Participants fight for survival in the sea – survival trick helped Otto

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Created: 11/08/2022Updated: 11/08/2022 3:38 p.m

Of: Aileen Udovenko

The suspension at 7 vs. Wild became a real challenge for many participants. But Otto was able to make the start much easier with a trick.

Panama – At the start of 7 vs. Wild, the contestants were presented with their first major challenge. Because the candidates were not simply dropped off at their spot on the island, they had to swim to it. This first test of strength demanded a lot from the participants, but Ottogerd Karasch knew how to help himself. Because a survival trick gave the ex-soldier a decisive advantage.

7 vs. Wild: Otto with ingenious survival trick – uses jacket for buoyancy

This is how it started: The contestants of the second season of 7 vs. Wild got to prove their powers right at the beginning of the series. In order to reach their location, the candidates had to jump into the sea from a helicopter and then swim to shore. Due to the current in the Pacific and their wet clothes, this became a real trip from hell for some participants. But ex-soldier Otto had an ingenious trick up his sleeve that made swimming much easier for him.

Otto’s trick: In an interview with ex-candidate Dave, the survival pro explains his tactics and gives an assessment of the mistakes made by his colleagues. His comrades-in-arms plunged into the warm water in their full gear. “Putting on a jacket and swimming with a jacket is bad”. But Otto had a much better idea for using his jacket, because he quickly made a buoy out of it and thus saved a lot of energy. Because the trick made it easier for him to stay afloat.

With this survival hack, Otto secured a clear advantage, because while other participants collapsed from exhaustion upon arrival on the island, the ex-soldier was just a little out of breath. However, Otto’s trick is not a new invention, but has been used in the military for a long time. Even in tricky situations, such as a shipwreck, the survival hack can save lives. This is how the trick works:

1. Take off your jacket or pants (If you are already in the water, this step is not that easy. It is important to keep calm.)
2. Knot trouser legs or jacket sleeves and head opening
3. Fill pants or jacket with air, there are the following options:
   
   – Take hold of the jacket or pants by the opening and pull them abruptly from behind over your head under the water surface
   
   – Hold the jacket or pants under water with the opening facing down, take a deep breath and blow your breath into the garment from below. Repeat until the jacket or pants are inflated. (only if there are enough power reserves)

7 vs. Wild: Knossi swims without a trick – organizational mistakes are almost fatal to him

Knossi with strength at the end: It would have been best if Otto had shared his trick with the other participants in 7 vs. Wild, because then he would have saved his fellow contestants a lot of suffering. For Knossi, the start at 7 vs. Wild became a struggle for survival, because a mistake made by the organizing team caused him to be dropped too far from the island. The Twitch star even thought he was dying at times.

In the first episode it was clear that for some participants the start was much more strenuous than for others. We will only see in the next episodes of 7 vs. Wild whether this affects the performance of the individual candidates in the jungle.