Lono: My deepest sympathy for what you and your wife are going through. It is a great reminder to us all to make the most out of the available time.

I like Laurence Gonzales ("Deep Survival" - a great book) take on this: Survival training is _*life training*_. You prepare for survival by living your life the way it is meant to be lived (or at least trying to).


On specific survival topics:
- Physical exercise. Any kind. I'm not as fit as I want too. Not really unfit, but still room for improvement.

- Knife sharpening, which has become quite a hobby of mine lately. Not good at it yet, but this is a life long learning curve.

- Comfortable living outdoors. Anything from grilling some sausages with the kids over a fire to spending more nights outside. I'm taking advantage of a "work easter" - the family is sent to my mother-in-law, I will be working - and head for the bush in the evening for an evening and night outside. I'm really looking forward to that...