Oetzi - the Iceman

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Anyone else draw inspiration from Oetzi?

http://www.crystalinks.com/oetzi.html

Sure, the guy died out there - but more likely from foul play, not from a lack of wilderness survival skill. His shoes are so impressive that they are going into modern commercial production:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05192/535974.stm :eek:

As an ex-mushroom farmer, I'm intrigued that he used polypore mushrooms for medicinal purposes (and another variety of polypore for fire-starting).

Just wondering if anyone else is impressed with Oetzi or finds a kindred spirit in his story...
 
If I recall, doesn't he have some defensive knife wounds on his palms? Whatever happened to him, it was a really bad day.
 
He was killed by an arrow shot into his back. I have read and watched everything I could find about him, I find it fascinating. Chris
 
I've heard of Oetzi before. I've always been fascinated by early cultures who were in that developmental stage between being hunter-gatherers and farm settlers. They had to make everything themselves and learned to trade with neighboring tribes who had something they didn't have; or they just learned to take it.
 
I've watched and read everything I saw about him. Yes he had some defencive wounds, and he got away from some kind of fight only to most likely bleed to death internally from an arrow in the back. Somehow he royally P.O.'ed somebody really good, but on the other hand he must have been a pretty tough hombre, as he fought his way out, was shot in the back fleeing, but still lost his attackers in the mountains. That he still has a priceless bronze ax when found proves he got away. No bushwackers would have left that ax behind.
 
Anybody read about the survival kit sewn into his belt, if memory serves it consisted of tinder fungus, iron pyrite, a bone sewing awl and a flint chard with a razor sharp edge. Pretty similar to what most of us carry today. He carried it in a specially sewn pocket in his belt. I believe he was pre bronze age and his axe was made of copper. Chris
 
It should'nt come as a suprise that iceman's equipment is very good, after all ancient humans have had atleast 100 000 years to adjust for wilderness living.

Modern man has lost most of this knowledge hundreds, maybe thousands, of years ago because it is no longer needed. (atleast 99% of time)

This "degrade" was probably already happening when oetzi lived, because civilizations were raising at that time.

I've always wanted to know how pre-neolithic cultures lived and communicated with each other, if only oetzi could talk..
 
I have A book on The Ice Man,by Konrad Spindler,it is loaded with pictures & details of everything about Otzi! the book got me more interested in survival than I had been before,it is an excellant book! it is called The Man in The Ice!
 
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