I caught an advert for this on TV and wondered if anyone had seen it? The premiss is this, A man and a woman are selected from applicants to the show, they are then dropped in a remote location completely naked and they then have to survive for 21 days and reach an extraction point. All the contestants are experienced in some kind of survival/bushcraft and they are allowed to take a single item each.
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Think watched all the episodes but one.
Not quite sure what to make of the show really. Yes, it's a challenge for the people participating, but not much else.
The few things that possibly to learn from the series was
Primitive fire starting is a bitch. They were taking days to get a fire going, which was giving them hydration problems.
So much so one guy started drinking unsafe water, and contracted some fever and had to be pulled from the challenge for medical attention.
But none of that is probably new to anyone here.
Not quite sure what to make of the show really. Yes, it's a challenge for the people participating, but not much else.
The few things that possibly to learn from the series was
Primitive fire starting is a bitch. They were taking days to get a fire going, which was giving them hydration problems.
So much so one guy started drinking unsafe water, and contracted some fever and had to be pulled from the challenge for medical attention.
But none of that is probably new to anyone here.
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Thats the one, just seemed a little extreme dropping someone in a jungle or desert or something with absolutely NOTHING!
I've seen the first season of the show. Each episode, one man and one woman are dropped naked into a jungle or desert type environment naked. They are allowed one tool each.
It is somewhat entertaining to watch and think about, but in my opinion there is very little educational value. Most of them do very little aside from cry, fight, and complain. After a few days, they are typically too hungry and their energy is too low to do anything. As Jared pointed out, the biggest lesson seems to be that primitive fire lighting is very difficult under real conditions.
It is somewhat entertaining to watch and think about, but in my opinion there is very little educational value. Most of them do very little aside from cry, fight, and complain. After a few days, they are typically too hungry and their energy is too low to do anything. As Jared pointed out, the biggest lesson seems to be that primitive fire lighting is very difficult under real conditions.
The 'reality' TV whirligig spins on and on. What's the point, other than freakshow sensationalism? It reads like a TV pitch from Drop the Dead Donkey or Alan Partridge, will the next series involve amputees, perhaps, or people with Down's syndrome?
While I am not a huge fan, I certainly see the value of the show. As we speak, there are probably several threads going on on this very forum with all sorts of claims being made about how people can survive in the wilderness using their buschraft skills. This show lets people put their money where their mouth is. So far most of the participants have not done as well as they imagined when they were writing about it online.
I don't think anyone could excel at the challenge, unless they were native to the environment to where they are put in.
It's basically make fire, sterilize water... and slowly starve, with the frustration and mind games that brings.
Ed Stafford's show Naked and Marooned seemed far better, as the toward the end of the 60 days he seemed to have reached a point of relative comfort. But even in the early days he had to take antibiotics because of eating bad shellfish.
It's basically make fire, sterilize water... and slowly starve, with the frustration and mind games that brings.
Ed Stafford's show Naked and Marooned seemed far better, as the toward the end of the 60 days he seemed to have reached a point of relative comfort. But even in the early days he had to take antibiotics because of eating bad shellfish.
Saw the Trailer for this show the other night, Talk about laugh 
O.K. it has a " Survival " element to it, But Please, Naked, Really, What ever Next, Blindfolded with one hand tied behind their backs
O.K. it has a " Survival " element to it, But Please, Naked, Really, What ever Next, Blindfolded with one hand tied behind their backs
in a jungle environment with a good knife and no clothes, you could be putting the natives to shame, big Mr la-di-da with your posh knife. Hot rocks to steralise the water.
Well if there are locals about, you just trade your impressive knife for fresh water and rations.
ya mean do a Bruce Parry ?
And with much more on you'd feel positivley overdressed. "loincloth AND footwear ?!?!"
And with much more on you'd feel positivley overdressed. "loincloth AND footwear ?!?!"
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