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What is the longest time you have gone without food?

So just drinking water only, not nutritional drinks. Perhaps it was due to a health issue or maybe you were in the military on an exercise or lost somewhere?

For me i was hiking with two friends during the 90's in a southern mountainous area of Australia and we weren't lost but one guy twisted his ankle and it slowed us down and we had to do the final five days through very mountainous country with only an onion, a packet of soup mix, some tea leaves and plenty of water. One guy had a chocolate bar left but ate it all himself. There was no adequate cell phone coverage back then. By the end i had lost a lot of weight, i was very lethargic and i could look at leaves on trees and was tempted to eat them along with all the bugs. During this time we also walked about 70km and I lost about 12kg and i was already very lean. At the end we finally got to a road near a small village and flagged down a motorist who picked us up. I actually didn't feel hungry at this point... it was like i was beyond it. I navigated with an outdated map which caused us to miss a small settlement along the way and compass.. so nothing electronic as that's all we had. Anyone been through something similar?

Here's a photo i took of a deserted hut in the distance that we came across.. it was shelter but had no food.

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Lostpoet · M
That's really cool. I've fasted for a day or two in a row as a kid, and that's about it. Why couldn't you eat leaves and bugs?
SW-User
@Lostpoet We were lucky that it wasn't a life or death situation. At any point i was prepared to ditch my gear and run maybe 30km or so to the nearest location and get help but i thought we'd get through. Well leaves aren't something we can digest as far as i'm aware and... well we could have eaten bugs but were still at the point where it seemed really gross. Also as you can see from the pic, we were above the snow line and there were no birds or animals or snakes etc. We could have descended lower into the valley but it would have added days to the walk if we couldn't find food.
Lostpoet · M
@SW-User thats pretty badass man. Do you guys go out much anymore?
SW-User
@Lostpoet No, the two guys i hiked with are both married with kids now, but i go out on my own all the time, and to this same location. I'm just better prepared and plus i have a GPS now, makes it easy!