Alone Season 9 Gear List

*Participants select only 10 items.

*Participants puchase their 10 items.

*Participants may only choose up to 2 Food items.

*No duplicate items can be taken (except food).

*I may get commisions for purchases made through my links.

Shelter

• 12x12 ground cloth/tarp
• 8-mm climbing rope - 10M
• 550 Paracord - 80m (many participants take multicolored commercial-grade paracord for fishing lures and military-grade 550 Type III MIL-C-5040 cord for traps and other uses)
• 3-mm cotton cord - 40m

• 1 multi-seasonal sleeping bag (some popular choices are Snowy Owl -60, Snow Goose -40, Marmot CWM -40, MH Phantom GTX -40, synthetic MH Lamina)
• 1 bivi bag
• 1 sleeping pad
• 1 hammock

Cooking and fire

• 1 large pot (I really like the Alpine Stowaway 1.6L stainless steel pot I took)
• 1 steel frying pan
• 1 flint or ferro rod set with standard-sized striker (most participants take a standard 1/2" wide by 6" long ferro rod)
• 1 enamel bowl for eating
• 1 spoon
• 1 canteen/water bottle

Hunting and gathering

• 1 300-yd roll of a single-filament fishing line up to max of 20 lbs weight test + 25 assorted barbless hooks (Season 9 also included 1 fly fishing line and its length was substracted from the 300 yd roll)
• 1 Primitive Bow Recurve or longbow + 9x Arrows
• 1 small-gauge gill net (gill net fishing is prohibited in the location for Season 9)
• 1 slingshot/catapult + 30 steel ball bearings + 1 replacement band
• 1 net foraging bag
• 2 lbs of 20, 21 or 22-gauge stainless steel and/or brass trapping (snare) wire
• 3 lbs of one solid block of salt

Food rations (2 items max)

• 2 lbs of beef jerky
• 2 lbs of dried pulses/legumes/lentils mix
• 2 lbs of biltong
• 2 lbs of hard tack military biscuits
• 2 lbs of chocolate
• 2 lbs of pemmican
• 2 lbs of GORP
• 2 lbs of flour
• 2/3 lbs rice / 2/3 lb sugar / 2/3 lb of salt

Tools

• 1 pocket knife
• 1 hunting knife
• 1 Leatherman multitool or similar (the most popular choice is the Surge; I brought the G10 Charge+)
• 1 sharpening stone
• 1 roll of duct tape or 1 roll of electrical tape
• 1 small shovel
• 1 small sewing kit
• 1 carabiner
• 1 LED flashlight
• 1 pair of ice spikes
• 1 scotch-eyed auger
• 1 adze
• 1 2-handed draw knife
• 1 hatchet
• 1 saw (the most popular choice is the Katanaboy and the Bigboy, but I took the 30" Tuff Camp saw; another choice is the 24" Agawa or a Bear Essentials bucksaw)
• 1 ax (a popular choice is the Gränsfors Bruk)

Hygiene "luxury items"

• 1 standard size bar of soap
• 1 8-oz tube of toothpaste
• 1 face flannel
• 1 40-mm roll dental floss
• 1 small bottle bio shower soap
• 1 shaving razor
• 1 towel
• 1 comb

You can also check a post of my (Juan Pablo) personal gear list or clothing list as well.

Prohibited Items

• Fuel, lighters or matches
• Bug spray/mosquito repellant
• Sunscreen/chapstick
• Sunglasses or prescription transition lens eyeglasses
• Goggles
• Beauty products
• Map
• Compass
• Unapproved technology
• Professional snares
• Firearms of any kind
• Ammunition
• Explosives or gunpowder
• Animal poison
• Professional fishing rods
• Fishing lures, flies, bait kits
• Fishing traps
• Food/beverage
• Decoys
• Animal calls
• Tree stands
• Professional bows/crossbows
• Scopes of any kind
• Tents or shelters
• Stoves, pressure cookers or other cooking appliances
• Hydration packs
• Fire pits
• Electric or propane lanterns
• Inflatable boats
• Filtration, purification devices, iodine tablets
• Coolers or food storage boxes