Hmmm, very interesting points.

Unfortunately, many of the forum members (myself included) delibirately go into situations where they expect to encounter accidents - that is the nature of many outdoor activities. I agree that accident prevention/avoidance is the best form of suvival, but when the very nature of your activities involves taking calculated risks that could result in survival situations, I for one would like to have the gadjets that could assist me in using my knowledge, skills and techiniques to get myself out of such a situation.


I don't think so. I just think that not many people actually know the answers. there was a post recently about PLB's (the latest in survival technology) that really didn't get many answers. Why? because people just don't really know the anwers.


Where does the pilot learn his superior skills to get him out of such situtions that he might just encounter?

I do agree with you that more emphasis should be placed on identifying, judging, and avoiding possible survival situations, but I also think that (most of) the threads in the forum remain very informative.

DEFINANTLY NOT! I need a thread like this to wake me up every now and then and make me aware of the drool on the keyboard after seeing pictures of a Spyderco Military in a "Mili vs Sebenza" post!