I've heard a park ranger say that the people who read survival manuals never need them, and the people who need them never read them.<br><br>I would guess that those who are routinely prepared don't have a lot of "survival situation" stories, if only because such situations often come from not being prepared. After all, it's hardly a "survival situation" if you have what you need... at most, you end up speculating that it could have been a lot worse.<br><br>There are exceptions, of course- circumstances can be overwhelming no matter how prepared you are- but I suspect that the sort of people who carry survival kits have far fewer "survival" stories to tell than those who would never think of it.<br>