There are just too many variables for me to even guess. For example, in my own backyard I have seen temperatures as high as 110 degrees F. and as low as -12 F. Travel a half hour east into the mountains today or a half hour west into the desert in July and you'll find even wider extremes. A serious injury like a fractured limb could certaintly cut down on your expected survival time. How available is water? Etc., etc. I can think of situations where I wouldn't last 6 hours with just my EDC. That's why my WSK is laaaaaarge. (That's an alternate excercise that might prove fruitful: try to come up with some reasonable survival scenarios where your kits would prove wholly inadequate. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />)

It is an interesting question though, and when you say that preparedness = more confidence = less fear =better mindset you are absolutely right.

Regards, Vince