Considering the Whole Panoply of Good to Great Survival Books that I See in Libraries, Bookstores, and so on, -I'm Wondering just How Many Noted Survival Authors, Authorities, or Other Experts, that we have Among Us?

I've been Wondering on this, for Something of a Good While now.

There has to be at Least Several Dozen Such Authors, Books, and Other Sorts of Noted Survival Experts!, Out There!

Yet Why Don't I ever Read a Post that says something like, -"....As I Say in my Book,...."-

Granted, I have Not Read Every Back Post. But I Have Read Many. And I Think I've Covered a Pretty Good Representative Sampling, of What Flows here.

Or if we Do Not have Such Among Us, -then How Many are at least Aware of Us. I'm Sure that there would have to be at least a Lot of such Awareness among them.

If Sitemates, Are they Present "Anonymously" Behind their Current Username, -or even Purely Anonomysly, -as we here typically understand the Word?

And if Not Present on our Site and Fora, -Are They just Not Aware of Us? Or-

Do (Some of) They for any Reason, -Rightly andor Wrongly, -"Look Down on", or Find Themself to be somewhat Displeased with Us, Etc?

(The Across the Board Excellence of our Site and Forums Notwithstanding)

I Notice More of a "Sense and Spirit of Survival" kind of Emphasis, in Most of the Survival Books as are typically Around. Though There's a Lot of Equipment Info, Survival Techniques, and Wilderness Environment / Conditions Descriptions, -There Too.

We here Have a Lot of Excellent Emphasis and Information on Equipment, -Which is Very Much a Good Thing, -Not a Bad Thing!

While we also Have Quite a Lot of Info and Emphasis on Techniques, Wilderness and Other Conditions, and the Larger Survival Sense and Spirit of it All! Such as our Well Talked About, "Deep Survival" Book, on this Site. We are certainly Not Lacking in these either.

So Central Point here Still Stands. -Do we Have such Well Known Survival Authors and Authorities in our Membership? Or Who are at Least Aware of Us? Or Do we to some Extent Not?

If so, Ruffly How Many? Roughly What Percentage of such All Round "Authorities" Total?, -are Aware of Us / or in our Membership?

If Not Here, -Then What and Why?, -are such Ones (Rightly or Wrongly) Not Here. Or would somehow be Unaware of Us?

They'd certainly be Missing Out on a Good Survival Thing!, in the Event They are Not here!

And we too, -to any Extent that we are Not Aware of, Nor Into, their Often Fine Books.

I Fully Understand and Respect any Feelings that such Survival Authorities may Have, -Towards Remaining Low Profile Anonymous, (Either "Purely So, or via their Username). I'm Not Asking People to Reveal or Broadcast Themselves!-

But I Am Just Curious as to this Matter.

Do our Two Groups effectively Live in Two Different Worlds!? Perhaps Largely Unaware of One Another?! I'm Afraid that I Do, -Correctly or Incorrectly, -Get something of this Uncomfortable Sense and Feeling!

They and their Excellent Works, -Along with my just Plain being in the Woods and Such, -Are So Much of What Got me Into the Field of Survival and Emergency Prep! In the First Place! And are So Much of What Got me Into and Onto this Fine Site!

As I say in the "How Did you Find this Site?" Thread, -I Found This Thru such an Excellent Survival Book, (the J. Wayne Fears One).

I Think our Two Camps Shud be on the Same General Wavelength and Page, -and Not as Two Fine Ships just Passing in the Night!

So What is the General Straight on this? Can Anyone Shed some sort of Light?!

If we Have Such Among Us, -Will They Please Stand Up!? (Albeit Still Anonymously, -if Anyone would So Wish) And Be Saluted, Honored, Recognized! [color:"black"] [/color] [email]ScottRezaLogan[/email]