History Channel’s Alone Season 9
Alone is the hit survival series from the History Channel that challenges contestants to endure endless dangers and challenges presented by the vast Canadian wilderness. Ten contestants choose their must-have survival item and are dropped into a remote wilderness. In season 9, they are surviving in Labrador, Canada.
They are competing for a $500,000 grand prize. To win, they need to outlast everyone else while experiencing grueling huger and cold in total isolation, all while acting as their own camera crew. The current record is 100 days, set by Roland Welker in Season 8.
This may just be one of the toughest competitions on TV. Taking serious measures to ensure the safety of the contestants by providing of radio beacons, bear spray, and performing frequent health checkups.
A Coloradan on a Quest
Jessie Krebs (49), from Pagosa Springs, is a survival instructor who gained most of her experience during her 4 year enlistment as a SERE Specialist (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape). Often finding herself outdoors in her youth, she quickly developed a passion for nature and “preferred the company of trees and cats to people”. Her sense of adventure led her to join the Air Force. Within a short time she was tasked with teaching others how to survive in hostile mountain environments. Really, a crash course in the premise of the show.
She put in her 4 years as a SERE Specialist and now teaches as the head instructor for a global SERE Training School. Her goal is to open her own school: O.W.L.S. Skills (Outdoorsy Women Learning Survival Skills).
After being dropped off in her selected area. She quickly gets a grasp on her surroundings and sets up her temporary tarp tent. On her first night she is greeted by a bear that gets under 100 feet from her sleeping bag. After determining there was no threat she turned off her camera and got some sleep.
Jessie’s 10 Survival Items
Here are the ten items Jessie picked from the pre-approved 40 item list. This is in addition to some basic supplies, clothes, and safety equipment provided by production.
- Sleeping Bag
- Multitool
- Ferro rod
- Trapping wire
- Saw
- Salt
- 2-quart pot
- Machete
- Paracord
- Bow and Arrows (9)
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Do YOU want to be on Alone?
The History Channel recommends you email alonecasting@itv.com with your name, age, contact information, location, and a brief description about your survival expertise! Make some quick videos covering your survival skills to stand out even more. Keep in mind, this is no easy competition and only experts would be considered.
For some of our own quick tips, check our 5 Camping Mistakes to Avoid.