Biko Wright's Alone Season 8 Gear List: All 10 Items

Spoiler note: this covers how Biko Wright's run ended in Alone Season 8.

Biko Wright, 29, of Otis, Oregon, came within a day of winning Alone Season 8. He lasted 73 days at Chilko Lake, British Columbia, the show's first true alpine, high-elevation location, before a heart condition brought on by malnutrition led to a medical evacuation, one day short of eventual winner Clay Hayes's 74-day finish. Wright learned his fiancee was expecting twin daughters just before leaving for the competition; the twins were born while he was still on the mountain. His contestant page has more on his background.

The full list

Item	What he brought	Brand/model
Sleeping bag	Synthetic, rated to -30F	Not recorded
Ferro rod	Fire starter	Not recorded
Pot	Aluminum Dutch oven	Not recorded
Axe	Shelter and firewood	Not recorded
Saw	Silky Katanaboy	Silky, Katanaboy
Multitool	Leatherman Surge	Leatherman, Surge
Bow and arrows	Maverick bow, 55 lb draw	Maverick
Paracord	General utility	Not recorded
Fishing kit	Line and hooks	Not recorded
Snare wire	Small game	Not recorded

Wright's list shares two branded items directly with Hayes's winning kit that same season: the Silky Katanaboy saw and an aluminum Dutch oven pot. Both finalists independently arrived at the same saw and cooking setup for a season that demanded processing bigger, harder timber at elevation than the show's earlier, lower-altitude locations.

How close the two finalists actually were

Wright and Hayes finished a single day apart, and their gear lists overlap enough to suggest the location, not any one item, drove most of the convergence. Both carried a bow (Wright's was a 55 lb Maverick, Hayes carried a hand-built Osage orange selfbow), both carried a multitool (a Leatherman Surge for Wright, a Leatherman Free P4 for Hayes), and both carried snare wire as a small-game backup. The real difference wasn't equipment. It was Wright's heart condition, brought on by cumulative malnutrition over more than two months in the field, which the show's medical team caught before it could become a lasting injury.

His -30F sleeping bag was slightly less cold-rated than Hayes's -40F bag, a small gap that likely mattered less than the raw number suggests once both contestants were losing significant body fat over ten-plus weeks in an alpine winter.

What the overlap says about high-elevation seasons

When two finalists in the same season independently pack the same saw and the same style of pot, it's a reasonable signal that the location itself, not personal preference, was setting the baseline requirements. Chilko Lake demanded tools that could handle heavier timber and sustained cold in a way the show's earlier, lower-elevation locations hadn't. Wright's axe and fishing kit filled out a kit built around the same core categories every long-running Alone contestant needs: cutting tools, a reliable fire source, and more than one way to bring in food. He had all of it. What ended his run was his own body, not a gap in his gear.

Where he ranked

Wright's 73 days and 2nd-place finish is one of the longest runner-up runs in the franchise, decided by roughly 24 hours against the eventual winner. Full details on Season 8, including Hayes's own gear list and the deer he harvested with his self-made bow, are in our Season 8 guide and the winner-gear post covering his full kit. Every season's winner across the franchise is listed on the winners page.