Mitch Mitchell's Alone Season 1 Gear List: All 10 Items

Spoiler note: this covers how far Mitch Mitchell went in Alone Season 1.

Mitch Mitchell finished third in the original season of Alone, lasting 43 days at Quatsino Territory on northern Vancouver Island before he tapped out voluntarily. His reason had nothing to do with the environment beating him: he left to be present for his mother, who was dealing with cancer back home. His full contestant profile is here, and the season background is in our Season 1 guide.

Mitchell came into the show as a wilderness-living instructor and the founder of Native Survival School, known for hand-carving his own gear, bows, and canoes. That background shows up clearly in his ten-item list, which leans harder on handmade and custom tools than most of the rest of the season 1 cast.

The full list

Item	What he brought	Why it mattered
Axe	Gransfors Bruks 24-inch Wilderness	Shelter building and processing firewood
Sleeping bag	Canvas outer, down inner	Warmth through cool Pacific Northwest nights
Bivy bag	Gore-Tex sleeping bag cover	Extra weatherproofing over the sleeping bag
Pot	2-quart, stainless steel	Cooking and boiling water
Ferro rod	Light My Fire Army Fire Steel	Fire starting
Fishing kit	300 yards monofilament line, 25 hooks	Primary protein source in a coastal location
Gill net	Small gauge, 6m x 4ft deep	Passive fish catching to supplement the line
Bow and arrows	Bear Archery Montana Longbow, 6 arrows	Big game hunting
Knife	Native Survival Knife by Jacklore Customs	General cutting and camp tasks
Sharpening stone	Fallkniven DC4	Keeping the knife and axe edges usable long-term

A brand is not recorded for the sleeping bag or bivy bag beyond their construction (canvas/down, Gore-Tex), which matches how season 1's research was originally sourced. Everything else on the list has a named product, including the axe, bow and arrows, fishing kit, gill net, and sharpening stone categories.

How the gear held up

Season 1 was a coastal setting, and Mitchell's kit reflects that: two separate fishing methods (line and gill net) alongside a hunting bow, which is a heavier fishing lean than a pure hunter would pack. The custom knife from Jacklore Customs and the Fallkniven sharpening stone point to someone who planned to keep his edge tools working for a long haul rather than relying on a single blade wearing out slowly.

The bivy bag over the sleeping bag was an unusual double-up for season 1. Most of the cast brought one sleep system and left it at that; Mitchell brought a weatherproof shell on top of a down-and-canvas bag, which fits a wilderness instructor's instinct to over-insure against exposure in a region known for rain and cool nights.

None of that changes the fact that his run ended by choice, not by starvation, injury, or wildlife pressure. He tapped out on day 43 to be with his mother, well behind winner Alan Kay's 56 days and runner-up Sam Larson's 55, but ahead of seven other contestants in the same field.

What it says about picking gear

Mitchell's list is a reminder that a strong gear kit and a strong finish do not always move together on Alone. His loadout, handmade knife, dedicated sharpening stone, doubled-up fishing methods, and a backup weather shell, is arguably better suited to a long stay than several kits that lasted longer. What ended his season was a family circumstance no piece of gear could address.

For context on how his choices sit against the rest of the cast, our season guide covers Alan Kay's winning run and the tap-out reasons for the rest of the field, and alone-rules lays out the official ten-item limit every contestant, Mitchell included, had to work within.