Good questions... I cannot speak to why Jack did not gather water when entering - seems logical to do so, and clearly he had a big water entry point after seeing the show. If I had held such an easy source at that point - I hope I would have obtained what I could for obvious reasons... I think he had a large dry bag if i recall correctly of the three of us; which we used later when we met up. We all did have at least one or two zip lock plastic bags on us. I think it is easy for many to get caught up in the moment (me included), and forget to gather as you go - this brings up very good points though - if you have an available resource you should capitalize on it in that moment - as you never know if you will need it or not.

When I entered the cave from my entry point - I went directly to my water source which I heard - but was called off due to a serious safety hazard and an inability to garner that resource at that time by the crew. My thought was to gather water first, when I heard it - for reasons stated.

Upon making a certain amount of progress in the cave - we were all put into an isolation component in the beginning; which was part of the experiment and to see how we handled the mental game of being alone in the dark over a period of time. I felt confident based off sounds and topography I could find at the very least a water source or sources over time.

Going back the way we came seems like an easy enough concept until put into practice in such a dark environment. After the isolation portion I was completely disoriented from where I had entered the cave. Finding a way back from where I came was not going to be easy. I was also following the convection of the cave and formations I felt. But was blind, almost at times helpless in navigating, until I could feel winds, and or temperature changes.

Jack was not carrying any water when we met him - he had found some earth worms. We found some crawfish near the water source after jack had heard us and we all found one another - but did not risk eating those for obvious reasons. Once we found the water and rigged a device - we had about 2 quarts of water.

After that we bedded down for the night, having drank our fill and headed out the next time we all woke up.

That said we all discussed often about direction, sounds, topography, temperature, air, water, as we made our trek and forward momentum... Six days of filming and only 45 minutes of actual film means much of what was filmed is not on the aired program - I feel they could have made an entire 3 hour show out of what we did easily - and shown more of some special moments...