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That guy really lost his fire metal??

posted 4 years ago by Jehosaphet (1055)
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Just watching my first episode ever...the first episode of season 7 here, and this contestant barely got started in the Arctic...and he loses his only ability to start a fire. Actually lost his little fire starter thing.
That's a trip...that is the very last damn thing you'd want to lose out there, and guy seems to have lost it right off the bat.
Was hoping for more activity here because its hard not to wonder if maybe he did that on purpose. All geared up for 100 days out there, half-way through building his shelter...and loses his damn fire thingy. If it wasn't on purpose, this guy has the rest of his life to try and live down that kind of carelessness. A million bucks on the line and loses his only means to make a fire. Fricking OUCH.

[–] moviechatterer (13278) 4 years ago

never seen the show , but just read the premise.
Survive a hundred days? ok i can try
But theres other people trying ?
so how do they compete?
who gets the prize?
Dont tell me its a phone in voting popularity contest?

[–] FentonMeiks (1240) 4 years ago

i watched a few seasons. first season was very good. the survivalists were completely side swiped by the ungodly horrible location conditions. it was like DAMN!

the second season all the contestants were prepared for the same location. the third season they switched locations, but it wasnt as rough. it wasnt as interesting. so, its been chasing the magic of the first season since. i want to check it out again, i just dont think it can match the first season.

its been a tap out show. quite a few tap out in the first few days as reality hits them. the all talk "bear should be scared of me" guy... first day....sees bear... quits.

[–] moviechatterer (13278) 4 years ago

so how many people usually go the distance?
1 ?
>1?
1 ?

[–] FentonMeiks (1240) 4 years ago

the seasons i watched were last man standing. newer seasons they're trying different things. i havent seen them. it wasnt even 'alone' one season, it was pairs of family members. so each newer season might be a little different.

the first 2 seasons were Vancouver Island. they are dropped off miles apart from another. whoever can bear the conditions longest wins. its real stuff not game show "survivor" crap.
1 guy drinks contaminated water gets f'd up and is trying to grab the moon and stars.

the contestants say afterwards that its even harder than it looks cause they have to setup the cameras and tripods themselves and lug around 50lbs of camera batteries. the first two seasons lasted about 60 days to get down to 1 person.

[–] Jehosaphet (1055) 4 years ago

That's what's got me checking it out...its actually real survival stuff, which I haven't seen since Survivorman back in the day, so a pretty neat find.
Too funny what you said about "the bear should be afraid of me" guys. In this same episode, there's a guy talking about just that. He's not afraid of bears...shoot, he hears a rustling and he's not going to start stressing out about it, no he's going to SILENTLY creep towards it, HE'S the one the bears are going to be afraid of. It sounded like pure machismo to me...someone going to sneak up on an unknown animal like that. Sounds like I may have been right..that it wasn't the first time someone's said something like that lol

I'm not much for TV in general, let alone reality TV, but so far this show is pretty dang good. Some of the shelters these guys are making look pretty amazing...its interesting to see what they do and in what order. You might want to give season 7 a look.

[–] aavfreak (2861) 3 years ago

I don't know if you ever got a comprehensive answer, but all seasons except for Season 7 were $500K prize to the last person remaining.

Most people tap out (loneliness, hunger), some get sick or injured, and others are extracted during the regular medical check for dangerous weight loss.

In season 7, there was a $1M prize for anyone who can stay 100 days. Roland Welker made it the full 100 days in the arctic.

Here are the number of days the winners stayed Seasons 1 - 7.
56, 66, 87, 75, 60, 77, 100

[–] TearofLys (2398) 3 years ago

Roland is a savage berserker. He was always going to make it to 100 days. The only question was if anyone else would, and the answer is "no".

[–] aavfreak (2861) 3 years ago

I don't know if they made it clear, but I always wondered what would happen if more than one person made it 100 days. Would it be then a contest of who survived the longest after that? Would they split it? Would they all get $1M?

Roland was on a different level.

[–] brux (14666) 4 years ago

if he is in the arctic you can carve a big hunk of clear ice into a magnifying glass and use it to burn something while blowing on it and getting it to combust on fire.

[–] moviechatterer (13278) 4 years ago

im gonna guess that is the epitome of the phrase "Easier said than done"

[–] brux (14666) 4 years ago

probably, but so is rubbing two sticks together ... but it can be done.

[–] moviechatterer (13278) 4 years ago

forming an ice lens that will actually magnify sunlight without melting and set something on fore that is probly also frozen - has got to be 100x harder than rubbing sticks together.

[–] brux (14666) 4 years ago

Light passing through the lens does not heat it up. Have you ever used a magnifying glass to burn something ... the lens does not get hot.

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 3 years ago

Yeah, I couldn't believe that!

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