Been spending a big chunk of the holidays watching the reality show Alone together with the family, and naturally the conversation “what items would you pick” sparked.

so I’m curious, what would your packing list look like?

bellow is the official list of which the participate on the show gets to pick 10 items.

You’re not allowed to pick the same item multiple times and you can only pick 2 items of food category.Feel free to elaborate if you have any idea of what your survival strategy would look like too if you like!

Shelter

• 12x12 ground cloth/tarp
• 8-mm climbing rope - 10M
• 550 Paracord - 80m
• 3-mm cotton cord - 40m
• Bedding
• 1 multi-seasonal sleeping bag
• 1 bivi bag
• 1 sleeping pad
• 1 hammock

• 1 large pot
• 1 steel frying pan
• 1 flint or ferro rod set with standard-sized striker
• 1 enamel bowl for eating
• 1 spoon
• 1 canteen/water bottle
• Hygiene
• 1 standard size bar of soap
• 1 8-oz tube of toothpaste
• 1 face flannel
• 1 40-mm roll dental floss
• 1 small bottle bio shower soap
• 1 shaving razor
• 1 towel
• 1 comb

Hunting

• 1 300-yd roll of a single-filament fishing line up to max of 20 lbs weight test + 35 assorted barbless hooks
• 1 Primitive Bow Recurve or longbow + 9x Arrows
• 1 small-gauge gill net
• 1 slingshot/catapult + 30 steel ball bearings + 1 replacement band
• 1 net foraging bag
• 2 lbs of 20, 21 or 22-gauge stainless steel and/or brass trapping (snare) wire
• 3 lbs of one solid block of salt

• 2 lbs of beef jerky
• 2 lbs of dried pulses/legumes/lentils mix
• 2 lbs of biltong
• 2 lbs of hard tack military biscuits
• 2 lbs of chocolate
• 2 lbs of pemmican
• 2 lbs of GORP
• 2 lbs of flour
• 2/3 lbs rice / 2/3 lb sugar / 2/3 lb of salt

• 1 pocket knife
• 1 hunting knife
• 1 Leatherman multitool or similar
• 1 sharpening stone
• 1 roll of duct tape or 1 roll of electrical tape
• 1 small shovel
• 1 small sewing kit
• 1 carabiner
• 1 LED flashlight
• 1 pair of ice spikes
• 1 scotch-eyed auger
• 1 adze
• 1 2-handed draw knife
• 1 hatchet
• 1 saw
• 1 ax