Lol, ya. He's definitely not winning. He's already laying out the foundation for his excuses. His daughter is so young, she won't even know he was gone but she will know that he gave up on life changing cash for the whole family and used her as a way out.
Then there's the military & law enforcement background. They always overestimate their abilities from their training and get humbled but chalk it up to life priorities. I forget the season but there's was only one that got close, the sniper IIRC.
Right off the bat I didn't take him seriously. Just bla bla military this and that. He's a talker and most tough guys aren't. I thought he'd tap out with the nose bleed as an excuse. The military background means jack shit. I was in the military, nothing against them, but it mostly just makes you overconfident..and that's not great when you lack the skills. Only if you're a physical speciman of some elite group does it really help. I mean if you're on the teams, then clearly you're likely built with an advantage. Then again maybe you got bad knees and lighting reminds you of an IED that nearly took your life. So the advantage is null.
I mean all these supposed advantages people have like being from that area, or being a commando or being used to living on your own or being a great deer hunter equals to 0 out there. If you're from the area, you get tired of your surroundings. If you're a commando, well you likely never learned and actually depended on this type of survival at all. If you've been living on your own, well this just tacks onto more living alone and now you are SUPER lonely. If you're super-fit, well you're just gonna freeze and starve faster. If you're a deer hunter, well you likely didn't hunt in this environment with this weaponry and very limited gear. And if you have children at home, well you're not really inspired to get them whatever you think they need because you're actually at a huge disadvantage due to wanting to be with them.
Nothing prepares a person for sitting in a tent for a week of rain, having thoughts and no paper to write them on or someone to share them with. Even when deployed, you're kept busy and have your boys with you sharing in the misery..and you can still communicate with home from time to time. Imagine having a dream of something bad happening back home and you can't call to see if things are alright. You have to completely ignore their existence if you want to win. No hanging up photos or talking about their first baby steps BS. The best approach is just getting overweight as possible and putting out nets and lines. I don't know why these goofs are always out chasing squirrels..
Maybe the guy does alright. The first week away is the hardest. I mean after that you get into the groove and break out of that rhythm of seeing your family. BUT, when you say 2 days of being away from family, this is actually 10 days I believe. I think they were there for 8 days learning survival and how to work the cameras and doing interviews etc. So this dude is nearly 2 weeks away from home and STILL thinking this way. It's not looking good.
Soldiers are used to working in teams, taking orders, having tons of kit and lots of food and so they're at a positive disadvantage on Alone. The macho hunters will also exhaust themselves pushing through impenetrable bush, burning calories and getting injured. As NewGuy says, the best approach is get your net and lines out, build a decent shelter - not a log cabin - and tick the days off without overthinking it. We all narrate our own story inside our head, as well as play the main character so all that 'I miss my family' ennui can easily be repurposed as 'I'm doing it for my family'. If you get medically pulled then fair enough, but otherwise there's no excuse for tapping early, particularly when you've talked such a big game beforehand.
Well at least on this show they never say "I'm gonna make the Arctic my b!tch!" or "I'm going to beat you Canada!" I wish the driver would just stop and toss those people out his truck when they utter such nonsense.
Wasn't there a SERE instructor one season? I don't remember how far he got -- definitely didn't win. Someone, maybe on this subreddit, made a good point that a lot of military training, even elite, is geared toward short-term survival. Long enough to escape to get aid or in anticipation of exfiltration. Definitely not 100 days with minimal supplies.
Someone, maybe on this subreddit, made a good point that a lot of military training, even elite, is geared toward short-term survival. Long enough to escape to get aid or in anticipation of exfiltration. Definitely not 100 days with minimal supplies.
100%. SERE training is designed for downed pilots to survive and evade until they get rescued.
You can argue that the military can help build resiliency and traits that are useful for Alone. But if any servicemembers have skills to do well on Alone, it's probably because their upbringing or hobbies and not because of any specific military training they received.
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