Who are we to say what Robert Redford knows about survival? He could be a guru for all we know. I don't know him personnaly or his hobbies I'm just saying how can you blast the guy when you have no evidence he doesn't know what he's talking about?

lol - yah, I still got an old copy of Olsen's "Outdoor Survival Skills" back in the early 80s; it was the basis of a wilderness survival/naturalist course offered at a local Jr. College. Redford wrote the intro to the book and sourced Olsen for the Jeramiah Johnson film; the early seventies spawned a lot of environmental awareness new age revival of native wisdom which Redford touches on in his intro. I'm sure he was interested in encouraging a healthy respect of nature and people who live in appreciation of her... At the time I imagine the book may indeed have been "the finest of its kind" - its got a lot of good basics and is illustrated with lots of b/w photos (kinda rare at the time, I guess). I'm not an expert, but the books a fine addition to a basic wilderness survival/primative skills library, though John McPherson and Paul Campbell's books have far exceeded it, imho.

Why I remember him well, he was a pilgrim when I first met him, but he learned the mountains ways pretty fast!!!!

OK, coffee has kicked in, back to reality!

Redford actually knows his way around the woods fairly well, as someone else stated, he ran through Larry Dean Olson's course back in the day, and much of Jeremiah Johnson was filmed on Redford's on property that he spent plenty of time "outdoorsin'" on.

I'm still upset over Ricardo Montalban hustling the Chrysler CordoBa with gen-u-wine Corintheean leather interior.