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 I navigated with an outdated map which caused us to miss a small settlement along the way and compass..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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@User41 we're proud or our soldiers. we're proud of everyones soldiers. the grit it requires to psychologically, and physically give up all, for true mateship of man kind.....
there is no higher purpose.
I f we could all just sit down and discuss out problems over a beer and a fire....what a better place the world would be.
@User41 and full of red bugs I have never been so raw in my life ,Spanish moss for toilet paper , Now I get in the river and wash my nasty butt a bath in kerosene to get rid of chiggers when you have scratched all the hide off yourself ,that is the first ring of hell
@User41 Never said you was Brother ,Vets are tested in many ways and in times of need that training becomes actual surviving ,but my experience with moss ,its to be avoided ,especially in the south , Its like a birds nest makes a quick tender bundle ,,but you don't want to play with the mite infested thing ,use it if you must but don't handle it any more than you have to . That was funny about eating tree bark I have been blessed ,I always get game ,but I have spent a many day picking pine cones for those pine nuts ,and I hate shelling pecans .
But Brother my hats off to anyone who has roughed it ,and also served our country .Thank you for your service ,and all the other Vets who have commented to , Regardless which country they represent ,its has also been my pleasure to serve with some great men and women from all over the world as well ...
As BoobooSnafu said Its a shame sometimes we could not tell the politicians to take a chill pill And let us settle it over a cook out and a cold one We all want the same thing (except the extremist) Just to make our countries a little safer for our loved ones . And as for me ,,the Coast Guard was a killer job
have a good one ,and again ,thanks for your service If you ever hunting in Florida ,avoid the moss ,,its full of red bugs LOL
