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Editor’s note: MacGyver TV creator Lee David
Zlotoff wrote the popular MakeShift challenge in this
magazine from 2005 to 2011 (
makezine.com/tag/
makeshift
). Since then, Mac’s moniker has officially
become an English verb in the Oxford and Merriam-
Webster dictionaries! Now we’re bringing Mac back
to help you think — and make — your way out of
emergencies and disasters. As Lee wrote in Make:
Volume 82, “We are all MacGyvers now.”
Watch for the next MacGyver Challenge on the
Make: blog (makezine.com), Twitter (@make), and
Facebook (makemagazine) and enter your solutions
for a chance to be featured in these pages and win
Make: goodies!
THE SCENARIO
You’re just returning home from an extended
business trip by cab to discover your
neighborhood is now in the path of a wildfire and
everyone has been ordered to evacuate — and
they are fleeing in droves because emergency
services have made it clear they will not be
coming back for anyone. You race into the house
to gather up whatever crucial documents and
valuables you can, packing your small late-
model, automatic economy car with as much
as it can hold. But as you jump in to start it, you
discover … the battery is dead!
THE CHALLENGE
By now, there’s no one around to help you jump-
start it. And just as you begin to realize how
serious this might be, all the power in the area
goes out! So, how are you going to get your car
started and escape before the fire gets to you?
WHAT YOU’VE GOT
And it’s all you’ve got:
• A smartphone
• A two-stroke weed trimmer, pull start, with fuel
• Chemicals: paint thinner, acetone, paint (latex
based), wasp spray
• Copper pipe, zinc nails, steel screws, nuts/bolts
• Basic tools: screwdriver, wrenches, corded plug-
in electric drill, saw, pliers, clamps, hammer
• Ratchet straps, tarps, and a tow rope
• Floor jack
• A mountain bike
• A gas lawnmower (push type, no drive)
• 2 battery flashlights with D cells (6 total)
• An old Walkman with 2 AA batteries
• A TV remote with 2 AAA batteries
• Scuba tank with 1,000psi of air
• 2 extension cords
• A beach umbrella
TURN THE PAGE FOR SOLUTIONS!
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MacGyver Chalenge: WILDFIRE ESCAPE!
CAN YOU MACGYVER YOUR WAY OUT OF A HOT SPOT? By Lee D. Zlotoff and Rhett Allain
RHETT ALLAIN teaches physics at
Southeastern Louisiana University.
He was technical consultant for the
MacGyver reboot (2016–2021) and an
advisor for MythBusters. He blogs
about physics fun at rhettallain.com.
LEE ZLOTOFF
is an award-winning
writer, producer, and director of film and
TV, including MacGyver (1985–1992). His
new production, MacGyver: The Musical,
casts a different audience member as
Mac at each performance. macgyver.com
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