It is one of very few TV series that I follow. I find the show really interesting for many reasons. It is an intense physical challenge. But the mental part is what breaks people down. It begins with the individual strategy of their plans. Then it evolves into on how they handle being alone.
I thought about posting this earlier but it's kind of your baby so to speak. I too am very much looking forward to the premiere. This location lies within the arctic circle and should be unlike any season they have shown thus far. Obviously some of the contestants can be over the top but there are times those are the most comical parts. Especially after reality sinks in and they realize they aren't what they thought they were at the beginning.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
I know that last year we discussed this and I was skeptical of the whole thing. Since then I have watched a season or so and you were right, it is a pretty good show.
I may not watch the opening show because I don't like watching things week to week. I prefer watching show after show, binge watching I suppose. If I wake up at 2-3AM, I may settle in and watch something for 3-4 hours.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
The trailer made it known Cubby stuck himself with an arrow. I wasn't sure when that would happen but you knew that would finish him.
Looks like a good lineup of contestants.
Right off those with young children are usually in trouble. Isaiah has a young daughter that was hard to come by. He is from W. Va. and is not desperate. I doubt that he will last.
Those not from cold places are at a disadvantage.
Desperation is a great motivator. Those with real life riding on the outcome. They are motivated.
Where they are is about as tough as it gets. That kind of vegetation is hard going. Snaring beaver should be a priority. They are big and fatty.
Grizzly bears are scary. I was in a place in Alaska numerous times where the bears were thick. Each morning there were fresh tracks all around the cabin. I have been as close as 15 ft. from a grizzly bear. You only hope they don't attack. The movie "Revenant" was from a true story.
Each week you start to find weakness. Great start.
I realized I’m not going to be able to watch… at least not legally. YouTube TV doesn’t carry the History Channel. I can’t watch using the History Channel app as it requires you to have a cable or other service that provides the History Channel to log in. I hate streaming services. It’s so stupid the games we have to play as consumers. Maybe Hulu has the History Channel? I’ll have to seek options...
I had that problem. I was on directv satellite. I had to order YouTube for the NFL package. I had two requirements Bally Sports local for braves games. Also, History and Discovery. All the rest have tons of stuff I rarely watch.
DirecTV streaming was my only real choice. I had to buy a Amazon fire stick which comes with a remote.
It is not user friendly. But I get the stuff I need.
I wish you could get a deal where you could select maybe a dozen stations for X amount. Then get the NFL package.
"Cubby" stuck himself with an arrow. The more I thought about that I wonder how in the hell that happened. The arrow was pointing like the tip came up from the ground to stick him in the groin.
Quivers protect arrowheads. He must have had an arrow out and somehow fell on it. Odd. He handled himself well given the circumstances.
I have been with guys who have buried and hook barb into themselves. Had to go to an emergency clinic.
In that situation considering where he was stuck. He is lucky he did not sever his femoral artery. He could have bled out.
That did seem like a very unconventional and strange injury. It takes quite an imagination to try and come up with a logical scenario of how that happened.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
Sweet. I just finished season two of Alone Australia yesterday afternoon. Perfect timing.
I saw season 1 but had no idea season 2 was even out yet. It actually premieres on the History Channel this coming Thursday, June 20th....
Alone Australia
New Season Premieres Thurs. June 20 at 9:30/8:30c; Stream Next
Season two of “Alone Australia” drops ten Australian survivalists in the wild terrain of Aotearoa’s Te Waipounamu, also known as the South Island of New Zealand. Throughout ten episodes, each skilled participant is challenged by the merciless forces of nature, dangerous wildlife, extreme hunger, and total isolation to be the last one standing and win $250,000 AUD. For the first time, the participants are permitted to hunt with a bow and arrow, which introduces a whole new set of strategies and skills. With wild pig, possum, tahr, and red deer afoot, the stakes and intensity in their quest for sustenance and survival are higher than ever. Who will overcome these intense hurdles to be the last person standing?
When these people walk away because they are unable to deal with being Alone.
My thoughts are what did you think you signed up for?
Mentally you need to know you can handle it for 100 days or more. Those with young families don't do well.
The people who are desperate for the money and have minimal family issues. Those are the ones who go a long way.
These contestants are above the arctic circle. Severe cold. Better build a place that will heat can be insulated. Maybe start with a fireplace and build around it.
I would think there would be a lot of beaver with all that water. I know beaver are above the arctic circle.
As it pertains to "what did you think you signed up for?" I believe it's just human nature that helps convince them of an ability or being able to adapt to a situation they have never faced before. I've always felt that a human being never actually knows how they will react to any given serious situation until they actually face such a situation.
We hear it all the time. "Well if that had been me I would have..." When in reality they never know how they would react in that situation until they actually have to face it head on, in real life. I believe that's exactly what transpires on Alone.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
I do believe you have to be honest with yourself. Can you handle that...... But many have no idea if they can face being Alone for 100 days or so.
When you put those two statements together it says it all pretty much. Nobody really knows if they can endure that much time alone until they are faced with it. Being honest with yourself when answering such a question while having no way to truly know the answer to that question, doesn't mean you aren't being honest with yourself. It means after thinking through you simply came to the wrong conclusion.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
I agree with you on all counts. My one caveat on those you mentioned is about the guy from Arkansas. He actually reminds me of some of my relatives in Kentucky. When it comes to survival I think he has all the tools he needs. My concern about him is the cold. He has never began to face the weather he will have to deal with here. A guy I worked with had just moved to Ohio from N.Carolina and wanted to go deer hunting with me some years ago. The day we planned to go it was very cold. I mean bitter cold. When he got to my house I knew he wasn't dressed well enough for the conditions. So I made sure to provide the clothes needed to handle the weather. But that wasn't enough. After less than an hour he had all he could stand.
He wanted to get out of the cold and get some breakfast. So I took him to a little family joint that I knew served grits. He loved it!
The contestants from Canada and the one from Alaska I think have the upper hand in that department. But you never know for sure which single factor will decide things in the end which always makes it interesting to watch.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
I always talk to my brother about Alone. He is a big fan as well.
We both said the same thing about the Arkansas guy and the cold. Agreed.
Unless you have lived it. You are unprepared.
Shelter, and wood to heat it will be real important soon.
A few seasons back a woman tapped out because of lack of food. However, she built one of the best shelters I have seen so far. It was half subterranean with a wood sod dome roof. She also had a fireplace.
Once the snow flies it is going to get really tough.
I find myself always planning what I would do as I watch. I lived in a Montana single room cabin. Nothing but a wood cook stove. No running water. No electricity. Just an outhouse and a running stream for water. Also I lived in an adobe house in northern New Mexico. Wood heat. No running water. No electricity. A wind mill to pump water into a cistern and an outhouse. I lived that way for six years before I came to Atlanta and got married and raised a family.
As I look back on that time. I didn't know a thing about sports or the world. I heard about Watergate but not much.
Alone gets my juices flowing. I love true wilderness. It makes you feel life with all your senses.
I was very adept at living off the land in Ohio as a younger man. But as you get older you come to understand things you may not have as a younger man. Unlike yourself I haven't had the experience of doing that same thing in different parts of the country or the world. As a younger man I may have convinced myself I could compete on Alone by adapting to areas I had no experience living in. Now that I'm older I realize when I was living off the land, I had been hunting, fishing and living off the land in a place I was familiar with my entire life. Those are not the same thing.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
I watch it as well but I am unfamiliar with the terrain.
The arctic is a different animal. The cold they will face is hard core.
When you are in the terrain of a predator like a grizzly. It is game changing when you are walking around. All the hairs on your next are popping out. You are on high alert.
I know some things about New Zealand. My son has been there numerous times fishing. It is a Mecca for trout fishing.
There are no land predators in the South Island of New Zealand.
When the new contestants are introduced I listen closely to them. Where they come from and under what circumstances.
I try to determine if they have the right mental makeup to do the challenge.
The Cree woman Michaela, I felt there was something fragile in her. I told my brother who is a fan as well. I said I don't think she is going to get far.
When she tapped it was no surprise.
You would think the guy who shot the moose had this wrapped up. But the previews for next week looks like something is up medically. He did a great job of building a meat cache and smoking the meat for curing. Fat rendering etc.
The guy who is building that big shelter. Is doing better than I thought he would.
The guy with the thick glasses. I am not confident in him. Overall he doesn't seem to have it together.
Up in the air now as to who will continue. I keep thinking about the coming cold.
I do put some credence in who I feel is most prepared. At the same time I realize that no matter the appearance, the mental strain of being alone is something one simply can't predict. People always have their own persona. But I've found that tells you very little about what lies underneath.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
If you have personal demons. Experiences that you cannot get over. Self image issues.
It is going to come out.
As I look back at the people who won. They were singularly focused on winning. They never stopped to think about anything but "what do I have to do to win?"
I think you have to be one task oriented. Never stop working on ways to improve your chances.
I know the cold can break people. You have to be warm enough to function. You have to have protein.
If the moose killer plays it right. He should win.
I believe it's been beyond proven that the lack of food and nutrition makes your mind work in ways that aren't normal. Combine that with total isolation and I feel people who fit your description under normal circumstances often no longer do under these extreme circumstances. I agree with you if you can somehow manage to get your mind to function in such extreme circumstances as it would under normal circumstances it gives you a huge advantage.
My observation has been what we see on the surface early on may not continue the longer a person exists under these extreme circumstances. As time continues these conditions take a toll on the mind.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
He fits the profile of what it takes. He had great skills and experience. He was relentless in his pursuit.
He had no real family and was used to isolation.
His name was Welker.
Welker was well-prepared with “a winter's worth” of firewood stacked outside, a fireweed root cellar and a berry cache, and on day 29, he had an epic big-game kill when he hit a bull musk-ox with his bow. He tracked the wounded animal two miles from camp and then stabbed it to death with a knife.
I was like Damn Dude.
In the end he said it was the hardest thing he had ever done and it took all he had.
It is a tough challenge that will test the best. I wish I was young enough to try. Just giving all you have is rewarding no matter the outcome. I believe in being uncomfortable and pushing yourself. You don't know what you are capable of unless you test yourself.
That won't make up for killing a deer or a moose other than the high fat content. He may win it. But I agreed with you that he had the edge until I found out he didn't bring a bow. Now we have one contestant with a moose in his stash and that's a huge advantage at least at this point in time. But for those of us who watch Alone we know that can change at any moment.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
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