Shows how important mindset is though, he even said his head wasn't in it.
It does seem like the starting points aren't even close in terms of challenge. That or the chick is just an amazing woodsman. She seemed to be dumped right in a spot with fresh water, lots of flat/cleared land and some resources. The old dude is in a swap and has to cross a river somehow at some point, and the two brothers were dumped into pure crap on both ends.