First they do the med check and say they have to pull him, before telling him he wins. Than they do not have his wife on hand, only to have her sneak up while he talking about vomiting. Kryz had the best final, and it nice to see a fellow autistic win.

Are female contestants given anything for their periods? Tampons, diva cup..? Tagging season 6 but I guess it could relate to any season after they started to include women.

Anyone know which streaming service has S8 and S9 available without a VPN needed? They're listed on Amazon Prime but not available to view 🙄

Anyone else watch on Prime? I watched up to season 4 and was going to watch them yesterday, but when I logged in they were all locked except seasons 1 and 2. What gives??

So carbs are supposed to make up the most of your plate. I used to lift weights and took my diet very seriously. I count calories as well as macros. And carbs are the biggest percent of the macro pie. I looked up a while back if there was a way to make bread in the wilderness and I read that you can make flour by drying the inner bark of a pine tree or birch tree and then grind it into flour and mix with water and bake by fire. I bet it'd be so nice to have something like bread out there. But also it's the carb richness of it. It's not as much as rice or potatoes but it's much higher than reindeer moss, which is the only carby food I hear them talking about eating.

Pine Bark Flour: 50-100 25-100 calories per 100 grams (digestible)

Birch Bark Flour: around 50-75 25-100 calories per 100 grams (digestible)

Reindeer Moss: 30–50 100-150 calories per 100 grams

They say they'll eat plants sometimes, but veggies/leafy greens, are not high in carbs or calories. Like they are carbs but they aren't carb rich and have very little calories. For example you'd need to eat so so much spinach to make up what your percentage of carbs should be per day.

But you see contestants eating mainly protein and fat. If you only eat meat and fat you could go into ketosis and your body eats at your fat. It might be fine if they are eating enough, but it's easier to maintain and gain weight on a diet with balanced macros. It also makes you feel so much healthier, energetic, clear headed. Feeling good physically also means that you feel better mentally. I find it odd that I haven't yet seem someone prioritize carbs.

Edit: So the inner bark contains some digestible starch and sugars along with indigestible components. So the real calorie intake would be less than the total weight of what is eaten. Doing further research, I can't really find consistent numbers on the calorie intake of these foods. I am also getting mixed information on whether reindeer moss is at all digestible to humans

If three poles are used to make a tent, the three poles are called a tripod. So what if you use six poles...are they called a sespod? Or something else.

And I am confused

Larry Roberts is EXTREMELY High strung with such a NEGATIVE ass attitude. I could NOT be around him for long periods of time. He says he's working on it but it doesn't seem like it 😕🤦🏾‍♀️

Ok maybe this is crazy and I’m probably delusional. But I think I could do the show alone, I really want to apply for it. For some context I’m 28F I go camping sometimes in the summer and hiking, love the outdoors, but I have no “survival” training. (For context I’m also not a skinny person like I think I could survive a long time on the fat I have on my body, 5’5 and around 200pounds) Never had to set up an outdoor shelter, I’ve never been hunting or fishing, I have really bad health anxiety (ok not setting myself up for great pitch here)but I’m not stupid, I could survive and find a way to build shelter and hunt when needed to survive. But I think I could do it, I tried looking on the approved list of things you could bring but the website link isn’t working anymore on discovery. My grandparents and dad don’t think I would even last a night but I think I could do like 100days or until they dragged me out. It would be more of a determination to prove everyone wrong type of vibe. I wouldn’t cut out early cause I “missed my family or missed people” plus the cash prize is a huge motivation. I also think I would be entertaining as hell. Imagine watching a gen z that has no clue what they are doing survive and maybe beat out the others. Plz someone agree with me 😂

It's kind of cringy to me when sometimes the final contestants start breaking down and are going to tap, but instead of saying "look I just can't take it anymore" they say, like in Timber's case, I really won the battle I came out here to. I'm proud of everything I've done. I don't think there's anything else I can get from this experience. God will provide me with the money I need in life. Like I'm glad you suddenly changed your mind on that. Like the whole point of this experience was to win the money for whatever reason you needed it for. Nothing was stopping you from going out and doing this on your own outside of a contest, but you chose to do the contest so you could try to win the money. Like, if you need to make excuses for why it's really okay for you to tap out, then maybe you know that just tapping out from an experience you couldn't take anymore is exactly what you're doing. And there's no shame in that. If it got to be too much then that's totally understandable. That's a big thing the show depicts- how hard it is out there. But don't try to act like you were playing a different game than the rest or different than the entire premise of the show

Can’t get enough of alone anyone know when season 12 drops? I mean realistically they are probably filming around this time no?

First off I just wanna say I love Alone. One of my favorite aspects about the show is the consistency across seasons, and in my opinion the high quality video editing. I also appreciate that the producers don’t introduce half baked gimmicky ideas, but are willing to adjust the format slightly. For example season 5 where contestants were selected from non-winning contestants from seasons 1–4, and the season where contestants had to go 100 days to get the prize.

That said, I have wondered what affect it would have on contestant longevity if they were to receive a simple call or txt or some other notification, that a contestant has tapped out. No other information like who it was, or medical pull etc. just a simple “one less person” notification.

Do you think it would increase the length of time people stay out, or maybe decrease it? I think more people would tap early, but I also think it would ultimately lead to longer overall periods by the winner due to the final 3 or 4 contestants battling it out. What do you think?

I was watching one of Timber's YT videos where he talks about fire in the shelter, and says it is really not for warmth while sleeping, and once the fire is out, it is just as cold as no fire, and that you need a really good sleeping bag.

He mentioned he made a big mistake with his -60deg bag selection, and his old 0deg bag would have been much better, as the seams in his bag was very leaky, and contributed to his frostnip.

He did not want to mention the bag brand on YT, but said he'd share if asked, could not find any reference, anybody know?

Out of further interest, is there a running equipment list of products contestants loved or hated?

The one they use is both stressful and boring!

Have seen S11, Australia S02, other previous seasons, skills challenges etc, and no real interest in seeing other spin-offs. What’s next? Anyone got any info on S12?

Jordan Jonas went back to his site from Season 6 with his family >!and shows how he killed a moose!<. That guy sure has a great knowledge of bow hunting!

https://youtu.be/DJnzP1jDyCI?si=b6Dc96NekVxVxUUJ

Edit: didn't get the trick to embed a video

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If someone took up bushcraft and survival skills as a hobby, how long would it take to be skilled enough to have a decent run?

Let’s say the goal is to have this sub recognize that they are decently skilled, aren’t in over their head, but are unlikely to win.

I’m imagining a person in their 30s with a family and a job that does this with their spare time. They’re serious and dedicated but they don’t let it take over their life and aren’t imagining it as a future way to live or earn an income. They do it for enjoyment. They take courses. Practice what they learn. Assume they aren’t some sort of savant, are in above average physical shape, and grew up doing a normal amount of outdoor activity like camping and fishing.

I’m watching on Netflix and Cade’s random berry sketch was actually so funny 😆

I didn’t expect it at all

As per Facebook. I don't know how they're going to address some of the hunting limitations that made S1 such a struggle.

Got really high with my friends one time while watching Alone and had an elevator pitch they all agreed would make a great show so figured I'd post it for the hell of it, maybe somebody will see it and make it one day and send me an Amazon gift card.

The show - "Technically Alone"

You drop 10 IT people in the wilderness with no background in survival. They get a laptop, solar charger, and a starlink internet connection. They also get 10 items.

They then have to survive using what they brought and their ability to research survival techniques and solutions.

If you know, you know 😜

The whole time when Timber was eating his moose jerky on S11 and complaining that it was hurting his teeth, I kept wondering: why didn't he just put it in his pot of water to rehydrate? Am I missing something here food safety related?

Just finished season 11 episode 3. Honestly to me Peter sounds like an abusive father making up weird excuses. The way he says when he son uses emotions and he makes him stop is disturbing. Then he he made several comments disassociating himself of humans and human behaviour. It all seemed very disturbing to me, especially knowing the contestants get a lot of say in the final edit.

My wife and I just watched season 7. Is it just us or does anyone else think Theresa’s “English” accent was fake a fuck?

If I don't shower 3 days I look worse than some of the folks who have been out there a month or more.

I just watched the founding of Fort Moosehead and that was hilarious. I didn't think anything was going to beat the Starvation Bay diet commercial, but this did.

Timber seems so wholesome.

I love this show.