Good questions. I consider myself to be in poor physical condition at the moment, but I guess that's relative. Your example questions are pretty clever, IMHO. My answers are:

>>Can you pull you self onto a roof?<<
Easily, over and over.

>>Can you pull/push your children/wife onto a roof?<<
No need - they can all easily do it themselves, as the sad appearance of our shingles will readily attest... however, none of the boys are "pullable" for me unless I rope them up, and if roped, I would "cheat" and do some expedient rigging ranging from simple to full-bore crevasse rescue, depending on the situation.. Pushing, yeah, I can shove 'em all up over my head and onto a ledge or whatever.

>>How far can you actually carry a 5 gal pickle bucket full of water?<<
Not as far as I can carry 2 pickle buckets, which is something folks may want to try for themselves. 80lbs of balanced water is LOTS easier to carry for 1/4 mile at a whack than 40 gallons unbalanced. And Christina can do it, I'm sure - just divy the load into two buckets - 20lbs to a side - much easier and gets the job done. I switched our scouts to 2 1/2 gallon containers for sissy camping trips and they now have MORE water available in camp than when they had 5 gallon containers - because it's not such a chore to go get 2 ea 2 1/2 gallon containers as it is to get 1 ea 5 gallon container.

>>How well can your "team" (family) work together to overcome physical obstacles (like getting on a roof, pushing a car, etc)<<
Like precision machinery, as they have demonstrated time and time again. But our family is wierd; we do chores together, backpack together, play together, etc. Individualism sucks when there are trees to cut, split, haul and stack, camps to set up / break down, a snow/sand/mud stuck vehicle to recover, etc. and our kids really make me proud of how they stick together and do whatever needs to be done, so, yeah, I'm braggin' on them.

>>How hard is it to hitch that fully loaded bug-out trailer to the car in less than ideal conditions?<<
Don't have one and for now don't need or want one. Maybe as we get older and the kids all move out for good, or maybe not.

Here's something to consider: There have been times when I was simply unable to drag on thru due to exhaustion, illness, or injury. The rest of the family picked up the slack for me every time (and I guess those have all affected most of the rest of the family at one time or another). Sometimes we modified our plan; sometimes we were able to continue as planned, with the others digging in a little more. Having a crew together with you that works well together is far superior to going it alone.

Regards,

Tom