Just Jolie

21 days primitive survival in the bush of Namibia. The aftermath.

I took my glasses out today to see how the POV looked during archery practice and I’m pretty stoked on the results!

I’m still getting used to all the ways I can use these glasses in creating content, but overall I am very happy I bought them!

with the nice head shot. One of many. 🏹🎯

Not shown was my epic shot right in the p**p hole. 😂

Near disaster in the Philippines😱

I am so grateful that the Filipino people are so kind and willing to be patient with a traveling spazz like me 😆😆😆

This was just one of many interesting experiences we had in the Philippines recently!



You can see more on Y T channel @ DubGoneWild

But why didn’t you make shoes?!

I get asked this question most.
The answer is, we did!

I made several shoes/foot protection in my challenge Philippines and my challenge in Africa.

What’s important to know about that is that the materials to make something that will hold up to the elements and repeated walking can be very difficult. Natural materials don’t hold up.

In the Philippines, I had a gash acquired during insertion in the bottom of my foot that didn’t heal till 2 weeks AFTER the challenge ended. There was sharp rock and coral everywhere. No animal hides available. I resorted to just wrapping vines around the sole to protect it a little but that had to be redone every time I got up to walk around.

In Africa there were animal hides available to scavenge but because they were laying out in the sun and untreated/tanned, they were hard to work with, even after soaking and forming the shoes they became incredibly hard again and more painful to wear than just walking barefoot. We were given a small pelt each because it was in the 30-40’s at night but it was small so don’t picture some luxurious fur blanket. It was about 4ft long max. And we needed it to be off the freezing dirt at night, still exposing our bodies to the cold. Kyle and I decided it was too precious to sacrifice even a little for another shoe attempt.

The barefoot element of these challenges makes them so hard. Picture walking over thorns repeatedly all day just to get water or firewood. It was so cold at night we needed massive amounts of firewood and we had to move further and further out each day to acquire enough.

The n🍑 ked element to these challenges is not for allure. It is what makes these challenges extremely difficult for even the most seasoned survivalist.

It was a treat to revisit my Philippines location recently with Dub and have him feel how bad his feet hurt at the end of the day and we had flimsy water shoes on! Struggling to walk effects every decision you make out there.

You can see our return to the Philippines on YT Dub Gone Wild

100 calories in 21 days, surviving freezing nights that left me with toasted skin syndrome(google it), and physical exhaustion and pain that’s not describable…

I tested my mental fortitude to the max on this one!

When I got home I received the greatest gift in an amazing teacher(Dub) and got to work on my skill sets.

Between both challenges, my training, and the Wild Together adventures, I can now say I am impenetrable.

I encourage everyone to push yourself beyond your perceived limitations. You can in fact breakthrough them. And when you do, you walk through the world differently and instead of hiding from the hard, you voluntarily and joyfully seek it.

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