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- Being on a large lake
next to some glacial peaks
and frigid cold winds blowing down
through those mountain passes,
that's a big, big challenge.
This is not a controlled situation.
This is a survival situation.
That's a bonus for me.
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These are the ten items
that I am bringing with me into the bush.
Item number one: Sleeping bag.
So having a sleeping bag makes it
so that I'm not gonna need to spend quite as much time
gathering as much insulation as I would without it.
That's gonna hopefully keep me nice and warm.
Next item I'm bringing is an emergency ration.
So along the same lines of conserving energy,
those food rations are gonna give me
a lot more time to work on the shelter.
I don't have to stress about gathering food right away.
So along those same lines of building shelter,
I'm bringing this saw.
I had debated a little bit back and forth
between bringing a saw or bringing an ax,
and I just decided this saw is gonna be a calorie-saver.
I can cut large pieces of wood.
So that is a crucial tool.
The other tool that I'm bringing
is this fixed blade knife.
I don't really ever use a Leatherman.
It wears on your hands a whole lot
because it's not very smooth,
so this fixed blade knife has a really nice comfortable handle,
and also I got the extra thick blade,
very crucial for my fire-making.
Also really helpful for the fire-making
is gonna be this paracord.
I've done a bow drill without a parachute cord,
but this is gonna make it a lot easier.
And for tying up my shelter,
for any other projects that I might want to do.
So I have a longer ream of this bright orange paracord,
and that's for when I set traps.
Then I have a bunch of multicolored pieces
of parachute cord
for making fishing lures with
for all the different types of fishing lures
that I might want to make.
So speaking of fishing,
I've got these fishhooks,
and I've got multiple different sizes
of pound fishing line.
So fishing is going to be very important.
There's a lot of fish in this lake,
and I have multiple size hooks and multiple size line
so that I can get after all the different types of fish.
So my cooking pot.
This cooking pot is going to be very important
when it comes to cooking my meals.
I could just get some fish and cook it over the fire,
but when you cook things over the fire,
the fat is the first thing to drip off.
As soon as it gets hot enough, it liquifies.
It drops into the fire,
and that fat is absolutely crucial.
I don't want to lose a drop of that fat.
The item that I've received the most flack for choosing
is my water bottle.
Yes, I could just use this cooking pot in here
as my water carrying device and to drink out of,
but then I won't have anything to drink out of
when I'm cooking.
Also, if I need to boil my water,
I don't have to utilize my cooking pot for that.
I can fill the water bottle up,
stick that on the coals after taking the top off,
and then I'll be able to boil the water in that.
So for me, this water bottle
seemed like too smart of a choice.
Snare wire.
Instead of doing the ferro rod, I'm going with the snare wire
'cause I feel confident in the bow drill,
and this snare wire,
I'm gonna be able to use it to snare some rabbits,
but also just as important,
I can use this for making fishing lures,
and I can also use this to make weights,
so I can cast my fishing line a little bit further.
Last but certainly not least
is my trusty bow and arrows.
So I made this bow out of Osage orange
specifically for this show.
And this is a 55-pound draw bow.
I made it 55 pounds so that it had enough umph
to punch through anything I might shoot at
while I'm out in the bush.
And I've got two different arrows in here.
I've got my broadheads
for any large game,
and then I have the small game points
for rabbits, grouse, ducks,
anything else that I might come across
and hopefully have the opportunity to shoot at.
So wish me luck, people.
I just might need it.
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