He survived out there in a wicked environment with basically nothing and its important to remember........he didn't tap out......the show ended because he was the last man standing. Who knows how long he would have lasted. Pretty amazing. Maybe 0.001% of modern society can come close to that.
Much respect for Alan. I picked him to win during the third episode that year. Something about him jus sits well with me. Ones attitude affects everything they do. And he is definitely worth listening to. I didn’t consider myself a true mountain man until I was successful with friction fire. I don’t get out as much these days, but a good skill set has a nice calming sense to it.
Good video. I'll share my experience, and take from it what you want. I think that there's a BIG disconnect between "SURVIVAL" and being FORCED to survive mentally. Back in the early 90's I was in Panama and spending a lot of time hiking and camping out in the jungle and alone all the time. That didn't bother as I had been there many times before and when I was in the service, I went to JOTC in Panama several times, I also made a combat jump into Panama on 20 Dec 89 when we invaded for Operation Just Cause, so I was comfortable with where I was and what I was doing.....maybe overly comfortable. Long story short, I was out for a few days hiking and camping, and I got lost.....in the jungle...in Panama. I can not explain the sheer terror that hit me when I finally admitted and said out loud that I was lost. The rush that comes over you and the almost uncontrollable desire to just start RUNNING in a panic, is some thing you just have to experience and it is all but impossible to TRULY train for. I had no tap out button to push, no one was coming for me so I could be in a hot shower and eating a Big Mac three hours later......I had no idea of how long I was going to be there, and I had loss all control and I was there until I got myself out.....I was alone ALONE and my brain was running wild in overtime about everything you can imagine, including embarrassment. I kept thinking I can't be lost, this can't be happening to me, and what will everyone think and say when I'm suppose to know what I'm doing. I actually never told anyone what happened to me until just a couple years ago. It was soooo easy for me to sit in a classroom and hear all the "DON'T PANIC" and all the other sayings for survival, but when I was actually in that situation and I mean lost in 1000's of square miles of thick dense jungle, and not just lost in the woods in my backyard for a few hours in northern Wisconsin, but lost and knowing NO ONE will come looking for you...you think differently for sure. The jungle all of a sudden got darker, thicker, and the scary part MUCH bigger. I was lost in the CENTRAL AMERICAN JUNGLE'S. No one knew I was lost, because no one knew I was gone...yep first mistake but I only had a few acquaintances, and no family or friends, so if those acquaintances never seen me again, no biggie. It wouldn't have triggered a "WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SO AND SO". I kept making my problem bigger and bigger in my head. I finally had to FORCE myself to just STOP and drop my pack, and I had to FORCE myself to change my thinking...and I mean FORCE myself. I started telling myself I was NOT LOST in a massive jungle, I was lost in a VERY SMALL area and I was EASILY within a few miles of a known point. I started making my problem smaller, not bigger. I knew I had gear for shelter, fire, water and a filter, some food, fishing gear, and I knew food plants, and on and on. I was not nearly in as bad of shape as others who had survived in worse conditions and situations, plus I was NOT hurt and I needed to stay that way. This is getting kinda long, but in a nutshell I made a plan of how I was going to navigate my way around back and forth with my map and compass and head west and look for a few known terrain features. I kept getting my hopes up that over THIS hill is where I will figure out where I was, and when it wasn't, it was like the flood of being lost all over again, came rushing back, as well as those dark thoughts. I had to get it in my head to be comfortable with the fact that this next hill may not be what I was looking for, but I was for sure one hill closer to what I was looking for, so it was in some small way a success and not a failure. Basically, NEVER underestimate your minds ability to run wild no matter who you are or how much training and all skills you have, because when you do find yourself alone ALONE and no longer in complete control of your situation your mind will make it worse and worse if you allow it to. Now I REALLY take a step back and SERIOUSLY think about being lost and how I will think and act if lost, or hurt, or lose my gear. It's almost like a meditation type thing for me, and I inventory my mind and thoughts, like I do an inventory of my pack. Anyway, keep up the great work.
Thank you Alan. It was good to meet you and receive your instruction at the TR Patreon class. Good stuff. My wife was binge watching Alone with me yesterday, and she was hooked.
Live in the moment. Do what needs to be done now and then focus on the next thing. Hands down, best advice anybody gave me for a long term survival situation. Thanks Alan!
*Alan Kay makes a lot of sense.* I don't always agree with every detail of what he says, however, when I disagree, I have to think long and hard before I stick with what I already think. A pocket radio receiver is a real practical benefit in a survival situation, however, it is also a big morale booster too. Lately, I've been keeping a Sangean DT400 in my EDC. From my house, I can get all 7 weather band channels and a ton of AM and FM.
100% agree with Alan. 90% mentality, 10% skills and gear. The novice outdoorsman with an awesome attitude will outlast the pessimistic expert every time!
Great talk guys. I got my 1st bow drill fire achieved a couple weeks ago and when Allen said it's like you're reborn I can relate. That was an amazing feeling. Other than UA-cam and motion I had 0 help and it felt great. Keep on keeping on.👍
Great Video Very Entertaining And Educational. Stay mentally strong/resilient, Keep a calm/positive attitude, prioritize (water, shelter, fire then food), no anxiety for past/future, learn fire making skills, buy moral boosters (possibly snacks, cards, book), Stop, Think, Observe, Plan. I Learned A Lot
I love this topic. Thank you. I agree, this topic seems to be overlooked. How would you help a significant other and or child get through some of those challenges?
I bout to go on my survival trip cause mentally I'm battling some things and it's best I hang with folks that have the same interests , and be alone for awhile
I like Alan but he's absolutely, demonstrably wrong. Deer and bears absolutely don't live like they used to. Many if not most of them have access to human foods from crops to trash. There are areas where they don't but if you look at the concentration of deer you'll find that by far there's a ton more of them in areas where they raid (and sometimes decimate) crops. Bears in the lower 48 are also heavily reliant on human activity in many areas if not most. They'll eat garbage and stuff but also have a ready supply of slow, soft animals that ranchers provide them. A cow or domestic sheep is a lot slower and easier meal than an elk! And while I greatly value time alone, it's probably not really a normal thing for humans especially in the dim past. Humans are social primates and it shows. One of the worst punishments in ancient societies was banishment. To be alone was to face certain death. Primitive humans may have lead a "slow" life of inactivity and calorie conservation but even when they lived in close contact with the land starvation was a constant companion. Even with intimate knowledge of their slice of the natural world, in very bad times they starved and died. To have even a sliver of hope for survival they needed a community. One person might last a while alone but eventually you'll be injured, or sick, or just face a run of bad luck that a single individual can't overcome. Lastly, I readily acknowledge there's different strokes for different folks, and we all have different ideas. But I feel a profound sense of sadness for guys like Chris that "find a beautiful spot, snap a pic then I'm on my way." What a tragically sad way to experience the wild spaces on this beautiful planet! If you're not going to feel the grass or loam between your toes and just soak in the terrior then why not just buy book or watch Nat GEO?
anything with Alan Kay is must watch
This
Him with that Salyer guy is gold. They have a good back and fourth
He survived out there in a wicked environment with basically nothing and its important to remember........he didn't tap out......the show ended because he was the last man standing. Who knows how long he would have lasted. Pretty amazing. Maybe 0.001% of modern society can come close to that.
The look on Alan's silent face when Jon said "Gummy Bears" was priceless.
Much respect for Alan.
I picked him to win during the third episode that year.
Something about him jus sits well with me.
Ones attitude affects everything they do. And he is definitely worth listening to.
I didn’t consider myself a true mountain man until I was successful with friction fire. I don’t get out as much these days, but a good skill set has a nice calming sense to it.
Good video. I'll share my experience, and take from it what you want. I think that there's a BIG disconnect between "SURVIVAL" and being FORCED to survive mentally. Back in the early 90's I was in Panama and spending a lot of time hiking and camping out in the jungle and alone all the time. That didn't bother as I had been there many times before and when I was in the service, I went to JOTC in Panama several times, I also made a combat jump into Panama on 20 Dec 89 when we invaded for Operation Just Cause, so I was comfortable with where I was and what I was doing.....maybe overly comfortable.
Long story short, I was out for a few days hiking and camping, and I got lost.....in the jungle...in Panama. I can not explain the sheer terror that hit me when I finally admitted and said out loud that I was lost. The rush that comes over you and the almost uncontrollable desire to just start RUNNING in a panic, is some thing you just have to experience and it is all but impossible to TRULY train for.
I had no tap out button to push, no one was coming for me so I could be in a hot shower and eating a Big Mac three hours later......I had no idea of how long I was going to be there, and I had loss all control and I was there until I got myself out.....I was alone ALONE and my brain was running wild in overtime about everything you can imagine, including embarrassment. I kept thinking I can't be lost, this can't be happening to me, and what will everyone think and say when I'm suppose to know what I'm doing.
I actually never told anyone what happened to me until just a couple years ago.
It was soooo easy for me to sit in a classroom and hear all the "DON'T PANIC" and all the other sayings for survival, but when I was actually in that situation and I mean lost in 1000's of square miles of thick dense jungle, and not just lost in the woods in my backyard for a few hours in northern Wisconsin, but lost and knowing NO ONE will come looking for you...you think differently for sure. The jungle all of a sudden got darker, thicker, and the scary part MUCH bigger. I was lost in the CENTRAL AMERICAN JUNGLE'S.
No one knew I was lost, because no one knew I was gone...yep first mistake but I only had a few acquaintances, and no family or friends, so if those acquaintances never seen me again, no biggie. It wouldn't have triggered a "WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SO AND SO". I kept making my problem bigger and bigger in my head.
I finally had to FORCE myself to just STOP and drop my pack, and I had to FORCE myself to change my thinking...and I mean FORCE myself. I started telling myself I was NOT LOST in a massive jungle, I was lost in a VERY SMALL area and I was EASILY within a few miles of a known point. I started making my problem smaller, not bigger. I knew I had gear for shelter, fire, water and a filter, some food, fishing gear, and I knew food plants, and on and on. I was not nearly in as bad of shape as others who had survived in worse conditions and situations, plus I was NOT hurt and I needed to stay that way.
This is getting kinda long, but in a nutshell I made a plan of how I was going to navigate my way around back and forth with my map and compass and head west and look for a few known terrain features. I kept getting my hopes up that over THIS hill is where I will figure out where I was, and when it wasn't, it was like the flood of being lost all over again, came rushing back, as well as those dark thoughts. I had to get it in my head to be comfortable with the fact that this next hill may not be what I was looking for, but I was for sure one hill closer to what I was looking for, so it was in some small way a success and not a failure.
Basically, NEVER underestimate your minds ability to run wild no matter who you are or how much training and all skills you have, because when you do find yourself alone ALONE and no longer in complete control of your situation your mind will make it worse and worse if you allow it to. Now I REALLY take a step back and SERIOUSLY think about being lost and how I will think and act if lost, or hurt, or lose my gear. It's almost like a meditation type thing for me, and I inventory my mind and thoughts, like I do an inventory of my pack.
Anyway, keep up the great work.
Thank you Alan. It was good to meet you and receive your instruction at the TR Patreon class. Good stuff. My wife was binge watching Alone with me yesterday, and she was hooked.
Live in the moment. Do what needs to be done now and then focus on the next thing. Hands down, best advice anybody gave me for a long term survival situation. Thanks Alan!
Very good and funny videos bring a great sense of entertainment!
Alan is the man you can always learn something from watch him
*Alan Kay makes a lot of sense.* I don't always agree with every detail of what he says, however, when I disagree, I have to think long and hard before I stick with what I already think.
A pocket radio receiver is a real practical benefit in a survival situation, however, it is also a big morale booster too. Lately, I've been keeping a Sangean DT400 in my EDC. From my house, I can get all 7 weather band channels and a ton of AM and FM.
Alan is one of my favorite Alone winners of all time! The other is Clay.
Very Good Video! thanks
Very much enjoyed and appreciated this video. Thumbs up Men ~John
100% agree with Alan. 90% mentality, 10% skills and gear.
The novice outdoorsman with an awesome attitude will outlast the pessimistic expert every time!
Great talk guys. I got my 1st bow drill fire achieved a couple weeks ago and when Allen said it's like you're reborn I can relate. That was an amazing feeling. Other than UA-cam and motion I had 0 help and it felt great. Keep on keeping on.👍
Great Video Very Entertaining And Educational. Stay mentally strong/resilient, Keep a calm/positive attitude, prioritize (water, shelter, fire then food), no anxiety for past/future, learn fire making skills, buy moral boosters (possibly snacks, cards, book), Stop, Think, Observe, Plan.
I Learned A Lot
In my opinion, Alone season 1 is the greatest show to ever air on TV. If I was the king of the world I would make it required viewing.
I love this topic. Thank you. I agree, this topic seems to be overlooked. How would you help a significant other and or child get through some of those challenges?
Alan The Philosopher
Thank You So Much! from Southern California.
Thanks Survival Dispatch special guest Alan Key,more inspiration for may ;)good bless you from to Poland
Great Alan Kay. Thank you.
Would love more on mental health
This is for Alan, if you had to pick one cutting tool, pack, & water container what would it be for your next month long adventure?
Thanks for video
If Alan had his own UA-cam channel he'd have a lot of subscribers.
In my pack, I have a waterproof deck of cards. I want to learn how to play the harmonica, so I can have music too.
My favorite scene of Castaway Is when he spears the fish with long hair and beard then eats it . WILSON !!!!!!!
Great discussion guys!
I bout to go on my survival trip cause mentally I'm battling some things and it's best I hang with folks that have the same interests , and be alone for awhile
How did it go?
@@ElaHumanRightLawyer I havent left yet I'm still waiting on supplies and gear to show up thanks to this so called virus everything is way behind
What an intimidating listening face
Alan Kay is like a Zen master lol
I got a question. How do I become more like alan? Lol.
I like Alan but he's absolutely, demonstrably wrong. Deer and bears absolutely don't live like they used to. Many if not most of them have access to human foods from crops to trash. There are areas where they don't but if you look at the concentration of deer you'll find that by far there's a ton more of them in areas where they raid (and sometimes decimate) crops. Bears in the lower 48 are also heavily reliant on human activity in many areas if not most. They'll eat garbage and stuff but also have a ready supply of slow, soft animals that ranchers provide them. A cow or domestic sheep is a lot slower and easier meal than an elk!
And while I greatly value time alone, it's probably not really a normal thing for humans especially in the dim past. Humans are social primates and it shows. One of the worst punishments in ancient societies was banishment. To be alone was to face certain death. Primitive humans may have lead a "slow" life of inactivity and calorie conservation but even when they lived in close contact with the land starvation was a constant companion. Even with intimate knowledge of their slice of the natural world, in very bad times they starved and died. To have even a sliver of hope for survival they needed a community. One person might last a while alone but eventually you'll be injured, or sick, or just face a run of bad luck that a single individual can't overcome.
Lastly, I readily acknowledge there's different strokes for different folks, and we all have different ideas. But I feel a profound sense of sadness for guys like Chris that "find a beautiful spot, snap a pic then I'm on my way." What a tragically sad way to experience the wild spaces on this beautiful planet! If you're not going to feel the grass or loam between your toes and just soak in the terrior then why not just buy book or watch Nat GEO?
kinda slow and boring ALAN didn't seem to be there like starring off into space