Hey Ben,
Don't stray off too far... You don't get to retire from the tribe when the Young Buck takes over... The Tribe gets a new Elder to help it make wise decisions.

I like to think of the Coyote as a "Champion" survivor.. He (as you suggest) uses wile, the art of "do nothing" and not much brute force to help him survive.

I still get my lifts in though... I am not a Coyote.

Nice,

I like the modular approach... I have pondered the problem of how to carry a large amount of gear on foot... Cause I can't believe my car is an asset once gas is hard to get. On road or reasonably smooth trail I am thinking bike / trailer-kid carrier combo or a big game hauler. Snow is ski/sled time, but I don't get to play in snow very often anymore <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
In any event, man you gotta be pretty fit to pull a game hauler / ride a bike / skin a sled full of crap up a hill. It'll kick your butt in short order. You need back up / relief players if you have a full load. For one man ops, it's a pack or nothing.. You will sacrifice too much mobility with anything else... IMHO.

Very good question/point. I consider being physicaly fit very important. You don't have to be able to run marathons, but walking, lifting, pulling ... are all things you will have to doi in a survival situation. If you are dead tired the day after, you still have to do it all over again . So being fit is an asset.

Knowing you limitations is as important. A fit individual who thinks he can do it all and injures/tires himself out will be at the mercy of circumstances as much as the invalid, elderly, etc...

Float !!

Yeah... I guess that'd work... as long as you can swim, and there's no current trying to pull you away <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Troy

I have a slightly different take on this: IMHO being as physically fit as reasonably possible is a no-brainer. I just wish I could make myself live up to that standard.

OTOH as I look back on my adventures and misadventures in the wild or on the ocean I have to admit that every misadventure and every injury would probably have been avoided by being slothful, lazy, and cowardly! When I "cowboy up" (forgive me, Chris.. I've been a wannabe)I get hurt.
If ever again in a survival situation I hope to be timid, not bold. To carry much less than I think I can manage. To move more slowly, to push less, to risk less, to cut/chop more deliberately..to get warm and dry much sooner. And so on. The others can be Superman. I'll be Clark Kent.