Dave Booth

Retired Alaska school principal, 23-year professional fishing guide and 28-year teacher/principal before joining the cast. Note: one source (Wikipedia-derived summary) lists his age as 54 and one lists it as 53; both figures appear across sources, 53 used here per the majority of directly-fetched profiles.

Why the run ended: Lost his primary fire on Day 1, then accidentally dropped and burned his ferro rod in the fire on Day 4; despite having just harvested a 40-lb beaver that day, he had no reliable way to start fire in wet conditions and tapped out.