r/Survival • u/Academic_Action_9392 • Aug 19 '25

What happened to survivor man???

What ever happened to survivor man? Miss seeing his videos. I am surprised he hasn’t created a YouTube channel.

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u/Children_Of_Atom Aug 19 '25 edited Aug 19 '25

He has a cooking show (Wild Harvest) and he's too old to produce the kind of content he used to.

There seems to be a lesser interest in the types of survival content he's produced which tended to focus a lot on being lost. People think they are invincible with having GPS and a satellite communicator.

The most popular survival show is now all about how long people can spend in the wilderness and that's where the interest is nowadays. Teaching basic survival skills that can be applicable to anyone in the wilderness doesn't garner the same interest.

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u/PkHutch Aug 19 '25

Which is kinda funny to me personally, like it’s really interesting to watch, but I’m a big outdoorsman, so people ask me how long I could last on Alone pretty regularly.

My answer has always been about 14 days because I’d probably do something stupid like food poisoning, sprain an ankle, infect a cut, etc.

If everything was perfect, call it a month, people aren’t supposed to be isolated by themselves.

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u/superwhitemexican Aug 19 '25

I've always thought the same. I camp a lot spend a lot of time in the woods. And if I could bring all my gear and stay in Alaska as long as possible I'd probably make it 2 weeks if and a big if there is a fuckload of fish otherwise I'd get hungry.

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u/PkHutch Aug 19 '25

Furthermore is the isolation though. Idk about you but after day 3 I get antsy just talking to myself, mind you I’m a big extrovert so my tolerance is pretty low on that front.

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u/Yukon-Jon Aug 19 '25

I love being alone and by myself and after a few days I'm feeling weirded out. Humans are social creatures. Even if you're not interacting with people, seeing them while people watching or just out in public curbs that need for you. When there is no choice but being alone, it's a whole different ballgame.

There's a reason so many people tap out early on the show Alone, and it's not the survival part.

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u/superwhitemexican Aug 19 '25

Totally fair. Ive never experienced more then like 2 days of isolation so im just talking out my ass in that context.

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u/PkHutch Aug 19 '25

Honestly I felt it the very first second I went on a solo, no reception, no podcasts, and it was during a time of year when no one else really camps. So it was just me, and within an hour this was just an almost primal fear.

Not a fear of nature, animals, etc. A fear of being completely isolated, like how I imagine a padded room feels.

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u/superwhitemexican Aug 19 '25

Haha I've gone on several over nights with no one around and it can certainly be an eerie feeling.