What I ate during the expedition ↗
Participant’s own dated account. Contains Season 2 duration; food identification is not a field guide.
Participant / Alone Season 2
Nicole Apelian
Biologist, educator and wilderness-skills practitioner
Before the expedition.
Apelian’s original biography traces her outdoor education from Massachusetts to field biology in Botswana. Her background includes wildlife tracking, teaching and learning traditional skills with local communities.
Area in the original record: Pacific Northwest, United States
Historical Season 2 background. This is not a current biography or an offer of training.
Original HISTORY Season 2 biography and kit ↗The ten selected items.
Paraphrased from the original Season 2 list. Repeated ration entries are preserved as separate slots. No equipment brand, rating unit or medical benefit is inferred.
01
Curved carbon-steel knife, full tang and maple handleKnife
02
Ferrocerium fire starterFerro rod
03
Stainless-steel pan measuring 16 inchesCooking pot or pan
04
Fishing set: 200 yd of 30 lb line, 100 yd of 80 lb line and hooksFishing line and hooks
05
Folding sawSaw
06
Splitting axe measuring 23 inchesAxe
07
Sleeping bag, listed −30° ratingSleeping bag
08
Gill netGill net
09
Emergency food ration: first slotEmergency food rations
10
Emergency food ration: second slotEmergency food rations
The season record.
Reveal Nicole’s Season 2 result
57 days · Journey ended
In a July 2016 account on her own site, Apelian describes spending 57 days on Vancouver Island and the range of foods she ate.
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