I noticed something in the first video between 7:00 and 8:30

It is worth opening a new thread titled ( in the heat of the moment) , you kind of forget a few things when you are in a tense situation. I do sometimes have stuff in my pockets and bag, but due to stress in a situation, I try to look for substitutes because I forgot I had the one thing I needed at that momemnt.

Notice how that tall guy ( don't know his name ) talks about lack of enough paracord to build better shelter while camera zooms nearer to his right hand , and there is a paracord bracelet !

A few seconds later, Keven ( the guy from Florida) takes his water bottle and submerges it in the creek because it is "too hot". The whole situation is about getting enough heat to warm yourself and dry your clothes, and he wants to get rid of some "extra" heat. Well, how about wrapping his socks around the bottle so that the "excess" heat goes into drying the socks ??