Nicole Apelian: I think, as a vast generalization, many women are better at dealing with emotions due to how we’re raised. Women are naturally very resilient-physically, mentally and emotionally, because we have had to be in a world where a lot of the burdens and less of the advantages come to us. This can be a big advantage in all kinds of decision making, helpful for understanding patterns in the plant and animal world, which makes a big difference for hunting and gathering and finding other important resources. Many women tend to be more intuitive than men, or at any rate, this is often more nurtured in us.

Women are also often predisposed to be nurturing-and nurturing oneself rather than pushing stoically through hardship-which is something that has huge benefits in longer-term survival and wilderness living situations. Women are naturally more predisposed to multitask, which is important out there. Being smaller bodied is also an advantage it requires less food and water, less material to clothe and shelter oneself, etc. Woniya Thibeault: Women typically have lower metabolisms, which is a huge advantage in survival situations.

WATCH: every episode of Alone from the beginning.ĭo you think being a woman gave you advantages the men didn’t have? We asked three of the toughest women to ever appear on the show about their experiences-both the good and the bad: You’ll hear from Nicole Apelian, who appeared in Seasons 2 and 5 and lasted a combined 66 days in the wilderness Woniya Thibeault, who endured 73 days during Season 6 and Kielyn Marrone, who made it 80 days during Season 7. Throughout the hit HISTORY® Channel series, ‘Alone,’ we’ve witnessed many incredible feats of survival.

One Last Drop by Nicole Field