The survival community is small, geographically big and financially poor <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />. I try read every text available. First you have to distill the author's own persona; philosophy, geographic expertise which may create a parochial view and writing style ( our own posts here are evidence of that <img src="images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />) Then you subconsciously suppress the 99th viewing of the same incorrect illustration of a trap or geometric perfect brush shelter. This is when ( hopefully) a different explanation or emhasis brings information from the hypothetical to real life. If I can learn or understand one thing from each book it is worthwhile. It would be interesting to gather everyone together at once with their books and a good editor. I think the result would see pages selectively torn from each and spiral bound in paracord <img src="images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />