Okay so last year we were busy when History’s Alone began to air. Didn’t get un-busy (thanks to our cross-continental move) until well after it finished airing. We caught up to Season 2 really late and didn’t have time to publish an article about it, but this year, we’re back into the swing of things.
Now onto the massive lists, taken from History’s individual pages for each person and put together in a way that I feel made a little more sense this year (with the knives/saws/multi-tools/axes at the top of the list since that’s what we all really want to know most about).
If you guys can fill in blanks with regards to identifying specific brands and/or models for any pieces of kit these guys use, please leave a comment down below and I will update this list with your catch.
History Channel’s Alone Items to Bring Rules
This is the full gear list & prohibited items list for this season from History Channel’s website:
Each Alone participant brings clothing, safety, and survival gear to Vancouver Island. Here’s a list of all of the standard items the participants are given, as well as the master list from which they are allowed to select ten special items. Finally, there is a list of prohibited items.
Please note, this information seems to be from Season 2, but I have a feeling they didn’t change much from season 2 to season 3 in terms of this list. Either way, if you find something has changed, do let us know in the comments’ section.
CLOTHING/APPAREL/PERSONAL EFFECTS
“These items do not count towards the 10 special items, but may not exceed the approved quota for each.”
1. 1 pair high leg Hunting boots
2. 2 pairs of Outdoor Pants (can unzip into shorts)
3. 1 t-shirt
4. 2 fleece or wool shirts (hooded or unhooded)
5. 3 pairs wool socks
6. 1 hat (brimmed, wool or baseball)
7. 1 bandana or shemagh
8. 1 pair gloves
9. 1 light outdoor jacket
10. 2 pairs underwear
11. 1 rain jacket and rain trousers
12. 1 thermal underwear (long)
13. 1 pair of gaiters
14. 1 pair of Crocs, Teva sandals or Keen sandals
15. 1 toothbrush
16. 1 pair of prescription eye glasses
17. 1 personal photograph
WINTER PACKS
“These items were provided to each participant and did not count towards the 10 special items.”
1. 1 wool sweater (heavy)
2. 1 pair of gloves (wool/Dachsteins)
3. 1 trapper’s hat with ear protection or toboggan
TRACKING/SAFETY
“We will provide the following items to each participant. These items do not count towards the 10 special items.”
1. 2 safety tools (may consist of a canister of wild animal repellant, an air horn and/or 1 flare)
2. 1 rules and regulations guide
3. 1 backpack
4. 1 camera pack
5. Camera equipment
6. 1 emergency flare
7. 1 satellite phone
8. 1 emergency personal flotation device
9. 1 first aid kit (military type – tourniquet, wadding, ace bandage, alcohol, plastic bag, etc)
10. 1 small mirror
11. 1 20×20 canvas tarp
12. 1 10×10 tarp for protecting camera and equipment
13. 1 GPS tracking device
14. 1 head lamp
15. 1 emergency rations pack to include water and food
INDIVIDUAL
“Each participant must choose TEN total items from the following list. Selections are final. Once chosen, no items may be swapped out or replaced. These will be each participant’s unique tools used to survive in the wilderness on camera.”
Shelter
1. 12×12 ground cloth/tarp (grommets approved)
2. 8 mm climbing rope – 10M
3. 550 parachord – 20m
4. 1 hatchet
5. 1 saw
6. 1 ax
Bedding
1. 1 multi-seasonal sleeping bag that fits within provided backpack
2. 1 bivy bag (Gore-Tex sleeping bag cover)
3. 1 sleeping pad
4. 1 hammock
Cooking
1. 1 large (no more than 2 quart) pot, includes lid
2. 1 steel frying pan
3. 1 flint or ferro rod set
4. 1 enamel bowl for eating
5. 1 spoon
6. 1 canteen or water bottle
7. 1 bear canister
Hygiene
1. 1 bar soap
2. 1 8 oz tube of toothpaste
3. 1 face flannel
4. 1 40 m roll of dental floss
5. 1 small bottle bio shower soap
6. 1 shaving razor (and 1 blade)
7. 1 towel (30” x 60”)
8. 1 comb
Hunting
1. 1 300-yard roll of nylon single filament fishing line and 25 assorted hooks (No lures)
2. 1 primitive bow with 6 Arrows (must be predominately made of wood)
3. 1 small gauge gill net (8 m x 2 m OR 1.5 m deep x 3.6 m long and 2” [50 mm] mesh)
4. 1 slingshot/Catapult
5. 1 net foraging bag
6. 1 3.5 lb roll of trapping wire
Food
1. 5 lbs of beef jerky (protein)
2. 5 lbs of dried pulses/legumes/lentils mix (starch and carbs)
3. 5 lbs of biltong (protein)
4. 5 lbs of hard tack military biscuits (carbs/sugars)
5. 5 lbs of chocolate (Simple/complex sugars)
6. 5 lbs of pemmican (traditional trail food made from fat and proteins)
7. 5 lbs of gorp (raisins, m&m’s and peanuts)
8. 5 lbs of flour (starch/carbs)
9. 2 lbs of rice or sugar and 1 lb of salt
Tools
1. 1 pocket knife
2. 1 hunting knife
3. 1 Leatherman multi-tool
4. 1 sharpening stone
5. 1 roll of duct tape or 1 roll of electrical tape
6. 1 small shovel
7. 1 small sewing kit
8. 1 carabineer
9. 1 LED flashlight
10. 1 pair of ice spikes
PROHIBITED ITEMS
“The following items are PROHIBITED. This list is not exhaustive. Any item not listed above is also prohibited.”
1. Fuel or matches
2. Bug spray/mosquito repellant.
3. Sunscreen/chap stick
4. Sunglasses
5. Beauty products
6. Map (detailed topographical)
7. Compass
8. Unapproved technology (anything with a battery or an engine, eg. cell phones, computers, watches, etc.)
9. Professional snares
10. Firearms of any kind
11. Ammunition
12. Explosives or gunpowder
13. Animal poison
14. Professional fishing rods
15. Fishing lures, flies, bait kits
16. Fishing traps
17. Food or beverage (except the options from the selection list)
18. Decoys
19. Animal calls
20. Tree stands
21. Professional bows or crossbows
22. Scopes of any kind
23. Tents or shelters
24. Stoves, pressure cookers or other cooking appliances
25. Hydration packs
26. Fire pits
27. Electric or propane lanterns
28. Inflatable boats
29. Filtration, purification devices, iodine tablets
30. Coolers or food storage boxes (except optional bear canister)
To discover the differences between what we learned with regards to the items from this season versus Season 1, go to this article to find out.
Overview of Survival Items Chosen for History Channel’s Alone Season 3
In season 1 we showcased a tally of the popularity of the items chosen. So let’s start with that here, listing the most popular items, then how many people chose them and how often they were chosen (sometimes rations were chosen twice by the same person).
- Sleeping Bag – Chosen by all 10 people / 10 times
- Fishing Line & Hooks – Chosen by all 10 people / 10 times
- Ferro Rod – Chosen by all 10 people / 10 times
- Rations – Chosen by 9 people / 14 times
- Knife – Chosen by 9 people / 9 times
- Axe – Chosen by 9 people / 9 times
- Pot – Chosen by 9 people / 9 times
- Saw – Chosen by 8 people / 8 times
- Paracord – Chosen by 8 people / 8 times
- Bow & Arrows – Chosen by 2 people / 2 times
- Tarp – Chosen by 2 people / 2 times
- Water Canister – Chosen by 1 person / 1 time
- Multitool – Chosen by 1 person / 1 time
- Shovel – Chosen by 1 person / 1 time
- Slingshot – Chosen by 1 person / 1 time
- Sharpening Stone – Chosen by 1 person / 1 time
- Bivvy Bag – Chosen by 1 person / 1 time
- Gillnet – Chosen by 1 person / 1 time
- Frying Pan – Chosen by 1 person / 1 time
- Hammock – Chosen by 1 person / 1 time
History Channel’s “Alone” Season 3 Survival Gear Lists
1. Britt Ahart’s 10 Survival Items for Alone Season 3
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- Knife: Ka-Bar Becker BK7
- Knife: Ka-Bar Becker BK7
- Saw
24-inch bow saw - Ax
31-inch felling ax - Sleeping Bag
0°, synthetic - Pot
2 quarts q/ handle - Fishing Line & Hooks
25 hooks - Ferro Rod
- Paracord
- Rations
- Rations
2. Carleigh Fairchild’s 10 Survival Items for Alone Season 3
- Knife: L.T. Wright Genesis (Reviewed here)
Full tang - Ax
Short-handled 2 lb ax - Saw
Folding pruning saw w/ long handle - Sleeping Bag
-30°, synthetic - Water Canister
64 oz metal water bottle - Pot
2 quarts w/ handle - Ferro Rod
- Fishing Line & Hooks
25 hooks, 100 lb test & 20 lb test - Rations
- Rations
3. Zachary Fowler’s 10 Survival Items for Alone Season 3
- Multitool: Victorinox Swiss Army Swisstool Spirit X
Contains pliers, guthook, screwdriver, blade, spoon gauge, file, scissors, sewing awl - Ax
Felling ax - Saw
Crosscut saw - Shovel: Cold Steel Special Forces Shovel
Spetznas (Russian Special Forces) model w/ sharpened edge - Sleeping Bag
-20° - Pot
2 quarts w/ handle - Ferro Rod
- Slingshot
Custom-made, 2 elastic bands, 30 pieces of ammo - Fishing Line & Hooks
25 hooks; 20 lb test & 50 lb test - Paracord
4. Zachary Gault’s 10 Survival Items for Alone Season 3
- Knife: Battle Horse Knives Dutchman
Full tang - Ax
25-inch w/ 2lb head - Saw
Small folding handsaw - Sleeping Bag
-40° - Pot
“13 cm billycan” - Fishing Line & Hooks
25 hooks; 80 lb test & 20 lb test - Sharpening Stone
2 sided: coarse diamond & smooth ceramic - Ferro Rod
- Paracord
40 meters - Rations
5. Megan Hanacek’s 10 Survival Items for Alone Season 3
- Knife: Custom 10 inch W2 Bowie Knife
W2 bowie knife, 10-inch blade - Ax
31-inch, 4.5 lb head - Sleeping Bag
-14°, synthetic - Bivvy Bag
- Pot
2 quarts w/ handle - Gillnet
- Fishing Line & Hooks
25 hooks; 2 different weight tests - Paracord
½ light and ½ dark - Ferro Rod
- Rations
6. Dave Nessia’s 10 Survival Items for Alone Season 3
- Knife: Mora Companion
- Ax
medium felling ax - Bow & Arrows
4 broadhead points & 2 judo points - Sleeping Bag
-20°, synthetic - Tarp
Clear poly tarp - Ferro Rod
- Fishing Line & Hooks
25 hooks; 8 lb test & 50 lb test - Frying Pan
Steel - Rations
- Rations
7. Callie North’s 10 Survival Items for Alone Season 3
- Knife: Bone-handled 1095 Custom
Handmade, 1095 carbon steel, bone handle, with silver & abalone inlay - Saw
Folding long-handled pruning saw - Ferro rod
- Sleeping Bag
-40°, dry down - Pot
2 quart w/ handle - Fishing Line & Hooks
25 hooks, 10 lb & 40 lb test - Paracord
40 meters - Tarp
Heavy-duty, handsewn, 40 mil, military-grade - Rations
- Rations
8. Greg Ovens’s 10 Survival Items for Alone Season 3
- Knife: Bone-Handled Custom Archer Knife
High carbon steel archer knife, giraffe bone handle - Ax
60 year old German steel ax - Saw
60-70 year old crosscut saw - Paracord
- Pot
2 quart stainless steel w/ handle - Fishing Line & Hooks
25 assorted hooks, 60 lb test & 15 lb test - Bow & Arrows
Laminated maple recurve, 62 inch, 55 lb pull; quiver w/ 6 carbon arrows w/ broadhead tips - Sleeping Bag
-40°, down-filled, waterproof - Ferro Rod
- Rations
9. Jim Shields’ 10 Survival Items for Alone Season 3
- Knife: 5 inch Puukko
5-inch carbon steel bush knife - Ax
Scandinavian forest ax - Saw
Bow saw - Sleeping Bag
-20°, synthetic - Ferro Rod
- Paracord
40 meters - Pot
2 quart bush pot w/ handle - Fishing Line & Hooks
25 hooks, 300 yards of fishing line - Rations
- Rations
10. Dan Wowak’s 10 Survival Items for Alone Season 3
- Knife: Battle Horse Knives Coalcracker
High carbon steel - Ax
Full-size felling ax - Saw
30-inch bow saw - Sleeping Bag
-20°, synthetic - Hammock
- Paracord
- Pot
2 quart bush pot w/ handle - Ferro Rod
- Fishing Line & Hooks
25 hooks; 20 lb test & 8 lb test - Rations
How To Apply to Be On the Show Yourself
Back while season 1 was airing, I saw this question being asked on the History Chanel Facebook page. The reply was as follows:
If you’re referring to Alone, please email aloneshowcasting@gmail.com with your name, age, contact information, location, and a brief description about your survival expertise.
While I’m not 100% sure this is how they’re still taking castings, it’s worth giving a shot to the email if you’re trying to apply to be on the show yourself.
I’m so excited for History’s “Alone” Season 3! I can’t wait to see what new gear and rules they come up with.
a belt knife is far too limited. You can make different lengths and configurations for the shovel handle, convertiting it into a spear, a paddle, a stand up shovel, a vertical ice-chipper, a 2 handed axe, a pick, adze, weed-whacker, hoe, rake. Without the handle, its a good “big knife”, trowel, prybar, skillet, The drill/awl blade of the Crunch lets you easily make themounting holes in the new shovel handles. The flat and 3 sided files added to the crunch let you sharpen the shovel, the saw teeth and the knife blade of the Crunch. rig both tools to be dis and re-assembled without tools.
man, I missed this, guess you’re long gone, Try billwithers543@gmail.com
I’m ready to go you gimme that gear and I might not come back ,I’m thinking
its so great
Anyone know the brand of coat Callie is wearing?
all have just starved. 17 bmi is not the same thing as 17% bodyfat. do a google search sometime instead of making yourself look like the fool that you ARE! Every last one of them has lost at least 1/2 lb per day, on average, and some have averaged losing twice that much. They dont know what to take or do. They need to take the 12×12 tarp and the hammock, and make 2000+ sq ft of 1.5″ mesh netting out of them (and out of half of the 20×20 tarp that they are given. They are also given a 10×10 tarp, so they would still have plenty of cover element remaining. This much 3″ netting can be made of these items and then local vegetation can be woven into the netting, converting the mesh to 1.5″ in size.
Some Day, I’d like to see an episode using only genuine issued U.S. G.I. Survival Kits the U.S. Government issues to our troops. Of course, make rules for using the compass, etc
Thanks
Bill
none of them have had a clue what to do. All have won by being fat and lucky
I was wondering why they never show them eating their rations? I could live probably 3 weeks on 5 lbs beef jerky and 2 lbs of rice and salt!
You and me both Lori. Its a TV show afterall!
under the conditions of this show, if that’s all you ate, you’d lose 10+ lbs if you’re a small woman and did nothing. If you’re a big man, working hard out in the cold, wind, dampness, you’d lose at least 15 lbs.
if you tried it, you’d lose 15 lbs. The 5 lbs of jerky is just 7500 calories, enough for at most 3 days. and maybe only two days, if working hard, long days in cold, wind, damp conditions.
I thought he looked familiar but didn’t know why. Dave does look almost exactly like Ethan!! He was a great contestant!
Great information!
Maybe I missed it, but what is the brand of the backpack all contestants use?
Thank you.
Sounds like a lot of Monday morning quarterbacking going on in the comment section. Alone should do a season where all these guys come out on the show and the past contestants critique the gear and tactics. Then, you drop them off and let the show begin. Oh, if there is any takers or just hot air.
I’ve applied every season since season 1. They dont want anyone who can REALLY deliver. These fools didn’t know to take the 3 lb block of salt for the 2 seasons that they were not on a sea coast, nor did they know to juice the kelp for the 3 seasons on Vancouver Island. You can’t eat enough kelp to do you any good. It only offers 50 calories per lb. There’s too much fiber. So you have to juice it, but it can provide 500 calories per hour, if you go at it right, with a big wooden mortar and pestle, a fulcum and a long pole to lift the heavy pestle easily and 3 guide poles to ensure that the pestle strikes down into the mortar when it’s dropped. None of them have known to take a 2 person cotton rope hammock and make 1000 sq ft of netting out of the smaller strands, after breaking it down. Half of the 20×20 tarp can be cut/torn into 1/8″ wide strips, and 700 sq ft of 2″ mesh netting woven out of that, too. None have known to create 8″ of saw edge on one side of the Cold Steel shovel, nor make fire by fire rolling a hunk of T shirt, with rust from the shovel as an accellerant. None have known to make a pontoon outrigger raft, nor to take a slingbow with 4-tined fishing heads on most of their arrows.
Hello Bill
I have carefully studied your comments in several forums dedicated to the show “ALONE”. Your comments are simply sensational for me personally. Is it possible to contact you somehow. Thank you
Andrei (from Canada)
Hello Bill I have carefully studied your comments in several forums dedicated to the show In Isolation. Your comments are simply sensational for me personally. Is it possible to contact you somehow? Thank you
Andrei (from Canada)
Of the two seasons I watched, one and three, it seemed like the ones who started out the fattest won…by virtue of percentage of body fat. Was obvious to me.
agreed, but that can’t continue, or nobody will watch the show. It will just be a bunch of 400 lb lardasses laying around in their sleeping bags. History needs to impose an upper limit on bodyfat, like 25%. of bodyweight. There IS a way to feed themselves. It’s making sapling frames for fish traps, wrapping them with netting, baiting them and getting them into the water. The gillnet can be used to make 5-6 such traps, in one day. Unravel the hammock to its 7000 ft of single strands and it can make 20 more such traps, of varying sizes.. you can sew and tape a 3×12 hunk of the tarp into a pontoon, lash poles across it, with outriggers, so you’ll have a stable craft for servicing your 2 dozen fish traps and as many floating hooksets.
Thats true!!!
Plus the guy fowler on season 3 won because they pulled out the other girl so basically he didn’t win to me they pulled 2 ppl on season 3 .
This show really sucks. I mean it really SUCKS!!! The first two seasons weren’t too bad but this last one was AWFUL. They pulled two of the last four contestants for medical reasons that they arbitrarily established. You’re really not allowed to stay as long as you want. The producers decide who actually wins. Last time I’ll ever watch this crap..
I have to agree with you to an extent, because 17 percent body fat is not the right number, after you drop below 3 percent is when you are at risk of imminent death. The bushfcraft guy could of ate his fish and lasted a few more weeks at least just on that.
you’re very wrong. Dave Nessnia has since admitted that he had 13 small fillets, enough food for at most 2 more days. 17 BMI is NOT the same thing as 17% bodyfat, not even close.
I am new to the show and fascinated. But I can’t understand how Dave had a frying pan AND a tea kettle. A kettle wasn’t even an option
Yes, that’s what I was talking about, I was counting that kettle as a pot. The other thing that bothers me is almost nobody to date has picked a canteen or SS steel water bottle, and they all have to drink.
so you can’t drink out of the pot? :-)
If you are smart enough to take the duct tape, you can make all the containers you want out of pieces of tarp. The 10×10 is big enough to form your 3.5 ft high sleeing shelter, and the “camera” 10×10 can be tossed over some 7 ft tall poles in front of your sleeping shelter, to form an awning. If its’ raining and you’re working under the awning, simply set up the camera inside of your sleeping shelter.
Callie did a live interview on the History channel facebook page. The video is still on their page. At about the 1:02:00 – 1:03:00 mark, Callie talks about what she found at her campsite and what others found as well. She states that Dave found the tea kettle and a grill at an old cowboy camp.
I tried to find that video but gave up, maybe it’s easier to find if you have facebook, but I couldn’t find it, Could you post a direct video link please?
If you do not have a facebook account, I don’t think you will be able to access it.
Well I am sure it’s on you youtube or uploaded elsewhere, but I can’t find it, because I don’t even know what the video is titled as. I will see if I can find it on history channels youtube account.
Hello!
You need a FB account to find the video, but not to access and play it – on my screen I can see the video OK without it being covered by the “Sign up/in” pop-up.
Technically inclined folks will have ways of getting round the pop-up anyway …
Here’s the direct link:
https://www.facebook.com/Alone/videos/1671401626490568/
Hey, thanks for the direct link, that’s what I wanted Dennis to post. I just full screened the video with that up arrow, and then nothing else can be seen but the video and the surrounding black screen.
They need to outlaw that thin screen video crap, it’s 2017 people, we have the technology, we can build him faster, stronger, well you get it.
None of those lists shows anyone with two pots, or a pot and a pan, yet at least one of them had both, just saying.
they are allowed to keep anything that they find, as long as it does not give them too much of an advantage. A boat or a gun (if functional with ammo) is not allowed.
What cross body bag (brand) is Megan carrying around, looks purple
Hello Jean – re Megan’s bag; I answered this one earlier in the thread, thanks to help I’d had with the same question from the folks over at Reddit.
The pack is an Everest brand messenger bag.
It looks as though all participants were issued with this particular brand of bag to carry the obligatory sat-phone, camera cards and batteries.
Although they seem to have lasted the duration of the show – people who have checked out this particular bag are not overly impressed with the quality or construction.
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Thanks for the reply
Anyone else think Dave looks a lot like Ethan Zohn from Survivor??? They sure resemble one another.
I thought he looked familiar but didn’t know why. Dave does look almost exactly like Ethan!! He was a great contestant!
Please people on alone, my dad taught me the biggest survival skill for living in
Northwestern Ontario Canada. When you finally get your fire started, put three of the biggest rocks you can find and put them in your fire pit, let them sit in the fire for the whole day, at night when you go to bed, bring the rocks into your shelter, you can put them under your bed or just on the floor, life saving
I saw this where one of the guys actually did this
What happened to the young zachery in the show ? Did he get hurt and if yes how ? I saw that he cut his hand and medical
People came out .
Once you call them .you are out of the show ?
Thank you .
Mary lou.
Great article! What about the woman when it is that time?
I was going to ask that same question, until I saw you already had. I’m hoping someone who knows will answer it.
dunno about alone, but for Naked and afraid, they are given a “Diva cup”.
I too am interested in that brand of shoulder pack. Would love to know.
On the list of provided items, there is a “camera pack.” I am assuming this is the over-shoulder pack I’ve noticed several contestants wearing. Does anyone know the brand? Haven’t been able to find it in my searching. Thanks in advance
Hello!
I asked the same question over on Reddit and got definitive, corroborated answers.
The pack is an Everest brand messenger bag.
It seems to be less than well considered …
OK curly hair guy has frying pan on gear list but in episode 4 he has a tea pot/kettle? In season 1 Lucas had a pan and coffee pot but only 1 listed on gear list. Anyone else notice this?
I have noticed a discrepancy with the gear lists and was wondering if I’m missing something.
Greg did not select a tarp for his 10 items. However, in episode 2 there is clearly a green tarp in the background being utilized as a roof for his shelter. Thoughts?
I think that with seasons 2 and three there were some equipment that was to be taken regardless of their choices like a first aid kit. My understanding is that 2 tarps was given out to each contestant with 2 of the others opting for a 3rd tarp at the expense of one of their equipment slots.
they are given a 10×10 tarp for whatever, and a 10×10 for protecting the camera. In seasons 1 and 2, they got a 20×20, which is 4x as much tarp, so being denied that is a real eff-over for subsequent contestants. Also, they took the bear canister off of the list, when I pointed out that you can make a metal 2 gallon one. that was really chickenshyte of them and shows you what you’re up-against if you go
im very courious,,,how is the video footage recovered without making contact with the contestant? thanks
I always assumed they never recovered the footage until the very end. Though they might regularly make contact with the conestant (once a week/once every couple weeks) just to come pick up the memory cards and then give them new/empty ones, but without really talking to them. I have no idea. All I know is it wouldn’t surprise me to learn they don’t edit the footage at all until the very end of the entire season. Though to be fair that would be a *lot* of memory card space and I’m sure many would’ve run out by then.
The crew goes out once a week to drop off fresh batteries and collect footage.
I think they do medical screenings as well if you watch the last episode of season 1 when they come to get Alan I think he mentioned it.
they are medically examined once a week, when their batteries are exchanged.
It is pretty interesting to see some of the equipment choices. Was there a limit on how much paracord each person can bring along with them? If so, what is the max length allowed?
I am really curious as to what is considered one item. Bow & arrows and fishing line & hooks seem to be counted as one item, Are there other combos that would be considered as one item, say items like personal camping cook set, axe & saw all-in-one. combo,
Don Wowack chose to bring along a hammock, If someone were to chose a hammock system, fly, underquilt, straps, etc…,; would that be considered one item, or several?
Same question about a sleeping bag system, say a U.S. Army style modular sleeping system. Would that be considered one item?
and last, but not least – What do the “rations” consist of?
Much thank for the info,
Dennis
If it’s the same rules as the first season, they each got 20m / 66 feet of paracord per paracord choice.
Again, if the rules are the same as the ones we found out in season one, all the ones I could find have been laid out in this article here from the first season: http://morethanjustsurviving.com/alone-season-1-survival-gear/
So definitely do some digging there if you’re interested in more of the specifics. A lot of the gear items you can choose from are very specific about what they’re supposed to be like.
With regards to rations specifically, they could choose one of these per ration –
5 lbs of beef jerky (protein)
5 lbs of dried pulses/legumes/lentils mix (starch and carbs)
5 lbs of biltong (protein)
5 lbs of hard tack military biscuits (carbs/sugars)
5 lbs of chocolate (Simple/complex sugars)
5 lbs of pemmican (traditional trail food made from fat and proteins)
5 lbs of gorp (raisins, m&m’s and peanuts)
5 lbs of flour. (starch/carbs)
2 lbs of rice or sugar and 1 lb of salt
I don’t know if the rules have changed but they seemed very thought out in season 1 so I doubt it.
20m of paracord is allowed, but yo;u’re stupid if you take it. Instead, take a paracord gillnet (3000 ft of paracord) Or, if that won’t fly, take a regular gillnet nd a paracord hammock (1000 ft of paracord.
google for “alone gear list” and see the food choices. It’s now 2 lbs per ration, not 5lbs and you can take at most 2 rations. You are not allowed to take 4 lbs of the same ration. A sleeping bag and a bivy are 2 item/picks. in 2021,the paracord length is up to 250 ft, from 70 ft in the early seasons. a hammock and underquilt is 2 items.
It should be 14 rations by 9 people. Appears only one person did not pick rations.
Thanks so much, Brandie & Laurie! Fixed
Interesting choice of tools. The people who frequent this forumprobably don’t watch a television program wherein a former SAS soldier carries a knife bearing his name as designer and then rushes out to buy the same and HOPE that they will perform as an SAS soldier when shtf.
I think I understand the experience and reasoning behind a couple of the choices. The Mora – people in Scandinavia have managed to survive for centuries without having a knife that can chop down trees. I understand the reasoning behind the multi-tool and the Cold Steel shovel which I carry in the car.
I marvel at what must be the skill level of the people who carry the custom knives. I am not at their skill level. They have the experience that motivated them to buy a more expensive tool that would perform better their tasks and the difference in price warranted the purchase.
Rations 14 times
I’ve seen nothing even intelligent, much less marvelous. By the way ,the bear canister is no longer and option, a METAL one, can be 2 gallons, would be a LOT better choice than a 2 qt pot. They apparently also no longer give you a 20×20 tarp, so the “optional” 12×12 tarp becomes mandatory.
you’re WAY ahead to take a Cold steel shovel and a Crunch multitool, if the shovel has had one edge converted into 8″ of real-deal saw-teeth and the Crunch has had every blade replaced by something else, or been highly modified. You need the visegrip, modified at the tips to be narrow, like a needle-nosed pliers, for cutting the 34 hooks in half (2021, season 9)and reshaping and lashing them into being small treblehooks. Barbed hooks are no longer allowed, at least not where they[ve been for seasons 6 7 and 8. Neither is baiting, for fish or birds/animals. You have to use artificial lures and make them on site.