Alone again.

[HH~]

Me to!

Lotsa $ pimps on the boob tube. Which one?

HH~

[osage outlaw]

I must have missed something, which Keith is going to be on the show?

Keith Syers.  He used to be on here with the user name Wildman.   He's at the Classic every year and usually sets up as a vendor.  He's a good guy and I hope he does well. 

[mullet]

Keith Syers, aka, Wildman on PA. Keith and his wife also have some good videos on YouTube under Ramshackle videos.

[bjrogg]

It ain’t the Batam death march, but it isn’t like any of the other so called survival shows. Don’t get me wrong. I have total respect for those prisoners that survived and also those that didn’t. I’m not putting any of the contestants on Alone on some pedestal with those prisoners. I’m just saying it’s a very interesting adventure. It’s worth the time spent watching it which is more than I can say for most of the TV shows. The contestants do the filming. The producers do the editing of course, but it doesn’t have the drama and cat fights that so much of “reality tv” seems to think is entertaining. I like the Bush crafts. The different styles of trying to gather food. The one thing I think might make the 100 day challenge a improvement over the last to tap. I think everyone that’s seriously thinking about going to the end, isn’t going to make it sitting on their a$$ conserving energy. I’m looking forward to seeing some really nice shelters and some good Bush crafts. 100 days is going to be a worthy challenge. Anyone who makes it that long might just end up staying there and calling it home.

Bjrogg

[Pat B]

Keith aka Wildman here on PA.

[Pappy]

Ya Keith is a very good guy, got one of his home made hawks hanging in the cabin and he gave me some very nice liquid stuff last year, said it was for madisamal purpose only and he was responsible it I didn’t follow directions .😀 Pappy

[HH~]

Need to sign up  J. Parker. He do 100 days doing Cheetah Flips.

HH~

[Outbackbob48]

[qu
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[JEB]

Being young, single and a veteran would be three key elements to being on this show and succeeding.  I can see where contestants with kids or a spouse would have loneliness problems.
I would have love to give this a shot in 1969 after I got home.

[Marc St Louis]

A lot of vets participated on this show over the years.  I don't think one of them made it to the end

[JEB]

Being a veteran was one of my elements. I think young and single with no spouse and children would also be essential.  If you are married and have kids then that will play mind games with you after awhile.

I know I would have given it a go in 69/70 when I got home.

[bjrogg]

Being a farmer I spend endless hours alone in a tractor. Some people just hate it. I don’t mind it at all. I feel much more comfortable by myself than with lots of people. I’ve always said to do this job you have to be able to get along with yourself. I do have a fantastic wife and kids who put up with me being at work so much. I’m sure I would miss them a lot, but I don’t know how much. I have often been surprised how many tapped out because of the being alone. The endless hours of soul searching. The need to have someone to communicate with. Reminds me of the movie castaway and “Willson” . My wife thinks that is so stupid. I think I could see her talking to a volleyball before me.lol

I guess until you experience it, you really don’t know. I do know the older I get, the more I realize. The one thing that is the most valuable and probably most overlooked is time. We only get so much of it. Some get more than others. Some hold it with great value. Some just want to end it.

I do value it more each day.

Bjrogg

PS I can see how after a person proved everything to themselves they wanted to, it might be really hard to continue the challenge.

[GlisGlis]

I can see how after a person proved everything to themselves they wanted to, it might be really hard to continue the challenge.

right.
but if you play that game you should know that the ultimate thing to prove is you can win and resist till the end. (or at least as much as possible)
Setting your own less ambitious targets is a little too convenient

[osage outlaw]

I just watched last weeks episode.  That guy was off to a great start before he messed his knee up.  An injury would be a rough way to tap out.  Knowing you were doing good and ready for the long haul and having it all taken away because you stepped in a small hole while carrying a log.  I remember that girl that got the fish hook stuck in her hand a few seasons ago.  She tried her best to get it out.  I noticed now the rules say no barbed hooks.  I wonder if that is the reason why.  The hook in her hand had a barb on it and it was pretty deep.

[DC]

Barbless hook laws are getting pretty common up here. Barbless single hooks. If you buy a Deadly Dick you have to take the treble hook off and replace it with a single barbless.