This thread is inspired by another: view original post
So pretend you are the only survivor in a plane crash. you can crash in the canadian wilderness with a hatchet, and a days worth of food, or in Africa with a jacket, and a small pistol. if you decide to crash in canada, if you dont want the hatchet, and food, you may choose a warm sweater, and a knife. In Africa, you have the choice between the original gear and a fire starting kit with a bow and arrow you use in your backyard, and are a decent shot. Which would you choose if you wanted to survive for as long as possible, and eventully reenter civilization, and how?
-
Heres what I would do. I would chose to land in Canada with the hatchet and food. I would scavange the forest for food, then would put some small dead trees against a tree trunk or something for a makeshift shelter. In the morning, I would eat something small, like a quarter of the burrito I had in my bag for the plane trip. Then look around for anything usefull such as a cave, berries, and sharp sticks or something I could possble use for self defense. Then using the hatchet, i would carve a makeshift spear, and like the boy in Hatchet, try to spear some fish. I'd continue lik this, an hope I'm as lucky as the boy in hatchet, who finds that there is a giant slab of flint in the back of his cave, so that when they search for me, I could maybe make a fire.