As we watch this man survive we are again reminded how to stay alive: 1. He had gear: rain gear, muck boots, waist bag, fire starter, knife, minimal food & 2 rifles. In part 1 I cringed when he handed his PFD to Garret. Only things that would’ve made big differences are a wool sweater and rain poncho. Few bags of jerky. 2. “it wasn’t about me; I was living for my family” 3. He stayed focused and set tasks. Made signals 4. He was ingenious. Harvesting rain. Noting tracks. Using his optics. Most of all he didn’t allow self pity. I repeat: HE DID NOT ALLOW SELF PITY

This man has an iron will, which was clearly empowered by his faith. I would personally have done things differently, based on my experiences growing up in a north west coast of Canada rain forest (not quite as far north as Alaska, but I could see Alaska on a clear day). The worst place weather-wise is out in the middle of a tidal slough. I played in those endlessly as a kid, even made rafts and rode them towards the sea then back in with the tide hours later after fishing. I would have looked for the largest evergreen tree with really wide branches at the bottom, those keep the rain off and have huge enough branches near the bottom to sleep off the ground. They stay dry enough you could make a controlled fire under one in a storm. If there are no big old growth trees, make a lean-to with branches pulled off trees and laid down on the roof so the water rolls off to the sides. If it's super windy you can dig a hole for a fire pit under your tree or lean-to. If you're having trouble starting it in the wind, find a big chunk of sap from one of the large trees and rip it open then light it. It stays lit really well in windy conditions, especially at the bottom of a dug hole. I've made many fires during wind and rain storms this way. Once the fire is burning, the rain evaporates and slows the fire down but doesn't put it out. And the wind will use up your fuel faster, but a pit fire doesn't get hit by much wind. If the wind is putting the fire out, dig the hole deeper, and cover it with some green branches as a windbreak. With a working fire, he would have been able to hunt any animals in the area, then bury it in coals to cook, or manually turn a rotisserie spit made of sticks. He was worried about being attacked by animals in the treeline, but I would be worried about the cold brutal weather on the fully open tidal slough! If you encounter animals at the treeline, you have two separate rifles to deter them. Keep them both loaded and nearby, then you can get two shots off before reloading. I think it said it was a tidal slough, if that's the case, just wait until low tide the water in the slough will be fresh water (unless they're too close to the ocean, if that's the case, go up river until it's fresh). With a fire you could make a water still with whatever plastic materials you have. A rain jacket could be repurposed to collect the evaporating water. Or you can heat stones in the coals then drop those into the plastic jug to instantly turn lots of water to steam, which you can have collect on any funnel-shaped plastic to drip into something for drinking). Have your gun at the ready to fire 3 shots in even succession to indicate an SOS. Depending on ammo supply, do this once every few days. As soon as you hear the helicopter, fire 3 shots into the slough then stop.

Thank you for Part II, very stunning and brave man, good Spirit of God helped him out of the disaster. Sad his partner didn`t survive...R.I.P.

So what happened to Garrett?

@alexandriabryant2787

Жыл бұрын

Around 20:50 , they said they found Garret drowned body so basically he drowned

@mark__whitfield

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I suspect the kayak got swamped and dragged the skiff down like a 300lb anchor.