Jimbo wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2010 at 12:59pm:

Whereas Richard Proenneke, SurvivorMan, & Man vs. Wild all document competence & relative success in the wild, THIS program really shows one man's vulnerability as you watch him self-destruct & succumb to Nature.

I have seen both programs. I thought that the mistake he made in Alone in the Wild was not having any specific plans to DO anything. I think if he had something to do, like Proenneke building a cabin, then he would have kept it together. As it was, he just set up camp and then talked into the camera about being alone, which led to the eventual break down. Plus planning to "live off the land" is equivalent to planning to "be really hungry", IMO.

I thought there were some parallels to solo canoe tripping. If you paddle & portage all day, then you're tired at night and never even think about being alone. But if you sit in camp all day, then you get bored and start to get homesick. So staying busy is half the battle.

Ranger