Carleigh Fairchild
Season 5Age: 30
Anchorage, Alaska
Carpenter
Carleigh聽Fairchild聽is an adventurer at heart. She has studied survival skills since she was a teenager, as well as NIASZIIH Healing聽over the last few years.聽聽She was thrilled to test her skills and survive as long as she possibly could on Season 3, where she displayed a strong repertoire of skills and knowledge in shelter building, fire making, edible plants, and establishing a connection with the land. Those skills helped her survive for 86 days in the wilds of Patagonia.
She struggled with catching fish and keeping up her weight which ultimately led to her extraction. Leaving Patagonia,聽Carleigh聽felt so thankful for everything and everyone in her life, and there was a realness in living that she had never felt before. She鈥檚 thankful for a second chance, and hopes to hunt and gather enough food so that she can sustain herself for the long haul.
Here聽are聽the ten items Carleigh聽selected to bring on her聽survival journey to聽Mongolia:
1. Paracord
2. Saw
3. Sleeping bag
4. Pot
5. Ferro rod
6. Canteen
7. Fishing line and hooks
8. Bow and arrows
9. Knife
10. Food ration
