>> the words "survival" and "survivalist" have been so demonized in American popular culture <br><br>Interesting - now that you mention it, I almost always refer to it as "Wilderness Survival". <br><br>Of course, I have a light aircraft pilot's license, and I live an hour from Banff National Park in Canada; there are a lot of people around here who go back-country camping and X-country skiing regularly, and even the ones who don't are smart enough to realize that carrying a survival kit isn't a bad idea around here.