlis]

"Alone the beast" was supposed to be 10 episodes
Alone season 7 should be aired later

[DC]

I just saw ep 1 of the Beast, I quite enjoyed it. Ep 2 was on last night after my bedtime. It's waiting in the PVR. Ep 3 is scheduled.

[GlisGlis]

New Season Thursday, June 11 at 10/9c
the trailer on historychannel is pretty intense!

for those interested

Do you think you have what it takes to survive for up to a year by yourself in the wild? If so, "Alone" is searching for self-reliance experts to attempt this bold adventure.
To learn more, please email alonecasting@itv.com with your name, age, contact information, location, and a brief description about your survival expertise!

[mullet]

I'm really interested in how Keith makes out.

[osage outlaw]

I'm really interested in how Keith makes out.

Me too.  It will be cool to see a familiar face on the show.

[GlisGlis]

I was watching his items list and wondered if knife and multitool could be a double...

1 Knife
2. Ax
3. Bow and arrows
4. Pot
5. Ferro rod
6. Multitool
7. Fishing line and hooks
8. Sleeping bag
9. Paracord
10. Trapping wire

[sleek]

No tarp..... interesting.

[GlisGlis]

If you are interested here is the complete items list to choose 10 from.
Note the bow must be primitive (what is a primitive bow ?  )
Write your 10 picks if you like. It may be interesting
I find it's pretty difficult to choose

SELECTION LIST
*Participants select 10 items from the following list.
*Participants may only choose up to two food items.
*No duplicate items can be taken from the following list.

Shelter
    12x12 ground cloth/tarp (grommets approved)
    8-mm climbing rope - 10M
    550 Paracord - 80m
    3-mm cotton cord - 40m (non waxed cord)
Bedding
    1 multi-seasonal sleeping bag
    1 bivi bag (Gore-Tex sleeping bag cover)
    1 sleeping pad
    1 hammock
Cooking
    1 large pot (no more than 2 quarts; includes lid)
    1 steel frying pan (no more than 2 quarts)
    1 flint or ferro rod set with standard-sized striker
    1 enamel bowl for eating
    1 spoon
    1 canteen or water bottle
Hygiene
    1 bar soap
    1 8-oz tube of toothpaste
    1 face flannel
    1 40-mm roll dental floss
    1 small bottle bio shower soap
    1 shaving razor (and 1 blade)
    1 towel (30” x 60”)
    1 comb
Hunting
    1 300-yd roll of a single-filament fishing line up to max of 20 lbs weight test + 25 assorted barbless hooks, no bigger than size 7/0, no lures.
    1 Primitive Bow Recurve or longbow + 9x Arrows + simple quiver OR arrow attachment.
    1 small-gauge gill net
    1 slingshot/catapult + 30 steel ball bearings + 1 replacement band
    1 net foraging bag
    1 roll 3.5 lbs of 20 or 21-gauge trapping (snare) wire
    3 lbs of one solid block of salt
Food (2 items max)
    2 lbs of beef jerky (protein)
    2 lbs of dried pulses/legumes/lentils mix (starch and carbs)
    2 lbs of biltong (protein)
    2 lbs of hard tack military biscuits (carbs/sugars)
    2 lbs of chocolate (simple/complex sugars)
    2 lbs of pemmican (traditional trail food made from fat and proteins)
    2 lbs of GORP (raisins, chocolate, peanuts)
    1 lb of flour (starch/carbs)
    1/3 lbs rice / 1/3 lb sugar / 1/3 lb of salt
Tools
    1 pocket knife
    1 hunting knife (blade edge length no larger than 10”)
    1 Leatherman multi-tool or similar
    1 sharpening stone
    1 roll of duct tape or 1 roll of electrical tape
    1 small shovel
    1 small sewing kit
    1 carabiner
    1 LED flashlight
    1 pair of ice spikes (studded walking aids for icy conditions
    1 scotch-eyed auger
    1 adze
    1 2-handed draw knife (blade no longer than 5 inches)
    1 hatchet
    1 saw
    1 ax

[sleek]

Id have to know where I'm going before I could make my picks.

[GlisGlis]

Great Slave Lake Northwest Territories

[willie]

making choices for a year in an near-arctic envrionment could be best informed by looking at the traditional tool kit of the local inhabitants. Of course, every one of the contestants visualizes his own trip.

GlisGlis, are there any more specifics about the selection list or location? And if we comment here by making our own list, could this affect the choices made by the actual contestants? 

[DC]

If it's airing in two weeks it's already shot and everybody is home eating ice cream

[willie]

I see, my bad. Say, did what flavor ice cream? Muskrat Supreme with Beavertail Bites?

[DC]

Moose Tracks. Maybe that's a Canadian flavour.

I've been looking over that list. man, there's some hard decisions there. A comb, or 2lbs of pemmican OK that's an easy one. Some are tough though. 1 LED flashlight. Seems like you could do without that but you might want to see if it's a wolf or a wolverine that's chewing on your leg. A guy could spend days deciding what to take.