Outdoor Survival Gear

The prize; 10 Million bucks (after taxes)
The place; The Alaskan Bush
The Challenge as follows.
You are in Alaska, You are flown into the deep bush 500 miles from any human. You are given my Long walk pack (70 lbs) with the best of all survival gear also includes topo maps.
You are left to find your way back to the nearest designated point.
I outfit you with the best outdoor clothing on the planet.
I give you a Sat-Com phone that only dails me or and alternate just in case.
Rules are; No help from anyone you most likely will not run into. If you dail the phone for help you forfeit.
It would be summer but extreme weather will still occur not to mention 1200 lbs Bears, wolves and Mosquitoes so thick its like clouds.

10 Million could you hang.
I consider this a vacation.
Oh and you would be outfitted with a rifle and pistol.
Yea I Bite your hiking out 500 miles their aint no roads out there.
Charlie6. It is very possible, I have lived in the bush all my life. been there done that many times.
Velvet, just a hypothetical challenge. The friends and family would be involved and you bet your boots I would be out there lookin out for the participant, I would never endanger a soul. Prior screening would rule out about 98 %. Just thought it was a more adventuresome ? than Do I look pretty/ handsome good greif.

hmm..lol , Lets assume and think firstly. Survival would start off with using instincts first right?

Get one all the way over there, equip them, just a phone with your number ( the other could be your friend :o), yess, there are dangerous bears, wolves and mosquitoes, maps etc.. You forgot one thing though.. you are assuming one can trust a complete stranger ( which would be you in this case) then you could be a dangerous stranger .. no offence just making my point here, because you have lived in the bush all your life! Meee not counted in, sorry lol.

2007-11-26 22:43:53 by AKBOY

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i have trained for 3 1/2 years and have taken numerous outdoor survival courses including one taught by an Canadian ex-army sniper.
I can handle myself well outdoors and can tend pretty much any standard injury i may suffer (broken bones, cuts, etc)

anyway, that being said. I am planning a trip 556km from an known settlement in northern yukon canada with only a single backpack containing essential gear. (basically like those survivor guys on tv do... but without a basecamp 10km away 24/7)
I am going with a friend that does not have as much, but still quite a bit of experience.
Anyway, i have done plenty of trips like this in Australia and south America and done fine. but never to northern Yukon (i live in northern alberta, ft.macmurray)
my question is this, will i run into a potentially dangerous situation in summer that my experience WONT help?
if so, what kinds of things should i train for?
(note: yukon at the time of year im going has no snow)
Notes:
1. i can go 5 days without little water before i NEED it
2. i will eat anything (i have squeezed water out of poo before... not pleasant)
3. hard work is a non-issue
4. i love doing this stuff, and will never stop. i know the risks and accept them... but death still isn't really one of my goals, so i like to be prepared for anything
Those guys on man vs. wild are always safe about doing it. they have basecamps set up within earshot and they have a full camera crew with them all the time, ON TOP of their experience.
Keep in mind, we get one chopper lift out there and thats it, its just us for 500km.
(we have a satellite phone, but only carries enough juice for a single fairly short call. we also have GPS so getting lost is not an issue either)

Sounds like paradise. You didn't mention wildlife so you may want to brush up on local predator's feeding habits and behaviors. You sound well prepared. I'd say good idea.

2008-05-05 21:59:56 by bark00000

Price: $92.86 $45.96

7.5" blade, 5.2" handle
Includes ballistic nylon sheath
Includes screw driver multi-tool in handle