The first castaway girl: Making her first fire (3 of 6)

Описание: Images of the first 24 hours of Reikko Hori on her desert island. Last summer this 22 year old Japanese probably became the first voluntary castaway girl in history, surviving alone for 19 days.

In this video Reikko is trying to light her first fire. She didn’t bring anything to help her light a fire but she was sure she could manage it. Unfortunately being able to make a fire with your hands and without any experience, as well as not being physically prepared, is an almost impossible task.

Therefor, Alvaro Cerezo insisted several times that she should take with her the magnifying glass they were carrying, that way she could at least enjoy the challenge of being able to light a fire. Fortunately Reikko accepted and in the video you can see her first attempt.

Because of her nonexistent survival preparation in natural surroundings and her strange habits, which we noticed when we exchanged emails with her, we decided to stay on the island during her first 24 hours to be sure that she was psychologically prepared at least.

But at the same time, Reikko was going to become our first SOLO girl client and probably the first ever in the world, and we didn´t want to miss her first moments on the island.

HOW DID HER EXPERIENCE END?
Although the experience was very rewarding for Reikko, she suffered very much during her time on the island, especially during her first 10 days as she was cold and starving. However, she finally managed to catch some fish and even hunt a monitor lizard. She also got a cold as she didn´t know how to make a shelter, and It often rained at night.

If you wish to know how her experience ended: http://paradise.docastaway.com/reikko...

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Many thanks to Javi Sanchez-Osorio, Jacky Leon, Tamiki Kato, Victor Domenech, Juanqui Cerezo, Jorge Aguilar, Glupman Illustrations, Octavio Alonso, Elizabeth Fear, Cristine Croft and Jose Rodriguez   / reikkohori  

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