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sleek:
--- Quote from: Hawkdancer on September 09, 2019, 11:57:08 am ---If I recall my survival training correctly, you need a fairly tight, but ventilated shelter, and a small fire, maybe the size of a baseball cap, and a heap of firewood including some thick enough to bank the fire.
I'm too old to try to do that any more, but I do teach some survival in Hunter Education. Fat is extremely important in the diet, as well. Good luck if you apply!
Hawkdancer
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I think I will apply for the Season 8. That gives me time to prepare and learn.
Russ:
Wohoho! seeing that just made my day for some reason! ;D ;D ;D ;D
GlisGlis:
--- Quote ---If I recall my survival training correctly, you need a fairly tight, but ventilated shelter, and a small fire, maybe the size of a baseball cap, and a heap of firewood including some thick enough to bank the fire.
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Yes. the difficult part is to balance ventilated and warm enough, tight shelter but not so small to catch fire at every spark, small fire but not so small to be difficult to mantein
that is another subject for debate
in the show I've seen many times participants saw piles of ten inches twigs and logs for fire
while is indubitable that well chosen and prepared wood make a better fire I see millions of calories burned in a substantial emergency situation
I doubt that in ancient times cutting wood was such a surgical action
Marc St Louis:
--- Quote from: GlisGlis on September 10, 2019, 04:02:22 am ---
--- Quote ---If I recall my survival training correctly, you need a fairly tight, but ventilated shelter, and a small fire, maybe the size of a baseball cap, and a heap of firewood including some thick enough to bank the fire.
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Yes. the difficult part is to balance ventilated and warm enough, tight shelter but not so small to catch fire at every spark, small fire but not so small to be difficult to mantein
that is another subject for debate
in the show I've seen many times participants saw piles of ten inches twigs and logs for fire
while is indubitable that well chosen and prepared wood make a better fire I see millions of calories burned in a substantial emergency situation
I doubt that in ancient times cutting wood was such a surgical action
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Yes wasting that much energy making such a shelter doesn't make sense. Instead of a plastic tarp they would be better off bringing a canvas tarp, much heavier but much more resistant to sparks and heat.
A really small fire is nice but not much use when temps get well below freezing
A good shelter is important but stockpiling food is another. What I don't understand is why the guy who shot the Moose didn't keep the important food (fat) with him in the shelter. I wouldn't have let it out of my sight. Also I sure hope he didn't leave all the Moose meat in the bush when he left, that would be disrespectful.
bjrogg:
What was even crazier was when he put all the snares on the post for his platform to keep the wolverine from getting his supplies and then left the ladder leaning against the platform.lol.
I'm thinking he took all his meat, but can't say for positive. They always put everything back as close to the way it was when they got there before they leave. I'm thinking the wolverine wouldn't mind if he left something for him. I know if it was me I'd want to take it back. Along with a few other reminders of the adventure.
Bjrogg
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