one thing i'm taking from #alone #aloneseason10episode03

That alaskan native guy tapped out after 2 weeks. He whipped up a boat and a fishing net on like day 1, and was fishing in the middle of the lake immediately. He was as rugged as a survivalist as they come almost.

But couldn't cut it in #saskatchewan 's north. This is why people who say "oh just go live in the bush" miss the point. The bush will kill you within about a month unless you're working with other people, or lucky. In the non-winter months. The only reason the other people are making a go of it is they
* had some weight to lose because they lived in society (it's not sustainable), and their body could handle near-starvation for 2 weeks.
* were under 60.

That's pretty much who's being eliminated first, regardless of survival skill.