Primitive Skills Survival Challenge – Pathfinder Knife Challenge

In this primitive skills survival challenge not even the use of a knife is allowed. The only man-made items used were one inner strand of a 5′ section of 550 paracord and a small #6 Aberdeen fish hook. Thanks everyone for the subs, views, comments, and support.

I know it’s a long video, but Sarge wanted to see it as real time as possible. So, I put a timeline below. Total time to complete was around 8 1/2 hours, add 3 more hours for dealing with the camera and batteries. lol This was a TOUGH challenge, and that’s putting it lightly.

Only man made items allowed for the challenge: cordage and one fish hook.

Timeline: Challenge requirements in caps.

Day One

00:04 MAKE PRIMITIVE CUTTING TOOL
00:37 gather other materials
05:10 MAKE PRIMITIVE CONTAINER
Day Two

11:17 find turtle shell container / digging tool
11:58 gather Cottonwood bark tinder
13:28 forage wild edibles – Common evening primrose
14:00 gather more tinder and kindling for fire
15:30 gather more primitive cutting tools
16:17 arrive at base camp and conduct inventory
20:28 Craft digging tool using turtle shell and cutting tool
21:59 MAKE BOWDRILL SET WITH CUTTING TOOL
32:00 search around lake for more resources
33:00 MAKE FISHING IMPLEMENT
35:55 MAKE FISHING LINE
41:18 catch crawdad for bait
42:50 CATCH FISH #1
43:41 use turtle shell as bait container
43:50 CATCH FISH #2
45:30 START HOLE IN FIREBOARD WITH PRIMITIVE CUTTING TOOL
48:00 MAKE FIRE BY FRICTION
55:36 CLEAN FISH WITH PRIMITIVE TOOL
01:00:30 COOK FISH
01:06:50 boil water in turtle shell container
01:10:00 EAT FISH! not sure if this was required, but by now I’m pretty hungry. I’m not doing all this and not eating the fish. lol

Wrap up:

01:13:15 Thanks Sarge
01:14:25 and everyone else too!
01:17:15 all cleaned up, fire out and buried…

And, last but not least, Thanks again Derek and hats off to everyone who attempted or completed the challenge. Congratulations to the winner!

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