A simple question...

Zaner01 said:
Well ... not so simple.

True survival story: a few years ago I shot photos for this magazine story. Man goes bow-hunting, at end of hunt unhooks safety harness and begins climbing down, when hand-hold gives way. He falls, breaking his pelvis and one arm (humerus).
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I don't find it funny at all............:p

Zaner01 said:
Well ... not so simple.
He has not left word where he was going, left his cell phone at home, has no signalling equipment with which to call for help, no survival kit except his knife. He tries dragging his body along the ground; no go. He spends a November night lying in the woods in southern Ontario, sans fire or shelter. He has to piss in his clothes, because he can't move. Fortunately, it doesn't rain or snow -- this would likely have killed him. SAR finds him the following morning.
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How did SAR know to look for him if nobody knew he was there?.... I mean hunts usually end after sunset so in those few hours between sunset and dawn they deduced something was wrong and sent out SAR in no particular direction?...:p


just messin'..... he he


Yup that's my feeble contribution to this thread.... lol... I'll go back to sitting in the corner, now........ he he

Rick
 
Give me the vary basics for equipment and the knowledge to make through with what I have. There of course is no downside to be well equipped if you can keep it with you and know how to use it.

Give me a light hatchet, space blanket and or small tarp and a good matchbox full of matches.
 
Well, I'm not sure what the point of the question is. What's more important gear or brains? Answer: both. I see a lot of one-up manship in the minimalist crowd. "The more you know the less you need." I read posts detailing how someone can kindle fire by knocking sparks off his chin with a rock,no need for a lighter. The next guy pipes up: "That's nothing! I hiked 14 miles with two-broken legs,covered with rabid badgers! I just bite a hunk of meat of wild game no need for knife or fire!" And so on.
My position is this,the more you know ,the more particular you will be about what gear you carry. Learn as you go,sort the gear by experience,and pass on what you learn. Just my .02
 
tonym said:
I rather have simple tools with greater knowledge and experiance.
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Agreed...kind of like what my dad told me when I was a youngster hunting. He only allowed us one round. "If you can't hit it with one, why waste the whole box?" More and better tools don't make you a better survivor...
 
thanks for the reply KemSat, you're bang on about the loss of lore from generations past.
Before the old man passed he used to teach scout troops etc first aid and survival and ran a plant, reminds me a bit of your schedule. and gramps is pushing 90 in a home and still mobile at 6 ft/180lb he's shrank some from 6'3 240lb. We used to charter American and German(family) hunter's for geese and ducks as well as mulies on our land. Flat land and you have to dig a pit in the frozen rock filled ground. No one had ever beaten my Grandpa in digging pits until he was 62 and it was his youngest "little Stevie" who barely beat him at 29 years/6'5 255lb. They still tussled for the "belt" until Gramps at 65 made him dig both pit's for 20 years for being too cocky.
 
RescueRiley said:
so he didn't leave word
denied himself a simple kit
denied himself a means of communicating
didn't bring a buddy
etc. etc.
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when it's put that way it sounds like the guy was a candidate for a Darwin Award.
remember kids, YOUR BRAIN is your biggest survival tool. all the kit in the world won't help you if you don't help your self.
 
The number one rule of survival is Knowledge. If you know nothing, and have everything, what good is the everything with the knowledge of nothing? (if you understood that)

I would take the knowledge any day of the week. However, if I had all the knowledge I could possibly have, than taking the bag of goodies would be what I would do. Seeing as I don't have all the knowledge, I would take knowledge.
 
I'll take my knowledge and a basic knife every time over high tech crap and a book.

The reason some probably struggle with this is you already have a knowledge base and it is hard to forget that.

Little knowledeg and a bunch of tools vs. A bunch of knowledge and a few basics?

It actually is an easy question.
 
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