Anyone here ever lived in the wild ?

[Ori]

If so, what was it like?

I'm asking as I might be living in the wild for a while next year, simply as it's something i've always wanted to do.

 

[kreeden]

Hmmm ? That would depend upon what you call " the wild ".

As for what it is like , it is often cold , damp , with many things that make strange sounds in the night .... and that is just some of the house parties I've been to ...

Seriously , it depends upon where you will be , time of year , how you will be living ... so many things come into play , including what your expectationms are before hand . I hope that you see it as a great chance to get to know yourself , as well as the world around you . Personally , I love the wild .... but I also kinda like central heating ...

 

[Darkdale]

Not for more than a few weeks. I lack the fundamental knowledge to outlive a prepared food supply.

 

[michel]

If so, what was it like?

I'm asking as I might be living in the wild for a while next year, simply as it's something i've always wanted to do.

I don't expect it would be of any help to you whatsoever, but I was born and raised in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo............

From my perspective, it was paradise. It became hell in 1960, and remains as such until this date.

 

[painted wolf]

well I lived in a campground for three months... no heat, running water avalable only at a tap and only in cold.. and the closest flush-toilet was a bit of a walk uphill (though there was a chem-toilet closer)
It was a great experience, though it got harder once the snow started to fall. Having to run five hundred feet uphill in the snow at 5am to relieve yourself is not so fun. :biglaugh:

I have yet to live completely wild.. though I do plan to in the next few years for a while.

How "wild" are you talking?

The most important things are to know the skills you need to survive. Can you make fire without matches? Identify edible wild foods and poisonous ones? Build shelter? Make tools?

wa:do

 

[Shadow Wolf]

The most important things are to know the skills you need to survive. Can you make fire without matches? Identify edible wild foods and poisonous ones? Build shelter? Make tools?

That would be great to start with. Or if you don't plan on being out for a very long time, you could bring water-proof matches. I don't recommend you taste a plant out of curiosity. Me and one of my friends were wondering what this one flower tasted like. Some of the whatevers sprouting from the same plant were a bright blue or pink. We plucked the flowers, which looked like something a hummingbird would drink from, sucked on it, and enjoyed the sweet nectar from it. However, I don't recomend you do that unless you know for sure if the plant is poisonous or not.

 

[Valjean]

I lived under a rock -- technically a rock-shelter or excavation under an overhanging rock shelf-- between Luzern and Weggis, Switzerland for a while. I was, at the time, ahem..."between jobs."
It was hardly a paleolithic existance, though. Most of my friends worked in Luzern hotels so I had access to the kitchens and staff quarters.

I think I gained weight that Summer....

 

[michel]

well I lived in a campground for three months... no heat, running water avalable only at a tap and only in cold.. and the closest flush-toilet was a bit of a walk uphill (though there was a chem-toilet closer)
It was a great experience, though it got harder once the snow started to fall. Having to run five hundred feet uphill in the snow at 5am to relieve yourself is not so fun. :biglaugh:

I have yet to live completely wild.. though I do plan to in the next few years for a while.

How "wild" are you talking?

The most important things are to know the skills you need to survive. Can you make fire without matches? Identify edible wild foods and poisonous ones? Build shelter? Make tools?

wa:do

In Belgium (only ten years ago) I went to visit some relatives, who were peasant farmers; 1995, and they were , for the first time having electricity installed - but not for the house -oh no- for the milking machines. And they had one cold water tap in the kitchen.

This was made slightly crazy at the sight of one of the daughters going to uni daily on her moped, with a laptop on the back.

Oh, and the toilet (my wife was horrified to discover) was a hole in the back garden, inside a very small shed.

 

[Sunstone]

I lived in Chicago for 3.5 years. Does that count?

 

[Melody]

If so, what was it like?

I'm asking as I might be living in the wild for a while next year, simply as it's something i've always wanted to do.

I lived in Cleveland for 2 years....does that count?

 

[painted wolf]

lol... we are all so spoild.

the horror of having to do your 'business' outside... I often wonder what our ancestors would think of the way we live today... would they be as horrorfied at our ways as we are at thiers?
"you go to the bathroom in the same place you sleep? Gahh... "

wa:do