2) stories of folks who did the right thing and survived abound - they are called biographies! For those who survived harsher situations get biographies of adventerous people. Seriously when folks are confronted with a situation and they do the right things and pull through they may be credited with common sense, bravery, foresight but they make lousy news. That is because they didn't have to cut their arm off to survive, instead they poked the rock with a stick first, jumped back when it shifted and let it tumble to the canyon floor harmlessly and then they contineued on with their walk in the wilderness and came back on time to the preplanned meeting point, hooked up with the folks that were expecting them and went out for a beer with their buddies and went on with their lives. Catch the headlines - "Man hikes known, blazed trail in National park for 1 day and returns on time alive!" read all about it! You heard it here first!