A day before the start of the experiment, Pavel Sapozhnikov sets aside all the modern things that he will not be able to use for the next six months. An iPad, an iPhone, scotch tape — all these things will have to wait to be used.
Instead, Pavel takes different essentials of the ninth century: a flint, a steel to strike sparks from flint, a fibula, a rake-comb to get rid of lice.
In addition, he has grindstones, an ancient flick-knife, some wax to wax thread (it goes through skin easier this way), and, last but not least, "the most important instrument — an axe."
"With an axe, you can make anything you need. But when you can't make something you need, you can make an instrument, with which everything is possible," says Pavel.
“Many objects haven't had their form changed for ages,” Paul says while admiring his axe. “Our ancestors came up with the ideal form.” Pavel tucks all of his "gadgets" (except, of course, his axe) underneath his leather belt, which he wraps around himself. Pockets were not used in the ninth century.
Time to light a fire. Pavel takes his flint and steel, puts some tinder underneath — a piece of burned cloth that is supposed to catch fire from just one spark.
For a long time Pavel tries to strike sparks from his flint, but the tinder just will not light up. Quietly, he lights it with a lighter — last day to cheat! By tomorrow, he won't have a lighter anymore.
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"We want to check how the amount of goat milk and the size of eggs will change. Will goats and chicken become smaller in the next few years? How will free pasturage and absence of food chemicals affect them?" Ovcharenko says.
There is another important aspect to this experiment — a socio-psychological one. The organizers of this project want to see how life in solitude will affect a person.
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