It has been said your best tool is your mind - use it.
But following this thread and having recently looked at the list of books on this site the one that struck me the most was the "Deep Survival" which asks the question, why do some make it while others do not, mental attitude. This stuck me, as I've never been in a true survival situation so I don't know how I'd really react. I believe I'd cope but that might just be wishful thing, blind optimism or ignorance. I've ordered the book to explore this subject. All my gadgets won't be worth a damn if I'm frozen and can't control my own anxiety. I'm not a normally anxious person I deal with "stress" everyday with the job. But that's a different stress, if there's a problem we solve it, panic never restarts a job no matter how much there is, job is one thing but when push comes to shove under "survival" conditions I don't know. I can have a positive mental attitude now here in front of my machine, have all the right kit but if I've not got that "right stuff" then ?

I'd like to see how this thread progresses and the opinion of others on this forum.