tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919321743293401144.post3080202340617335449..comments2024-02-11T16:53:57.548-08:00Comments on BUZZARD BUSHCRAFT: Congratulations to Alan Kay - AloneBuzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00891804910073663628noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919321743293401144.post-89088918350604646382015-08-28T11:50:53.267-07:002015-08-28T11:50:53.267-07:00I agree with what you're saying Ross, but I th...I agree with what you're saying Ross, but I think the enormity of the situation only kicked in for a few of them once they got there. At that time that nagging little voice in the back of their mind piped up and started making them doubt themselves. I have no doubt that all were capable in their own environment, (though some skills are not transferable to different environments) but quite a few of them started to feel out of their depth very quickly in a place they weren't used to, the sorry thing about it is they weren't ! They could have made it easily with the correct focus and determination, even blunt stoicism could have taken them quite far.<br />Still it makes you realise that the first thing on the top of your kit list should be control over that part of your mind that makes you doubt.Buzzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00891804910073663628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919321743293401144.post-28089447759668106682015-08-28T04:47:55.889-07:002015-08-28T04:47:55.889-07:00I think the show demonstrated very well the differ...I think the show demonstrated very well the difference between having individual wilderness skills, and actually being skilled at being in the wilderness. They are certainly not one and the same. We saw a lot of people who had practiced individual skills extensively in their own controlled environments back home, but had no experience actually being in the woods. Considering that they all pretty much had a complete camping set up worth of gear, there is no reason why anyone should have tapped out in such short time other than the fact that they clearly had never spent enough time in the woods. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09366916570963904793noreply@blogger.com