Hacksaw had been using a signature quote from Mors Kochanski to the effect that the bush is inert.

BruceZed posted: “Not to digress to much but in my opinion the bush is not really inert, it is neutral when it come to whether we are going to live or die during a survival situation.”

I invited both of them to make this idea a new topic.

Seeing no new topic posted, I started this thread.

I do not believe any natural environment is either inert or neutral. A Coast Guard search and rescue diver put it well: “The ocean is trying to kill you.”

I think the same is true everywhere in the outdoors whether on land or sea: nature wants to digest you. Unless you act to prevent it, the nutrients in your body will be lost to nature.

It starts with either heat loss or dehydration, and goes on to direct attack by creatures large and small. Even the part of nature represented by your own body demands water, food, shelter, etc.

Inert? Neutral? I don’t think so.

What do you think?

Thanks.