I open Facebook every day. I like to click on the video feed. Recently I have viewed several vids of a Swedish fellow doing survival stuff in the woods. One of the more fascinating ones was one where he built a shelter using slender limbs bound into a half circle. Then he took a large size roll of clear plastic wrap and covered the entire thing in a couple layers. It was waterproof. Outstanding. It has lasted through three winters.
I was thinking that if a contestant of Naked and Afraid chose a role of plastic wrap as her one personal item, this would be handy in a variety of ways. The contestants usually choose a machete, or an aluminum pot.
The basic plot is that a team consisting of a man and woman are taken to a remote place. They take off all of their clothes and are given a bag that contains their one personal item and a map. They have to survive 21 days, then walk to the retrieval point, usually about five miles away.
They are given a survival rating from 1 to 10 depending on their experience. They are weighed. When it is all over they assess how well the did and how much weight they lost. There is the option of tapping out. I have seen people tap out for injuries, snake bite and mental anguish.
First of all I would make sandals for tender tootsies. I would sacrifice one of the bags to be used as part of the material for sandals. Yep, take a length of wrap about five feet long, twist it into a fairly tough string. Find some dried weeds or grass bunch it up into feet like things, wrap feet with plastic string. I think this will last fairly well. If you can't find grass, use small pebbles. If there is nothing but sand but sand on couple layers of plastic, bind that to feet with the string.
Next the smartest thing I have seen is contestants start off to find mud to coat their skin if in a desert area, plaster up good, your scalp will sunburn through hair.
However, if you are in a jungle area with tons of insects, start rolling plastic around your legs, thighs, arms, torso. Some of those people are nothing but a mass of bug bites, it looks beyond irritation and/or painful.
The plastic can also be use to water proof the shelter.
If in a desert situation, make a solar still. Dig shallow hole about 5 feet across, pile greens in the bottom. Cover hole with plastic. Put rock in center to make a dip. The greens will sweat out water, which will condense on the plastic. Don't forget to put a container beneath the lowest point of the plastic. This process may take all day but the water will be potable.
If you have access to water that contains fish, pretty sure some kind of fish trap can be rigged up.
You could prepare a water jug using a couple layers of plastic. It is possible to fill the plastic water jug to be used as a fire starter by focusing the sun through the bag onto dry tinder. Kind of depends on lack of clouds in the sky.
A coracle could be created. It is a round boat comprised of slender bent branches. The plastic could be used to wrap the outside and a person could fish. Of course one would have to be careful not to get snagged and poke a hole in the bottom. No white water rafting.
One caution if you must eat foliage better boil or cook it as many plants are toxic unless heated sufficiently.
I would also suggest a couple of additions to the contest. Each survival point is worth one thousand dollars. Most people are ranked betweeb 6.5 to 8.5. The prize rises or falls depending on how well the contestant does. If they tap out the lose all of their points. I would also consider a betting pool among viewers.
Pretty sure there are other ideas and refinements out there. Give it a think.
I was thinking that if a contestant of Naked and Afraid chose a role of plastic wrap as her one personal item, this would be handy in a variety of ways. The contestants usually choose a machete, or an aluminum pot.
The basic plot is that a team consisting of a man and woman are taken to a remote place. They take off all of their clothes and are given a bag that contains their one personal item and a map. They have to survive 21 days, then walk to the retrieval point, usually about five miles away.
They are given a survival rating from 1 to 10 depending on their experience. They are weighed. When it is all over they assess how well the did and how much weight they lost. There is the option of tapping out. I have seen people tap out for injuries, snake bite and mental anguish.
First of all I would make sandals for tender tootsies. I would sacrifice one of the bags to be used as part of the material for sandals. Yep, take a length of wrap about five feet long, twist it into a fairly tough string. Find some dried weeds or grass bunch it up into feet like things, wrap feet with plastic string. I think this will last fairly well. If you can't find grass, use small pebbles. If there is nothing but sand but sand on couple layers of plastic, bind that to feet with the string.
Next the smartest thing I have seen is contestants start off to find mud to coat their skin if in a desert area, plaster up good, your scalp will sunburn through hair.
However, if you are in a jungle area with tons of insects, start rolling plastic around your legs, thighs, arms, torso. Some of those people are nothing but a mass of bug bites, it looks beyond irritation and/or painful.
The plastic can also be use to water proof the shelter.
If in a desert situation, make a solar still. Dig shallow hole about 5 feet across, pile greens in the bottom. Cover hole with plastic. Put rock in center to make a dip. The greens will sweat out water, which will condense on the plastic. Don't forget to put a container beneath the lowest point of the plastic. This process may take all day but the water will be potable.
If you have access to water that contains fish, pretty sure some kind of fish trap can be rigged up.
You could prepare a water jug using a couple layers of plastic. It is possible to fill the plastic water jug to be used as a fire starter by focusing the sun through the bag onto dry tinder. Kind of depends on lack of clouds in the sky.
A coracle could be created. It is a round boat comprised of slender bent branches. The plastic could be used to wrap the outside and a person could fish. Of course one would have to be careful not to get snagged and poke a hole in the bottom. No white water rafting.
One caution if you must eat foliage better boil or cook it as many plants are toxic unless heated sufficiently.
I would also suggest a couple of additions to the contest. Each survival point is worth one thousand dollars. Most people are ranked betweeb 6.5 to 8.5. The prize rises or falls depending on how well the contestant does. If they tap out the lose all of their points. I would also consider a betting pool among viewers.
Pretty sure there are other ideas and refinements out there. Give it a think.
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