Guy Shows Us How to Survive If We Get Stranded on a Deserted Island

Movies such as The Martian, Cast Away, and The Grey are just three of the best survival films since 2000. They represent what we human beings are capable of doing once we’re pushed to our limits. With very limited or no resources on hand, the characters were able to find a way to survive the most hostile environment.

Most of us wonder how we’d survive if we were in their shoes. I mean, can an ordinary person think of half of the things those protagonists thought of to make it through? Of course, it was just the movies, but some films were based on real events, right?

Fortunately, there are people like Tom McElroy whose passion and career involves teaching real survival skills.

Tom McElroy has been teaching Survival and Primitive Skills to more than 10,000 students all over the world for the past 20 years. He has taught avid hunters, outdoor enthusiasts, and elite military groups such as Seal Team Six.

In the very informative video below, Tom and his friend teach us several, useful tricks which could help anyone who’s stranded on a desert island. According to the YouTube description, the 30-minute footage includes “making a shelter, primitive coconut opening, gathering food, friction fire from Bamboo, basket weaving, and traps, primitive spearfishing, rope making, bamboo fish trap, diving deep for conch, mongoose trapping, bamboo cooking, snail roast and clay baking.”

Watch this and tell us what you think: