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Found this exercise on the web. I'll post it here, then after you've had a crack at it, I'll post the site it's found on and their answers.
You have just crash-landed somewhere in the woods of northern Minnesota or southern Manitoba. It is 11:32 AM in mid-January. The small plane in which you were traveling was destroyed except for the frame. The pilot and copilot have been killed, but no one else is seriously injured.
The crash came suddenly before the pilot had time to radio for help or inform anyone of your position. Since your pilot was trying to avoid a storm, you know the plane was considerably off course. The pilot announced shortly before the crash that you were 80 miles northwest of a small town that is the nearest known habitation.
You are in a wilderness area made up of thick woods broken by many lakes and rivers. The last weather report indicated the temperature would reach minus 25 degrees in the daytime and minus 40 degrees at night. The men and women in your party are wearing business attire (including pants and jacket), street shoes, and overcoats.
While escaping from the plane your group salvaged the fifteen items listed below. Your task is to rank these items according to their importance to your survival. One meaning the most important and 15 being the least important.
You may assume that the number of persons in your group is 7 and that you have agreed to stick together. Good luck! Choose wisely...
Compress kit with 28 feet of 2 inch-wide gauze
Ball of steel wool
Cigarette lighter without fluid
Loaded .45 caliber pistol (8 + 1 in the pipe)
Newspaper (1 per person)
Compass
two ski poles
Knife
Sectional air map made of plastic
30 feet of rope
Family size chocolate bar (1 per person)
Flashlight with batteries
Quart of 85-proof whiskey
Extra shirt and pants for each person
Can of shortening
You have just crash-landed somewhere in the woods of northern Minnesota or southern Manitoba. It is 11:32 AM in mid-January. The small plane in which you were traveling was destroyed except for the frame. The pilot and copilot have been killed, but no one else is seriously injured.
The crash came suddenly before the pilot had time to radio for help or inform anyone of your position. Since your pilot was trying to avoid a storm, you know the plane was considerably off course. The pilot announced shortly before the crash that you were 80 miles northwest of a small town that is the nearest known habitation.
You are in a wilderness area made up of thick woods broken by many lakes and rivers. The last weather report indicated the temperature would reach minus 25 degrees in the daytime and minus 40 degrees at night. The men and women in your party are wearing business attire (including pants and jacket), street shoes, and overcoats.
While escaping from the plane your group salvaged the fifteen items listed below. Your task is to rank these items according to their importance to your survival. One meaning the most important and 15 being the least important.
You may assume that the number of persons in your group is 7 and that you have agreed to stick together. Good luck! Choose wisely...
Compress kit with 28 feet of 2 inch-wide gauze
Ball of steel wool
Cigarette lighter without fluid
Loaded .45 caliber pistol (8 + 1 in the pipe)
Newspaper (1 per person)
Compass
two ski poles
Knife
Sectional air map made of plastic
30 feet of rope
Family size chocolate bar (1 per person)
Flashlight with batteries
Quart of 85-proof whiskey
Extra shirt and pants for each person
Can of shortening