The shame is what one brings into a Wilderness Survival situation is rarely reported on. I notice than when a surviver is properly interviewed or is reporting it themselves they can tell you every piece of gear they had, found, lost, or received along the way. It would make a big difference to wilderness survival education if more successful survival situations were reported along with the gear they had taken into the woods.
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Bruce Zawalsky
Chief Instructor
Boreal Wilderness Institute
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