Not that they can't read, but umm... What else are you going to do for 30 days out in the wilderness? Some of us don't feel like sitting there jerking it for that long.
Read. Hone a new skill. Practice a musical instrument. Map out the forest where you live. Despite the fact you already have food and water, find some more of it yourself.
Shit, there's so much you could do. I think by the end of it you wouldn't even want to come back.
If you are talking about mountain streams (I grew up around trout streams), the fish all dash under the bank, but once they're there, they don't know where else to go. What does that mean? It means that yes, you can reach under the bank (it's easiest if you're in the water) and you can feel them. Move slowly and come up from beneath them. You run your fingers up and down their belly a few times, and the fish kind of calm down, then you quickly come up and put your thumb into their gill, and pull them out. Easiest if you either keep holding them or whack their head on a rock to kill them. You can eat fresh trout without cooking it, but you'll want to gut it first.
If you have a pocketknife with you (and if you're in the mountains, you should), you turn the fish on its back in your hand. Stick the knife into the fish's anus and slice the belly up towards it's mouth until just below the little triangle between the two gills. Now, take your knife and stick it in the thin sheet of skin on one side of the fish's tongue, then push the knife through and come out the other thin sheet of skin. Now, push towards the fish's mouth and cut out the tongue. Now, grab the tongue with your forefinger and put your thumb in the top of the slit you cut, and pinch your thumb and forefinger together, now pull straight towards you away from the fish. The guts will all come out. Rinse the fish and use your thumb to clean out the fish's large intestine, which runs along its spine. You can use a knife or your thumbnail to tear the thin membrane there.
Congrats, you caught a fish by hand and ate fresh trout sushi. Skinning it is optional.
The person presenting the challenge would definitely have to define "technology", because fire and clothes definitely count as technology, if you are going for the "anything that is not a tool native to your body". But I think they meant "anything with a transistor" or "anything that you could buy at a radio shack".
But in reality, I just wanted to share the skill of catching fish with your hands. It's totally possible, pretty easy, and is a useful thing to know about in survival situations. I've never seen a "survivalist" on TV do it, and they should.
I honestly came here for that kind of discussion. Didn't realize so many people would be so butthurt about having an obvious incorrect assumption being pointed out to them. Thank you for being the one that wasn't. And I agree that's an important survival skill and more people should be talking about it and similar types of skill sets.
Being that the cabin itself is also a form of technology, as are warm clothes and campfires, it's a more sensible assumption that they meant modern creature comforts rather than sticking you naked in a frozen forest to freeze to death.
People aren't butthurt. You are trying to have a fucking stupid discussion. The other poster was able to make a post which wasn't fucking stupid which is why he didn't get downvoted for his comment but notice how every single one of your posts got downvoted? That should tell you that you are a moron.
The other reality here is that no one is making an incorrect assumption here. They are using the most common understanding of the word technology. You are trying to generalize the word technology to such a point that it's meaningless.
You need to be more intelligent if you want a discussion.
It is easy to make a fishing spear. Fish weirs too. Snares aren't hard if there is decent grass around.
If you are totally clueless about hunting and fishing, then sure, it might be hard to figure out, but hunting small game and fish without high tech tools is pretty easy.
I didn't create an account just to post replies on this particular post. Why do you feel the need to look through people's account history? That's the kind of thing I expect a woke redditor to do.
You're right I have no experience in scavenging in the woods naked and have no idea why someone might find that enjoyable. I'd love to see someone try to do it for $100k though.
lol internet lawyer saves the day. turns out, that's the dude's permanent home, he hasn't had company in ten years and he's really itching to talk to somebody.
All that and you didn't ask what their standard for "technology" is. It would be a pretty shitty trip if you weren't allowed to use even a bow drill firestarter lol.
Technology is the application of science. Sounds like your applying science to the materials around you there. This is expressly forbidden in the rules.
Technology is the application of science, by definition. Skinning an animal and wearing it's fur is a type of technology. Putting any material on your naked skin is a type of technology.
Not much smaller than the cabin I rented in Leadville, CO each winter as an upgrade to living out of my truck all spring, summer, and fall. Had electricity though. But no phone, TV, or Internet. Only wood cooking and heat, pre cell phones. So... Hell yeah I'd do it! So long as my dogs can join.
Wait, you're gonna pay me 100 grand to go on vacation, for a month? Cool, I tell you what, leave me an axe and a bow saw and I'll upgrade your shelter for you, looks a little drafty.
Since when is an axe considered technology, if that's the case isn't any shelter considered technology? What are we talking here cell phones or black powder rifles? It's not like I was thinking of dragging an MRI machine out there. Fuck it, I can start a fire without matches, I'll cook some chert an make my own axe. Seems like the guy in the doorway has his nice cozy gore-tex field jacket and knit cap...or is he just there to make sure I don't use technology AKA applying scientific principles to solve a problem...like say stuffing my pants with leaves when I get cold......INSULATION! THERMODYNAMICS! OH NO! TECHNOLOGY! I think you may be overthinking the technology angle here.
Because you're taking a word that is usually used in a general sense and are applying the strictest definition to it, you have no idea what the writer of this post meant by technology. You've taken an interesting living rough exercise and applied some extreem neo-luddite pathological condition to it. Toilet paper is technology? Really? All you can use are your hands, huh? Can you take steps to keep yourself healthy or is basic hygiene technology.....because germ theory of disease? By the application of your standards the post should read "Who would live in this drafty shelter in the snow, that you can't fix cause roofs and insulation are technology, probably dying of hypothermia, naked because even rudimentary garments and fire are neanderthal technology, eating your provided meals, shit-stained and shivering, teeth rotting out of your head, because TP, leaves, washing your hands and even primitive dental hygiene are technology. But and it's a big but, should you be able to tolerate the constant worsening sickness, some how survive the inevitable infections and not have to be medevaced before a months time you can have $100,000, that taxes will take half of and you might have enough left over to pay for a fraction of your subsequent hospitalization and long rehabilitation back to some semblance of health."
Talk about a buzzkill, you must be a real hoot at parties.
Sorry, couldn't fully respond to your text because of your screen name as application of science is technology. Also "Reddit-grade cliche" is in itself, a cliche. "Fucking incel" is self contradictory, how can one be fucking and an involuntary celibate at the same time, please clarify and resubmit your criticism in a non-technological format. And what technological sorcery is this "faggoty Reddit" you speak of?
Amazing that this is some sort of challenge. One month, $100,000 reward? The only stipulation is that you won't have access to technology? Oh well, bring a bunch of books
Funny thing about quitting every social media platform is you realize what a total waste of time they are. Sign me up. My only catch is I need my wife and kid.
Shiiiit, compared to jail, stuck with basic cable echoing off brick walls every day. Itd be a pleasure. Man has a natural connection to nature, were healthier when we keep that connection.
Lol fuckin' glampers ;). Look at that nice ass hut. Here's what I will do. Bring a bag filled with all the books life's prevented me from reading (yes actual books). Outside of using the probably bottled water for cooking. I will just bring my cool filter dealies that screw onto bottles or bladders. Tastier that way. The hut can keep the books mostly unweathered cause the trees in the back are looking workable for my Hammock.
Ugh that would be so fun. Had friends I would do backpacking trips with but only the weekend. Tried a two week regular camping trip with them once... most wanted to return before the end of the first week. So sad. Lol I'm not even nearly as knowledgeble as half of what ever replies this tread ends up getting... but I love the out doors.
Your gonna PAY me to go on a hunting and fishing expedition?
And you don't even have to hunt for food. They said food & water is included.
Thank god. A patriot who can read!
Not that they can't read, but umm... What else are you going to do for 30 days out in the wilderness? Some of us don't feel like sitting there jerking it for that long.
Improve the shelter. Exercise. Plan out a book on paper. Play solitaire. Sleep late every day.
Fix the roof!
When I look at this picture, I wonder how he stays warm with those huge cracks in the roof. (Or how he stays warm in a wooden hut in the forest.)
Yeah I would give it a go but 100,000 for fingers or toes is a bad deal. That said with enough time and wood you can run one hell of a bonfire
Don't have to go to work and can sleep in late? Food and water is just a bonus.
Re-acquaint myself with the stars.
Going to need to add another layer of roofing logs, or peel the bark off some logs in big strips and use it like shingles. Maybe pack some moss or something into those cracks to keep the drafts down.
If the weather is cold enough, you could just pack snow around the hut.
Breath fresh air, and not look at the ghetto.
You're just jealous of the shit wall houses.
Can't believe somecunt downvoted your comment. Poor fragile snowflake must think you are talking about them =)
Read. Hone a new skill. Practice a musical instrument. Map out the forest where you live. Despite the fact you already have food and water, find some more of it yourself.
Shit, there's so much you could do. I think by the end of it you wouldn't even want to come back.
That writin' is written rotten!
So long as I still get fire
Good point. It would be easy to set this up for people to try if you just let them all freeze to death.
Firebows really are not hard to make if you have shoestrings.
Don't threaten me with a good time.
Exactly, most people PAY others for that experience. Sign me up for 2 months.
Id love to see someone hunt or fish without technology. As in with your bear hands.
If I had bear hands I'd be the greatest fisherman ever.
Heh.
That's a funny name.
You should see his giant hat....
Good news—The second amendment gives you the right to bear arms
If you had bear hands though, wouldn't that be the right to arm bears?
Yes, but they're required to wear sleeveless shirts.
I think fishing with bear hands is illegal in many states.
I wanna meet the game warden crazy enough to try and arrest an 800lb grizzly.
??thats good
If you are talking about mountain streams (I grew up around trout streams), the fish all dash under the bank, but once they're there, they don't know where else to go. What does that mean? It means that yes, you can reach under the bank (it's easiest if you're in the water) and you can feel them. Move slowly and come up from beneath them. You run your fingers up and down their belly a few times, and the fish kind of calm down, then you quickly come up and put your thumb into their gill, and pull them out. Easiest if you either keep holding them or whack their head on a rock to kill them. You can eat fresh trout without cooking it, but you'll want to gut it first.
If you have a pocketknife with you (and if you're in the mountains, you should), you turn the fish on its back in your hand. Stick the knife into the fish's anus and slice the belly up towards it's mouth until just below the little triangle between the two gills. Now, take your knife and stick it in the thin sheet of skin on one side of the fish's tongue, then push the knife through and come out the other thin sheet of skin. Now, push towards the fish's mouth and cut out the tongue. Now, grab the tongue with your forefinger and put your thumb in the top of the slit you cut, and pinch your thumb and forefinger together, now pull straight towards you away from the fish. The guts will all come out. Rinse the fish and use your thumb to clean out the fish's large intestine, which runs along its spine. You can use a knife or your thumbnail to tear the thin membrane there.
Congrats, you caught a fish by hand and ate fresh trout sushi. Skinning it is optional.
Crayfish are also quite easy to catch bare handed, though I would hesitate to eat them without cooking them.
But the knife is technology. Awesome that you can do it without fire though, I would have thought that's harder technology to live without.
The person presenting the challenge would definitely have to define "technology", because fire and clothes definitely count as technology, if you are going for the "anything that is not a tool native to your body". But I think they meant "anything with a transistor" or "anything that you could buy at a radio shack".
But in reality, I just wanted to share the skill of catching fish with your hands. It's totally possible, pretty easy, and is a useful thing to know about in survival situations. I've never seen a "survivalist" on TV do it, and they should.
I just read it as "cellphone." Lol. "Would you live in this horrible nature nightmare without being able to keep up to date with Lady Gaga's tweets?"
yeah it's definitely a tv/internet/phone thing/video game
I honestly came here for that kind of discussion. Didn't realize so many people would be so butthurt about having an obvious incorrect assumption being pointed out to them. Thank you for being the one that wasn't. And I agree that's an important survival skill and more people should be talking about it and similar types of skill sets.
Being that the cabin itself is also a form of technology, as are warm clothes and campfires, it's a more sensible assumption that they meant modern creature comforts rather than sticking you naked in a frozen forest to freeze to death.
People aren't butthurt. You are trying to have a fucking stupid discussion. The other poster was able to make a post which wasn't fucking stupid which is why he didn't get downvoted for his comment but notice how every single one of your posts got downvoted? That should tell you that you are a moron.
The other reality here is that no one is making an incorrect assumption here. They are using the most common understanding of the word technology. You are trying to generalize the word technology to such a point that it's meaningless.
You need to be more intelligent if you want a discussion.
Did you kill the bear with your bare hands to get the bear hands? ?
... the only way it's legal...
Isn't that what the constitution refers to? Like not just the hands but the whole arm.
What possible reason would you need a whole bear arm?
To keep your arms warm.
It's not about needs. Plus, can you imagine how fast soy rioters would scatter if you swung at them with a whole kodiak arm?
Or freedom of speech, etc etc
Discovering you can hunt is technology, checkmate! -this guy
Technology = the application of science.
It is easy to make a fishing spear. Fish weirs too. Snares aren't hard if there is decent grass around.
If you are totally clueless about hunting and fishing, then sure, it might be hard to figure out, but hunting small game and fish without high tech tools is pretty easy.
How can I learn to do this?
There are lots of YouTube videos about primitive living and toolmaking.
I learned a lot of stuff on my path to Eagle Scout, 35ish years ago.
It's says no tech. Not just "high tech".
What do you consider to be tech?
I can make a fishing spear with a sharp rock, a small tree, and some grass.
I can make a fishing weir with just grass and sticks.
You can make a snare from a couple sticks and grass.
Also, look up the sport of 'noodling.'
I'd do it without the monetary incentive. I'd love to live off grid like that.
no no, they are paying you to leave, your vacation has already run over by 3 weeks at that point
Most of my money would be spent on ammo and seeds
Where do you get the good seeds?
You understood me right! I want some seeds that work. I'll check it out, thanks.
imagine getting sick. Like 3 days of bed rest required. 3 days with nothing to do but stare at the walls.
Sounds good.
Or you know, read a book.
And who gets sick?
need light to read books. that 'shelter' doesn't even have a roof that will keep the rain out
The irony of what I'm about to post on an internet forum isn't lost on me, but that said:
A month without tech? Bliss!
then why don't you? you don't even have to live in a hut with half a roof in the snow for a month
Gotta eat. But we ARE cashing in on the housing prices and moving further into the country later this year, so… ?
i meant you can have a month without tech without moving into a hut lol
That’s the “gotta eat” part lol
I guarantee you you'd be missing the cloths on your back an hour in.
Why did you create an account just to write dozens of comments on this post?
I didn't create an account just to post replies on this particular post. Why do you feel the need to look through people's account history? That's the kind of thing I expect a woke redditor to do.
Then go back where you came from faggot.
You're right I have no experience in scavenging in the woods naked and have no idea why someone might find that enjoyable. I'd love to see someone try to do it for $100k though.
I go camping several times a year in places with no cell reception. It's fun. Also the post says food is provided, so no scavenging necessary.
There is no 'try'. Give me food and water like the post says, and i might as well be staying at the holiday inn.
What do cloths on your back do?
Protect you from the elements. A technology from stone age times.
What a retarded faggot! ??
Only an idiot would go naked into the wild. Wtf are you even talking about, dipshit?
Probably, but three questions:
When you say "stay in this shelter", does that mean not going outside, or just that it is where I go to sleep?
Who is the dude?
Is he going to be living there too?
Asking the important questions here.
Does he know how to play Euchre?
Or Spades? Or Hearts? Or Bridge? Or Gin? Or Cribbage? Give me something here!
lol internet lawyer saves the day. turns out, that's the dude's permanent home, he hasn't had company in ten years and he's really itching to talk to somebody.
from the photo it looks like the first snow. I'd be concerned with it flooding. Through the winter time it'll be good though, like an igloo.
All that and you didn't ask what their standard for "technology" is. It would be a pretty shitty trip if you weren't allowed to use even a bow drill firestarter lol.
It's pretty obvious that he means modern technology, unless this is some kind of devil's bargain shit.
Any man that says "no"likes wieners.
I read that in butters voice. Southpark.
This is immigration in a nutshell. Stay one month in U.S. custody and then receive free healthcare and taxpayer dollars for life.
Can you put a tarp over the roof?
No neighbors.
No traffic.
No media.
Do you really get the $100,000, or do you have to pay that to stay in the nice area?
Break off pine/spruce/fir branches and drape it in them. Close enough.
Technology is the application of science. Sounds like your applying science to the materials around you there. This is expressly forbidden in the rules.
You've been down voted, but I giggled.
Yeah that roof is dogshit
Seriously, who built that roof. Were they even trying?
yes. i only ate food 11 days out of 30 days last month. am not on a diet. i'd do it just foe food every day.
Let us know man pm me if you need to eat
Where do you live?
No joke, we can certainly help out.
Hard times??
I have food I can send you.
Or he could use the internet connection he's PAYING for to buy food...don't get scammed
But you can pay for internet/cell phone to post this...
I am skeptical...
Hm. That didn't even cross my mind.
how is this even a question?
Then what's stopping you?
where do i sign up?
You don't need to sign up anywhere. You can go live in the woods naked with out fire or shelter right now. What's stopping you?
OP says there's $100k involved and nothing about naked etc
It clearly says no technology
It clearly says no "access" to tech.
Weaving is tech.
Wearing is not.
Technology is the application of science, by definition. Skinning an animal and wearing it's fur is a type of technology. Putting any material on your naked skin is a type of technology.
love that part
guy is wearing clothes tho
City ordinances.
Not much smaller than the cabin I rented in Leadville, CO each winter as an upgrade to living out of my truck all spring, summer, and fall. Had electricity though. But no phone, TV, or Internet. Only wood cooking and heat, pre cell phones. So... Hell yeah I'd do it! So long as my dogs can join.
Wait, you're gonna pay me 100 grand to go on vacation, for a month? Cool, I tell you what, leave me an axe and a bow saw and I'll upgrade your shelter for you, looks a little drafty.
Those are types of technology. Not sure you even get clothing. No tech is a rule you're aware of right?
Since when is an axe considered technology, if that's the case isn't any shelter considered technology? What are we talking here cell phones or black powder rifles? It's not like I was thinking of dragging an MRI machine out there. Fuck it, I can start a fire without matches, I'll cook some chert an make my own axe. Seems like the guy in the doorway has his nice cozy gore-tex field jacket and knit cap...or is he just there to make sure I don't use technology AKA applying scientific principles to solve a problem...like say stuffing my pants with leaves when I get cold......INSULATION! THERMODYNAMICS! OH NO! TECHNOLOGY! I think you may be overthinking the technology angle here.
How is my basic knowledge of the definition of the word "technology" overthinking it LMAO
Because you're taking a word that is usually used in a general sense and are applying the strictest definition to it, you have no idea what the writer of this post meant by technology. You've taken an interesting living rough exercise and applied some extreem neo-luddite pathological condition to it. Toilet paper is technology? Really? All you can use are your hands, huh? Can you take steps to keep yourself healthy or is basic hygiene technology.....because germ theory of disease? By the application of your standards the post should read "Who would live in this drafty shelter in the snow, that you can't fix cause roofs and insulation are technology, probably dying of hypothermia, naked because even rudimentary garments and fire are neanderthal technology, eating your provided meals, shit-stained and shivering, teeth rotting out of your head, because TP, leaves, washing your hands and even primitive dental hygiene are technology. But and it's a big but, should you be able to tolerate the constant worsening sickness, some how survive the inevitable infections and not have to be medevaced before a months time you can have $100,000, that taxes will take half of and you might have enough left over to pay for a fraction of your subsequent hospitalization and long rehabilitation back to some semblance of health." Talk about a buzzkill, you must be a real hoot at parties.
Dude you responded to a guy poking fun with a massive autistic wall of text and signed it off with a faggoty Reddit-grade cliche.
He may not be fun at parties but at least he's not a fucking incel neck beard.
Sorry, couldn't fully respond to your text because of your screen name as application of science is technology. Also "Reddit-grade cliche" is in itself, a cliche. "Fucking incel" is self contradictory, how can one be fucking and an involuntary celibate at the same time, please clarify and resubmit your criticism in a non-technological format. And what technological sorcery is this "faggoty Reddit" you speak of?
ACKSHULLY
Some of us just call that "vacation".
I’d do it for free.
Then what's stopping you?
He probably has a job and responsibilities. Things you know nothing about you pathetic man child.
Depends on the toilet paper situation
TP is a type of technology
Who needs TP? I can wipe my ass with my bear hands.
This is turning into the running gag of the thread, isn't it?
I believe bear arms are recognized as an unalienable right.
Amazing that this is some sort of challenge. One month, $100,000 reward? The only stipulation is that you won't have access to technology? Oh well, bring a bunch of books
A book is a type of technology
Books are infrastructure.
Lots of great comments on this post, but this was my personal favorite. Well done.
Making a book is technology. Having one is not.
The definition of technology is the application of science. How is having a book not having technology?
the hard part is the food and water... and they're giving it to you?
define technology... no carbon steel knives? no firearms? no polyester climacool thermal underwear?
All your food and water is in cans and they don't give you a can opener :)
A shaped rock is tech. So is fire.
Will you fucking stfu? You're all over this thread saying the same thing over and over again. Fuck off libtard.
ACKSHULLY
i agree. sorry for your karma
It’s air conditioned
It's not a game of survival; it's a game of intellegence.
I'd just take the wood from the shelter and be an instant multi-millionaire.
Local man puts wheels on shack, the big secret game-shows don't want you to know about.
Can I bring a few books?
Books are a type of technology
where do we sign up?
Funny thing about quitting every social media platform is you realize what a total waste of time they are. Sign me up. My only catch is I need my wife and kid.
Leave the kid at home. When was the last time you had a month away with your wife?
Did it for a $0.25 an hour in the ARMY. Minus the sweet shack. Easy
Shiiiit, compared to jail, stuck with basic cable echoing off brick walls every day. Itd be a pleasure. Man has a natural connection to nature, were healthier when we keep that connection.
Are you threatening me with a vacation!?
Don't you threaten me with a good time.
Some one start catalog the memes so I have a stockpile to come back to.
I volunteer!
So you're saying I get to keep the wood?
Does this mean that you have to stay inside of there the whole time, or are you allowed to leave the shelter? Cause being locked in would suck.
I've lived in tents for far longer than this back in the day...
As long as I'm allowed to fix the roof. That one is leaky as hell.
Is this even a question?...wait can my dog come?
Animal Husbandry is a type of technology
Are books technology? Heating? Lighting? Is fire technology?
Ask the Amish
Same thing I'd do now: Buy ammo.
ILL NEED SOME BOOKS, SEVERAL PAIRS OF READER S AND I AM FINE AS LONG AS I HAVE COFFEE!
Only if I'm allowed to finish the damn roof. Come on guys, that's just silly.
what? and take a chance of missing a message from trump? or the audit? never.
nice try communists!
Eh.... make it a million
NGMI
Why does the roof suck?
Lol fuckin' glampers ;). Look at that nice ass hut. Here's what I will do. Bring a bag filled with all the books life's prevented me from reading (yes actual books). Outside of using the probably bottled water for cooking. I will just bring my cool filter dealies that screw onto bottles or bladders. Tastier that way. The hut can keep the books mostly unweathered cause the trees in the back are looking workable for my Hammock.
Ugh that would be so fun. Had friends I would do backpacking trips with but only the weekend. Tried a two week regular camping trip with them once... most wanted to return before the end of the first week. So sad. Lol I'm not even nearly as knowledgeble as half of what ever replies this tread ends up getting... but I love the out doors.
Same. I'd love to see the ppl in this comment section actually try this shit.
This might be the easiest $100000 challenge, ever. Hahahahahaha
WOW! I must be more disconnected from the modern day thinking than I initially thought.
Technology means all technology no just stuff invented in the last 100 years.
um akshually...
Sounds good.
Id love to see it. If I had the money I would offer it to ppl to try.
So basically it’s the 1970’s all over again. I’d do it for a lot longer than that.
Sure, but I would definitely give that roof some attention.
You damn right.
I'd do it and thatch that roof for free.
I'd make it a little better like filling in the gaps in the roof. But hell yeah, sign me up.
Don’t tell them I’ll take the money but if they charged I’d have paid for it
What's stopping you from taking of your clothes and living like a savage animal in the woods right now?
I’m 8 years from retirement I love my job. And my son is in college to become a DR.
Fuck ya