OUT OF THE WILD
I’m not a big T.V. watcher at all… yah… I’ve got my favorite shows…. L O S T, Survivor, Grey’s, blah blah and don’t get me wrong they are good shows, but shortly after LOST was over this season, hubby and I found that OUT OF THE WILD/THE ALASKA EXPERIMENT was on the Discovery Channel. We watched last years season, but it was much different than what was advertised as the upcoming season. This year there were 9 total strangers, from all over the country, that were dropped lakeside in a remote part of Alaska, and w/ just the bare minimal essentials, had to somehow “make it out of the wild”. They didn’t know how long they were in for it. They didn’t know if it was going to be a week, a month, 3 months. But all of them were determined to make it as long as they could before reaching their breaking point. Each of them wore a GPS beaker sort of device, and if and when they reached their breaking point, then they had the option of pushing the button, and would be rescued (as an individual) w/in a short period of time. Right out of the gate w/in the first few days, 3 people quit. But as a group, the rest of them kept truckin’ on…… into and OUT of the wild . They trekked along a series of maps, and visited a series of cabins (8 total), them approaching each cabin was so breath-holding… just hoping.. HOPING that they’d find food of some sort in each cabin. They were given ammunition and guns to shoot game and food. But they weren’t given a morsel….. surviving in the wild was ultimately up to them. They ate squirrels, and ptarmigan, and porcupine, and duck, and fish.. and occasionally they found beans and I think rice in one of the cabins. In the wild of Alaska, it takes roughly 3000 calories for a human to be able to survive, and these folks only consumed a quarter of that EVERY THREE DAYS……. I was amazed to see them function. Starvation was the demise of the big strong dude…. he just couldn’t hack the lack of calories. Each night as we watched, I’d get my bowl of Cheez-its and wasabi peas (my favorite t.v. snack) and just chow down, eating for them so to speak… wishing I could just throw cheezits at the t.v. and it would quench their hunger… ha ha
But 1/2 way thru the season, I decided to search for a few of them on Facebook. I found Trish Bulinsky and Jake Nodar (two of my faves). And so being the avid fan that I am of the show, I decided to send Trish a necklace. She happened to be the only MOM of the remaining surviors, and any mom that can survive such a feat, deserved a free necklace. I’m so proud to say that Trish Bulinsky wears an MGS necklace!!!
The re-runs will be airing throughout the summer…….. so be sure to start from the beginning. Just one of those shows that keeps you watching…. and you can’t wait for the next episode!! It’s apparent from the photos that Trish and Jake post on their FB pages that they all still get together frequently and have made friends for life……. And with the season finale just on Tuesday of this week, they’ve posted some pretty awesome behind-the-scenes photos….. You’ve GOT to watch….. !!!!
June 12th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Which one in the photo is Trish?