2/20/2024 0 Comments State of survival bunny adIt doesn’t taste of anything really, but the thought of eating it is gross. Two chews and a swallow later and the poor mealworm is gone. I can’t back out now, so I pick up a worm, pop in into my mouth and close my eyes. “And they taste like peanuts.” Only half of what he says is a lie. “They are a good source of protein in the wild,” he tells me. Before I can say “Oh my sweet Lord, what on earth are you doing?” Powderly is chewing on one. Underneath the surface is a colony of mealworms. We walk over to a fallen tree and Powderly peels bits of bark off. This lifts my flagging spirits because I’m not really in the mood for recently killed rabbit, which is stewing nearby, and I reckon I have rendered the group’s trout inedible due to my poor gutting skills. Powderly looks at my sorry pile of wood and burnt cotton wool and suggests we go for something to eat. Sparks fly and my tampon bursts into flames – not a sentence I ever thought I’d type, to be honest – but then the flame dies and my kindling stays unlit. I’m too earnest for tittering right now and, using my special Bear Grylls knife, I start to light a big fire. At the first mention of tinder, some of the younger folk in our group titter. Weird, right? Dissecting the tamponsĪn hour later our group is gathered around small pieces of kindling and carefully dissecting the tampons so they can be used as tinder for the fire. It is a pouch with three condoms and a handful of tampons. There is a good deal of scowling and rubbing of sore limbs as we go west. Mortified, I casually suggest we go back from whence we came, doing my best to create the impression that the diversion was planned. Then I realise I’ve led my team east instead of west. I quickly and confidently march my team straight into a patch of neck-high nettles, where we wander around aimlessly for a bit, getting stung with every step. If we do it right, we’ll find a treat.Īs I’m the only person in our group wearing a watch with hands on it, I take charge. My team is told to walk exactly 100m to the west, then 50m south and then 15m east. Starting at a designated point, we have to find a piece of “treasure” hidden in a field using our newly acquired directional skills. We break into teams to face our first challenge.
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