Who Is Dub Paetz from Alone Season 11? What Happened

Spoiler note: this covers Dub Paetz's placement on season 11.

Dub Paetz was 44 and from Frederic, Michigan when he joined the cast of Alone season 11, "Arctic Circle," filmed in the Mackenzie River Delta roughly 125 miles north of the Arctic Circle near Inuvik, Northwest Territories.

How his run went

Dub lasted 80 days, finishing in 3rd place, one of the longest individual runs recorded across the franchise's history. His exit came down to the accumulated effects of starvation and prolonged isolation, combined with missing his family, rather than any single acute event. That combination, gradual physical decline plus the mental weight of months of solitude, is the more common way long Alone runs end; the show rarely sees a contestant that far into a season get medically evacuated or driven out by a single dramatic incident.

His gear list

Our records mark Dub's gear as fully sourced, and it's a well-rounded, traditional Arctic loadout:

Item	Category
Swiss Army knife	Cutting tool
Saw	Cutting tool
Axe	Cutting tool
Ferro rod	Fire starting
Fishing line and hooks	Fishing
Snare wire	Trapping
2-quart pot	Cooking
Paracord	Utility
Bow and arrows	Hunting
Sleeping bag	Shelter/warmth

Three separate cutting tools (a pocket knife, a saw, and an axe) is a heavier cutting-tool allocation than a lot of contestants choose, and paired with a bow and arrows and snare wire for protein, fishing line and hooks for a second food source, and a ferro rod for fire, it reads as a kit built for versatility over 80 days rather than speed in the first few weeks. A pocket knife, cooking pot, paracord, and sleeping bag round out the basics.

What stands out

Our data flags that Dub documented his carved survival items and camp life on Instagram, both during his run's aftermath and afterward, which is a detail that stands out because it turned his kit and craftsmanship into an ongoing public record rather than something only visible in the aired footage. For someone who lasted 80 days, that kind of documentation matters. It gives a much fuller picture of how gear gets modified, repaired, and supplemented with hand-carved additions over a stay that long.

What he has been up to since

As of mid-2026, Dub maintains an active Instagram account with roughly 11,000 followers, where he continues to post about his time on the show and reflect on the experience. He also runs a personal website describing himself as an Alone season 11 finalist and offering bushcraft and wilderness skills instruction, with reported plans to run classes teaching survival skills. That path, turning an on-camera run into ongoing teaching and content around the same skills, fits a well-worn pattern among contestants who make it deep into a season.

The bigger picture

Dub's 80-day run is one of the better case studies for how a long Alone stay tends to end: not with a single crisis, but with the slow compounding of hunger, cold, and distance from family. For how his run stacks up against the rest of that Arctic Circle cast, our season 11 page has the full results, and our winners page covers who ultimately outlasted him that season.