The real trick to surviving in the desert is choosing a location with plenty of readily available obsidian, fresh water, firewood, cover and game to become stranded in…
Damn! I have forgotten to not become drunken again!
Hmmm. Two thoughts crossed my mind when I read this:
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Jesus christ man, are you MAD?!
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I wanna do that!
Of course, there are multiple problems with 2: I’m a vegetarian, and I’m a wimp to start with. But it still sounds cool.
have a great time, and stay clear of plague squirrels!
Please don’t take this the wrong way. But I hope you aren’t paying anyone for this.
I’d recommend Vegas. All of the above and dinner shows.
As someone once said:
“I’m from New York. We don’t call that camping, we call it homeless.”
I recall joking about a friend of mine that he’d feel lost in the wilderness standing on the median of Park Avenue in Manhattan. I’m not quite that much of a city person, but I try not to find myself so far out in the wilderness that there’s no decent public transportation within walking distance. I guess that’s why I’m here, and you’re there. Have fun, you damn nut.
I don’t have the knowledge or physical stamina to do it on foot and unsupplied (I’m diabetic). But my bf and I other go four-wheeling with his parents, who know the desert around us like their own house. So far I’ve had the good sense never to blurt out: “This is NOT a road! This is a wide spot in the brush!” 
Dude, when you get back resurrect this thread or start a new one and tell us all about it. I think you’ll have some interesting tales to tell. I’ve spent some time in the desert while in the military (White Sands Missle Range, Saudi Arabia and Egypt) and even with all the high tech equipment available it ain’t very fun or pleasant IMHO.
Is this the same expedition that they had on National Geographic Today recently, or a different one?
Sounds fun. I should do something like that, but I’d have to have a camera…
You lucky bastard. I’d love to do something like that. Though it would be mostly to learn how to knap stone and then use it. You have to tell us all about it. And then tell us how much it costs.
WELL???
It’s been a month. I assume Kid made it through as there is somebody posting with that username lately. Did you get your caveman badge? What was it like? Spill, spill!!!
Ok, I specifically did a search for this thread having remembered reading it with interest the first time around. I figured KidCharlemagne certainly would have updated it by now. Satisfaction, denied. C’mon man! Tell us all the juicy details about your trip! Didja have to eat beatles? Get mauled by a bear? Scavenge the bits left from old candy wrappers? What?!
Hey Kid, I will charge you one dollar less than whetever those criminals are charging you! Of course I won’t be able to give you the training, just the abusive 10 days part.
Let me know.
Kid didn’t actually make it. Someone else just moved in and grabbed all his stuff, including his PC. Since Kid was allowing cookies, the takeover guy just started posting with his ID.
Someone could e-mail him; his address is in his profile. Not me, though. I’m just weird about that.
Say what you want about Paul’s & Ringo’s solo careers, but that’s just cruel!