Doug-

A couple of suggestions for interviews/subject matter, made without regard to individual accessibility:

• Offered not as a "survival book author" per se, Laurence Gonzales, author of Deep Survival: Who Dies, Who Lives, and Why. For fellow forumites, he has a web site containing worthwhile reading at http://www.deepsurvival.com/

• Someone with extensive search and rescue experience. “Local” candidate: Sgt. Randy Servis, current executive committee chair of the National Association of Search & Rescue, and SAR Coordinator for Coconino County Sheriff’s Department (Flagstaff, AZ). http://www.coconino.az.gov/sheriff/phonelist.aspx

• Dr. Sheryl Bishop, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, psychologist who specializes in human behavior in extreme environments. Founding member and senior editor of the Society of Human Performance in Extreme Environments.

• Les Stroud, Survivorman, http://science.discovery.com/convergence/survivorman/survivorman.html

• The scope of his talks make him, in my opinion, more than merely a "survivor," Dr. Beck Weathers, of the May 1996 Mt. Everest expedition.

• One of the FEMA Regional Directors (or other appropriate staff member) http://www.fema.gov/regions/ix/about.shtm

• Malcolm Murray, owner, designer and maker of Rescue Reflector signal mirrors (top-of-the-line non-glass signal mirrors). As Doug well knows, Mr. Murray knows his stuff when it comes to signal mirrors, and the story of his products’ evolution is interesting — and he’s not shy! http://www.malcolmmurray.com/rescue/

• Dr. James Wilkerson or other appropriate MD affiliated with the Wilderness Medical Society. http://www.wms.org/

• Someone directly involved in Disaster Services, American Red Cross. http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_319_,00.htm

Dan