re: "Alone" Season 9 Preview and Discussion Thread

Finally got to watch this last episode. Didn't realize there was still going to be another episode, I thought that was going to be the finale.

That episode only covered a few days but I can't believe Juan Pablo's fasting technique is kind of working. He still looks healthy. Craziest thing to me is he is NOT EVEN KEEPING A FIRE GOING. This is insane. The temp is in the teens with 40mph wind gusts and he is in a tent. Earlier in the season he said he wanted to prove he wasn't just a diversity hire, don't worry dude, you've proven that wrong. Hands down one of the most hard core guys to be on the show. I still don't think that strategy can last much longer but I hope so.

Teimojin stopped talking about his girlfriend so he has got to be back in the frontrunner position. All three of these people are really good but just being honest, I'd rather either of the other two to win over him. He's a doctor. The other two actually need the money He's proven that he is no joke and if he wins he will be deserving, but I kind of hope one of the others wins it.

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Someone will probably adopt the idea a guy on Naked and Afraid recently did with tomato seeds. He ate a lot of tomatoes before flying to the destination, crapped out the seeds, planted them and had plants growing.


I'm not sure this would work. Alone makes you stay at a base camp for 10 days or so going through fishing/game rules and making sure you know everything that can kill you in the area.

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Not only that, most tomato plants from planting seeds to harvesting fruit is around 55-60 days long. Most are either struggling bad, close to being on their way out or already gone by that time.

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Craziest thing to me is he is NOT EVEN KEEPING A FIRE GOING. This is insane.

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The show displayed a note that said he's the first contestant to not maintain a fire. He's my favorite contestant in a while, really taking risks and flipping the script on usual strategy.

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The show displayed a note that said he's the first contestant to not maintain a fire. He's my favorite contestant in a while, really taking risks and flipping the script on usual strategy.

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I mean gathering enough fire wood to use daily is probably where the majority of them use the most calories.
If you're sleeping bag is warm enough, you'll be fine, and if you aren't shivering, then i can see where the saving of calories by not maintaining a fire is a smart move.

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I mean gathering enough fire wood to use daily is probably where the majority of them use the most calories.

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My kids learned this the hard way this summer. They spent an hour gathering wood when we camped in Montana. They figured it would last a long all night, they were sadly mistaken.

If you can pull it off to where you just need fire for cooking it would be a huge advantage.

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He's the first person in the history of the show to do it. It's obviously harder than you think

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He's the first person in the history of the show to do it. It's obviously harder than you think

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I've slept in a tent when it was in the teens, and i only had a 20F sleeping bag with a pad that had a good R factor. I was chilly, yet i was using the quilt style sleeping bag. Being a bigger guy and one that moves a lot at night, there's usually always an opening somewhere letting heat out with that style of bag.

These people are bringing big arse sleeping bags that are rated well below 0F. As long as they block the wind with their shelter, i'm sure they are just fine without a fire. I seriously doubt most of them are waking up every so often to keep the fire going. They don't even have that big of an area where their fire is for it to last that long and provide decent heat. They aren't going to wake up every 2 hours to keep it going. On top of that, none of them have shelters that are insulated well enough to hold the heat that small fire is putting out. I mean hell look at Karie Lee's shelter. She's got a whole wall open. Her fire only keeps her warm when she's sitting right in front of it and has her hands out to warm them up.


the point they were making is that he's not keeping his fire going daily, as in all of the other people always have some coals left to start the fire back up and don't have to use their fire starter again. They go to bed with a fire, sleep without stoking it, or maybe doing that once in the middle of the night, and then they start it back up in the morning. They all need a fire constantly, or at least the remnants of a fire so they can boil water to drink, but Juan Pablo doesn't need to do that.


I bet he feels better about not having to inhale smoke constantly as well. Every time they show Tiemojin you can see the smoke coming out the front of his fireplace. it's got to be irritating having to breathe that in every night. I always get headaches from that.

Great season, super happy for Juan Pablo. Dude deserved it!

I cannot get over how they make it that long without decent success fishing or snaring.
I'd force myself out on that ice to fish every day. I don't think my brain would let me cooped up all day every day.

The ability to last all that time on unboiled water is beyond impressive. Juan Pablo earned every red cent.

Juan Pablo was such a bad arse. Dude was still going strong when he won.