>>"no one wants to read all this boring day-to-day stuff",

Except when the survivor cuts off his own arm and survives in spite of his or best effort.

Acually, most sucessful survival stories are likely bland because folks did the right things like have a trip plan, use their head and are "saved" before things become critical. BTW, read Chris' narative of a sucessful survival situation on the California Channel Islands in Lessons Learned So Near, Yet So Far. I hope anyone out there that has had a survival experience would consider documenting it and submitting it ETS for postin. We'd all love to learn from success and not just mistakes.