Human Limits

icarl · **Posted:** Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:02 pm

bugnout wrote:

Interesting article in the Latest National Geographic

7 days without water is about max before you will die of dehydration. Much less if you are walking, working or otherwise doing stuff to survive.

I always heard it was 3 days without water before you die. That's also according to Bear Grylls.

warp2diesel · **Posted:** Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:12 pm

icarl wrote:

bugnout wrote:

Interesting article in the Latest National Geographic

7 days without water is about max before you will die of dehydration. Much less if you are walking, working or otherwise doing stuff to survive.

I always heard it was 3 days without water before you die. That's also according to Bear Grylls.

Depends on temp,altitude, humidity and ingestion of stuff that put you kidneys to work.
I suspect you would stand a better chance going 7 days at sea level, 65 degrees, and with 90% humidity, than you would at 7,000 ft, 90 degrees, and 10% humidity.
Either case, saccharin, caffeine, or other diuretic would shorten your life expectancy with out water.

BTW: I have no plans of being a Test Subject.

Budke · **Posted:** Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:33 pm

Bear Grylls says its 4 days.....

icarl · **Posted:** Sat Oct 03, 2009 7:25 pm

Budke wrote:

Bear Grylls says its 4 days.....

Actually, I just watched the recent episode of man vs wild : Dominican Republic, in it he says 3 days.

Budke · **Posted:** Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:09 pm

icarl wrote:

Budke wrote:

Bear Grylls says its 4 days.....

Actually, I just watched the recent episode of man vs wild : Dominican Republic, in it he says 3 days.

Hmm, coulda sworn he said 4 in one of his episodes.
Oh well.

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:33 pm

Budke wrote:

icarl wrote:

Budke wrote:

Bear Grylls says its 4 days.....

Actually, I just watched the recent episode of man vs wild : Dominican Republic, in it he says 3 days.

Hmm, coulda sworn he said 4 in one of his episodes.
Oh well.

Ya, well, he is so full of stinky poo I would take everything he says with a boulder of salt.

HoosierJeeper · **Joined:** Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:23 am **Posts:** 1218

I've never got altitude sickness, or sea sick.....boated on Lake Michigan, been skiing in CO for the past 25 years... :lol:

I get sick of being below sea level though.... :cry:

icarl · **Posted:** Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:33 am

Budke wrote:

icarl wrote:

Budke wrote:

Bear Grylls says its 4 days.....

Actually, I just watched the recent episode of man vs wild : Dominican Republic, in it he says 3 days.

Hmm, coulda sworn he said 4 in one of his episodes.
Oh well.

Maybe he can't make up his mind.

bugnout · **Posted:** Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:54 am

icarl wrote:

Budke wrote:

icarl wrote:

Budke wrote:

Bear Grylls says its 4 days.....

Actually, I just watched the recent episode of man vs wild : Dominican Republic, in it he says 3 days.

Hmm, coulda sworn he said 4 in one of his episodes.
Oh well.

Maybe he can't make up his mind.

I'm sure you could probably go longer without water, but that means sitting in the shade, not building a shelter, not trying to walk out, not trying to hunt game. :oops:

In Air Force survival school they teach that you can go, 3 min without air, 3 days without water and 3 weeks without food. Which I think in general is a good rule of thumb.

Budke · **Posted:** Tue Oct 06, 2009 12:33 pm

bugnout wrote:

icarl wrote:

Budke wrote:

icarl wrote:

Budke wrote:

Bear Grylls says its 4 days.....

Actually, I just watched the recent episode of man vs wild : Dominican Republic, in it he says 3 days.

Hmm, coulda sworn he said 4 in one of his episodes.
Oh well.

Maybe he can't make up his mind.

I'm sure you could probably go longer without water, but that means sitting in the shade, not building a shelter, not trying to walk out, not trying to hunt game. :oops:

In Air Force survival school they teach that you can go, 3 min without air, 3 days without water and 3 weeks without food. Which I think in general is a good rule of thumb.

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Yeah, I heard that too. I believe it was called the "rule of 3's"

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