Originally posted by mortrisha1: Although I've always found I'm tougher than I think I am when the hammer comes down and I have to deal.
------------------------------------- I've always been the same. When life throws me a curve It's just instinct to survive! This however is VOLUNTARY? I'm a fighter (Not a fighter in the angry sense. I'm a passive easy going woman) but going back to things beyond my control the fight came out in me. The old "what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger" However that's not stuff I volunteered for. They would be using me as BAIT day ONE!!! *) I admit it, I would wimp out! And they have to be some special people to try that. Yikes!! Not for me. Mary Lynn
i could easily survive the alaska experiment i am from the pacific northwest and uor winters are more severe than alaska i have a good friend who lives in barrow alaska and when he comes to visit he always complains about how cold it is here i have lived off of the woods here my whole life and uor cold and high moisture make for amuch more leathal cold than the dry cold of alaska i wish they would send me an invite to be on the show i have not found anywhere to apply please send me and my wife i am tired of all the city crybabies on the show send a real life outdoorsman someone who has had to live from the land thier whole life all i need is agun and fishing rod and i will live just fine done it my whole life these people eat this up city boys against nature give me a break
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Pacific Northwest?? Alaska?? come on people. no one has survived a winter until they spend one in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan. i just survived 4 years in the U.S. Army and 16 straight months in afghanistans mountains where the average winter temperature was -25 degrees daily. i would love to volunteer for this show but like everyone else is asking, how? and where do you apply? discovery channel is making it hard to find out how. i think the actually prefer city people and people who aren't trained or who couldn't easily survive on their own like the people currently on the show. i was trained by the best and in some of the worst of conditions, i will not say it would be easy for me just because of military experience but i definately believe i would fair better than these people. if anyone finds out how to apply to this show please post it. Go ARMY! RANGERS LEAD THE WAY
I would have loved to volunteer for this one. Problem is I didn't know about it. I don't think I'd have too many problems. I solo hike light (little to no gear). I've grown up hiking, hunting, fishing, land and water navigating. This show looks like vacation to me! Count me in for the next one if they ever post some way to volunteer.
Let see they give you all the gear u need. A place to stay out of the major weather. They have guides that tell you what to do and where to find food. Dont really see the hard part. Me and my husband laugh at this show. Its a big joke.
all i can say is i'm shocked at the lack of common sence in these people. who would waste time building a toilet and they don't have any food. did i not see a man raise a 22 at a bison ?????????. oh please. i know not everyone is a country boy like myself and lived outdoors, train with weapons at an early age. but some of the things these people are doing makee me wonder how thet get along even in the city
If you think being able to backpack by yourself for a few hours makes you able to withstand anything that Alaska can throw at you then you are definitely mistaken. I seriously doubt most of you could handle a ten day guided moose hunt in Icy Bay let alone a whole winter there. Sure, -25 can be cold, but only with a high humidity level, which, oh wait, most of Southeast Alaska has year round. Minus 25 in Southeast is equivalent to -50 or so anywhere else. Icy Bay receives over 160 inches of rain a year which means that you will spend the entire time cold and wet. None of your clothes will ever be dry and when it's 38 degrees in October before the real winter hits, you're going to be miserable. Try just ten days of cold wet hands and feet and you'd probably all go running to your 70 degree homes. If you do end up killing a moose, which these people seem to have an impossible time of doing, you have to pack out all of the salvageable meat sometimes ten or more miles through sometimes waist deep marshes covered in moose blood being hunted by brown bears. Oh, and you have to do more than one trip because the hind quarter of a moose can weigh well over 75 pounds, and the Riou side of Icy Bay has all of the smaller moose that have migrated over from Canada. You think you have what it takes to survive an Alaskan winter without your heating blanket and grocery store close by? I really really doubt it. It's not all about being physically strong and being able to use a compass, it's about being strong mentally, which I would gather most critics of this show are not. So come on up in December and live off the land if you really think you can.
Yeah, I'm intrigued by this. I think the whole point is to have city dwellers like myself go out to Alaska and try to survive. An Army Ranger would find it a no-brainer and thus it would turn into Man vs. Wild or Survivorman. Those shows are fine but they don't need another one.
Most city people can screw up royally and suffer the consequences of their bad decisions even with experienced guides and moderate support. I think we've seen plenty of that already. They are also typically not in the perfect physical condition for the task. Thus, the "challenge" aspect is relative and for the people they choose, I am sure it is challenging.
I don't think I'd do too well in the Alaskan back country, so I'm not interested in signing up. I do, however, know enough not to level a .22 at a bison unless my only goal is to irritate the bison and waste ammo. I also know that salmon runs are finite. As we say here in the city, "I'd be on that with a quickness!"
I would love to be on the show, for a couple reasons. First and foremost, it looks like a ton of fun (better than Mechanical Engineering classes anyway) and the scenery is breathtaking. I've always wanted to go to Alaska, but I have never been able to afford it.
Second, and hear me out here, I think it would make an impeccable diet. It could be like a rugged, awesome version of "The Biggest Loser". It's going to look that way by the end of the season, anyway When you have to work for everything all day, the odds are good that you will finish in better physical condition than you started in.
I would sign up in a heartbeat, no questions asked, just tell me where to be and I'll be there. However, I'm pretty sure Discovery is looking for volunteers who aren't drooling over the idea of spending winter in Alaska. Instead, I'd say they will go for those who think it sounds like a vacation... you know, the ones who will look the most surprised come January in AK.
i live in a city in NJ and i think those fools on this show from jersey are giving all of us bad names... i just want to prove to all of America that NJ people aren't as stupid as these people they brought
Not naming names BUT!!!! ------------------------------------------------------- I think a few of you are delusional! And have the IQ comment backwards. These are well educated people more than likely with very high IQ's who have never had to live off the land or in the wild. They have never held a gun let alone shot anything! That's the POINT of the show? These are regular city people "Computer Analyst" etc. Mostly white collar workers and that's what makes it interesting. Who want's to watch some self proclaimed Cocky Daniel Boone who thinks: "I could do it all" sign up survive? be more like a vacation. --------------------------------------------------------------------- I've never been to Alaska myself but my ex-husband was a King Crabber who died at Sea. And I have heard plenty about Alaska and how easy it is to get lost real fast It's different from anywhere you have ever been. I don't care how tough you are, Alaska can and will get you, and get you fast! It's not just brawn like you seem to focus on. It takes skill that very few people possess. Even people who have grown up in Alaska, unless they have navigated the Alaska wilds for many years! -------------------------------------------------- I strongly suggest you Listen to "akguide"! -------------------------------------------------- If your as GREAT as you claim to be? Don't bother applying for the show. There not looking for people with God Complexes or attitudes! There looking for people from entirely different walks of life. White collar workers to see if they can survive? And to see who gives up first!
When you have to work for everything all day, the odds are good that you will finish in better physical condition than you started in.
