Yeah, we all tend to assume that at least we'll be left with the clothes on our back, but even that isn't a given. IIRC, Juliane Koepke lost everything but the skirt she was wearing when the plane she was on broke apart in midair. But of coursed, as Doug and others have repeatedly pointed out, the most important piece of survival gear is your brain, and she still had that. <img src="images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />