Discussion already ongoing at "Missing Arizona State student found and is 'alive

there was another story along the same lines about a family and it crossed my mind that if you could make it with a candy bar and a bottle of water think about how well you would come out of it with just some the items we talk about here.

Sorry , I should have checked first.




It depends on the circumstances at case per case. If the girl was stranded in the heat of August, I wouldn't expect the same outcome. A few decades ago, when I was young and foolish , my brother and I were traveling through a bad sandstorm and the car broke down. My brother picked a ride and went for help. When I was waiting for him under the summer sun, I thought of drinking the radiator water which was full of brown rust. Being brown and hot, it really looked like coffee. LOL . I didn't drink it and was lucky that I had only to wait 1-2 hours. But I doubt a person will survive for long in something like that

No problem, just thought you might want to read the comments in that thread. It's a (far too) common survival situation IMO. Wondering aimlessly in the desert SW can be life altering.