Wilderness Survival

“I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” — Robert Frost
“Traveling is like gambling: it is always connected with winning and losing, and generally where it is least expected we receive, more or less than what we hoped for.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The mountains are calling and I must go.  –John Muir  1838-1914

So you’re ready to venture off? A weekend excursion?  A day-trip?  A week-long expedition?  A month long adventure?  Out there?  You have a planned destination, and you sort of have some idea of what it’s going to be like?  What if something goes wrong, something catastrophic!; Something that requires alot of knowledge and utilization of nearby surrounding resources to keep you alive until you get back into civilization.  Do you know what YOU need to do?

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Published in:  on March 25, 2008 at 8:42 pm Leave a Comment
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