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.
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.
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.
Breath fresh air, and not look at the ghetto.
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.
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?
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.
Worth viewing just for the “bear hands” jokes alone.
??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.
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?
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.'