Lost at sea, or in the desert?

[MX2]

Pick one

 

[alien42]

ill take the land

did you happen to watch the survival at sea docu-drama last night?

 

[Braznor]

Don't which is worse, you cannot drink sea water and you may get sunburned at the same time. But you can atleast catch fish and eat them.

 

[MX2]

Originally posted by: alien42
ill take the land

did you happen to watch the survival at sea docu-drama last night?

I watched the show about the guys in the plane that went down in the Sea of Cortez

 

[Strk]

Land. You'd be slightly more likely to find sustenance.

 

[JDrake]

desert, kill some lizards without getting eaten by sharks

 

[saymyname]

You have fish but you're Seasick, sunburned, blistering with salt in the wounds, and have no water.

Sunburned

I'll take door #3.

 

[Braznor]

I'll rather be lost in space. Even lower chance of survival than those two, but at least it will be a bit more glamorous way to go.

 

[AbAbber2k]

Desert by a long shot.

 

[Toastedlightly]

Originally posted by: Braznor
I'll rather be lost in space. Even lower chance of survival than those two, but at least it will be a bit more glamorous way to go.

 

[MX2]

Originally posted by: saymyname
I'll take door #3.

Bound, tied, and gagged. Then eaten alive by ravenous rodents and large insects

 

[saymyname]

It's such an easy choice. In the dessert you have both water and food. How much easier of a choice can it be. I'd much rather eat spiders all day long than eat fish but have no water.

 

[saymyname]

Originally posted by: MX2times

Originally posted by: saymyname
I'll take door #3.

Bound, tied, and gagged. Then eaten alive by ravenous rodents and large insects

ARG! Me eyes!

 

[theeedude]

Depends on what desert and what sea.

 

[imported_bum]

Does being lost at sea assume we have some sort of boat?

 

[mjh]

Originally posted by: Braznor
I'll rather be lost in space. Even lower chance of survival than those two, but at least it will be a bit more glamorous way to go.

 

[clamum]

How is there water in the desert... I must be missing something.

 

[JDrake]

Originally posted by: clamum
How is there water in the desert... I must be missing something.

in the cactuses

 

[neutralizer]

How about an arctic desert wearing swimming trunks?

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: JDrake

Originally posted by: clamum
How is there water in the desert... I must be missing something.

in the cactuses

you would have to hope there are cactuses (or is it cacti?) and other things besides sand to survive.

 

[AbAbber2k]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: JDrake

Originally posted by: clamum
How is there water in the desert... I must be missing something.

in the cactuses

you would have to hope there are cactuses (or is it cacti?) and other things besides sand to survive.

Ya, at first I was like "do you consider the 'desert' to be 'Arizona' or the fvckin Sahara?" But then you have to consider, the Sahara is only 15% sand dunes. Most of it is like sandy gravel with sparse vegetation. If you don't mind scraping at the hard ground for a while, I'm sure you can find some water + gnaw on dried out roots for sustenance.

 

[notfred]

Have any of you people ever been to a desert?

link

I'll take the desert, where if I go even 5 miles in any direction, I'll probably find a road. Roads have cars on them, people will find you.

 

[everman]

I'd like some dessert please, pie. erm...

I'd rather be stuck in the desert, my stillsuit will come in handy, maybe meet some nice Fremen. Just watch out for the worms! :Q

 

[gsethi]

Originally posted by: notfred
Have any of you people ever been to a desert?

link

I'll take the desert, where if I go even 5 miles in any direction, I'll probably find a road. Roads have cars on them, people will find you.

it looks more like ~25+ miles when you look at the bigger barren lands and this is Mojave desert which is more "developed" as compared to other Deserts.

Now, Look at the Sahara desert....however, I would still pick desert.

 

[loic2003]

There was that guy who was running a marathon in the desert who got lost. Tard carried on running. He drank his own p!ss and then jsut started getting disgustingly dehydrated. Saw a search plane go by so he burnt his backpack and put his foil emergency blanket out on the ground to attract it's attention. didn't work... plane felw off and a sand storm blew in, making him lose what was left of his surviaval kit.

Next day or so later, he tried to actually kill himself one evening by slitting his wrists. He was so dehydrated and his blood so thick that it clotted and he literally couldn't kill himself.

He then got new encouragement and started to eat raw bats/snakes/lizards, etc. He kept moving towards the clouds in the distance as he knew this was where water was.

He kept moving and moving, eventually, he started p!ssing again which was a bad thing as that meant his internal organs were shutting down one by one, giving up their water. His wrist watch got looser and looser as the hours went by...

Eventually he found this water hole where the clouds were. he stayed there for the night, drinking slowly. But then for some dumbass reason decided to move on. Eventually he found this nomad kid who called the rescue people.

He sustained permanent damage to some of his organs, namely kidneys and liver IIRC, but still goes running.

Lessons to be learnt:
1) don't be an idiot and take up marathon runnign in deserts
2) As soon as you think you're lost STAY STILL as wandering further from the planned path is suicide.
3) If you're stuck in a desert, go towards the clouds.
4) Eat bats and lizards