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Originally Posted by CDSmith
I think he's talking about creating fresh water using the process of condensation. It was also very well-demonstrated in the movie All is Lost where Redford's character uses sea water, a container, plastic, and the sun to condense fresh water. It works, and in extreme times it's a hell of a lot more attractive an alternative than what some people have done, which is actually drink the piss.
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If done right, I suppose it can work. But that sounds like a last resort type thing.
This show is not putting the people in places where they can't find food or water. Some places seem a lot more extreme then others, but the episode I was yelling at my TV about I would have been on an adventure with plenty of water and likely much more food.
Crabs on beach, snails on beach, coconuts, fish to spear, and a huge source for drinking water that the two couldn't figure out how to treat. Because of this, they had no energy to get food.
The girl actually hit a shark with her spear, just didn't break the skin. If she simply had a real spear with one point, she would have gotten a huge meal. The flanked out spears with multiple points are good for smaller critters, like crabs or frogs.
Well, I'm repeating myself over about the same issues. My point still stands, I think a lot of these "selected" "survivalists" really suck, I could do better.
The guy who trapped rats in his cave, he was always hydrated and always eating. He only lost 6 pounds the entire 21 days. Average seems to be around 15 to 20 pounds for the guys, some even up to 40 pounds lost.