If you where to live in the wilderness for 10 years either by free choice or force, you are not allowed to leave unless to explore within a 75 mile radius for hunting, and you where allowed to bring as many items as you can carry, no vehicles of any type, and you where to be 100 miles away from any civilization (be it mountain range, forest, etc), what would you bring to start you off/help keep you going? How would you prepare?
I am interested in what everyone will say, this is not to rate how well the person above would survive, just tell everyone how you would go about this.
Remember:
1. You can only take what you can carry.
2. You will be at least 100 miles away from any civilization.
3. You will be in the wilderness for 10 years.
Hope to see some really cool posts.
This is all hypothetical of course, doesn't have to be an actual place.
Here is mine:
I would probably bring:
Hatchet for firewood
Flint and Tinder
A few knives
a gun for protection against predators
rations to start me off while I hunt
a few hunting traps
extra clothes to start out with
compass
water filter
fishing poles
dishes/pots
hunting bow + arrows
seeds to start a small farm
tools to fix clothes/farm/skin & prepare animals
and the most important thing!
Knowledge
I would use the furs to make bedding, decoration and clothing.
I would set up traps in front of my home to catch animals and protect myself against predators.
I would map out my surroundings so I don't get lost, know if there are any dangerous crevices, etc.
Some of the first things I would do is prepare most likely a cave to live in, then chop a bunch of firewood with my hatchet, set up a fire to keep warm, and go out hunting. I would then set up a small farm, protect the farm from wildlife as best as possible, and eek out a nice existence.
One of the most important things to me would also to enjoy it, not make it feel forced even if it is, since that would lead to depression and suicide. I would wake up each morning to view the sunrise, enjoy the wildlife, the forest, the nice days, I would get things to fill my time such as hunting, making clothes out of fur, tending to my garden, or exploring.
I would most likely live near the base of an easy to spot mountain in a in a cave in a mountain range with forests and fields around me for good hunting.