Originally Posted By: Glock-A-Roo
Great story, glad they made it but... talk about a landnav fail.


Not a landnav failure. A dig in before you get completely disoriented-failure.

I've heard plenty of time that the single mistake people make when they need to make emergency shelters is that they didn't make it sooner. I have no statistics to back it up, but it makes sense: Buzzing around using your gut feeling as only navigation aid in zero visibility will get you anywhere except where you should be...


I guess I'm not the only one in here that has enjoyed Gonzales book "Deep survival". He says that survivors often experiences a balancing act between rational thoughts and primitive fear. Most fascinating is that many survivors are consciously aware that the situation may very well slip out of control if they don't actively maintain that delicate balance - a conscious mental struggle not to loose it:

Originally Posted By: Johnson

she never shared her fear.

“I knew if I mentioned my fear or my insecurity that the situation would go downhill even faster,” said. “So I kept my fear to myself.”