Man Survives 300 Days With Knife, Pig
“With just two knives for cutting and a baby pig for company, Xavier Rosset sat solo on an uninhabited Pacific island for 300 lonely days. But unlike Robinson Crusoe, the young Swiss adventurer made a choice to isolate himself totally, surviving on food and shelter got by his own hand to challenge the modern way of life. “It was hard, yes, very hard,” Mr Rosset said, freshly arrived back in Europe after ending his 10-month stint in Tonga. His island of choice was Tofua, a 64-square-kilometre volcanic isle home to nothing except “some pigs, lots of coconuts, a lake and tropical forest”. His luggage consisted of just a Swiss army knife, machete and a video camera to record his adventure for a documentary to be aired later this year. The mission was to try to relearn the natural survival skills which urban men have long forgotten, but Mr Rosset said it was far from easy.” w/ photo
