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In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on January 15, 2014 at 17:12

It's good to see Dave is doing Okay.

Comment by Jan Carter on January 15, 2014 at 17:03

Comment by Clint Thompson on January 15, 2014 at 7:49

Carl....

Cool looking weapons.

KnifeMaker Comment by Carl Rechsteiner on January 15, 2014 at 5:48

There's good luck and there's bad luck. If you even think it's what you need to survive, you need to stay home. It is truly blind.

It's all about making the right decision at the right time.

Here's my version of early "tactical":

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In Memoriam Comment by Robert Burris on January 14, 2014 at 18:19

That looks great Miss Jan, the Indians of the old days would have loved it.

Comment by Jan Carter on January 14, 2014 at 17:53

Comment by Gary Nelson on January 3, 2014 at 10:54

All you can do is prepare for survival.  Tools, skills, supplies, a plan are within your control.  Circumstances are not including luck, good or bad.  The more prepared you are the better your chances.  

Comment by Tobias Gibson on January 3, 2014 at 10:11

I think the more control you have over the situation, the more likely you are to survive. There is a big difference between being an optimist and keeping a positive mental attitude.  The optimist assumes everything will work out in the end, the person with a positive mental attitude works hard to achieve the best outcome for any given situation. The pessimist just gives up because he/she assumes all is hopeless. 

Comment by Howard P Reynolds on January 2, 2014 at 17:04

Interesting tidbit from the book.  Admiral Stockdale (Viet Nam prisoner) was asked which prisoners perished in captivity said, "Oh, That's easy.  The optimists."

Featured Comment by Charles Sample on January 2, 2014 at 16:15

I think there are three factors to survival in those situations, will, skill, and pure blind luck.  Obviously those with both the will and skill to survive will be the most likely to survive any given situation.   If you have a lot of skill but don't have the will to use it, it wouldn't help you a lot.  Even if you don't have a lot of skill, but have a dogged determination to never give up, just refuse to ever quit, that can often carry you a long way.  And then there is blind luck.  Even a skillful person with the will to survive can be taken out by circumstances beyond his control.  Just in the wrong place at the wrong time.  And a person might be lost with no idea where he is or which direction to go, he just moves in some direction and it just happens to be the right one.

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