A survival school that kills its students. Thats pathetic.
From the Foxnews story
The guides did not want him to fail the $3,175 course. They wanted him to dig deep, push himself beyond his known limits, and make it to the cave on his own.
What I want to know of course is; were the survival school instructors 'Special Forces' types or were they pretending to be 'Special Forces' types just like in the Hollywood movies or on the Discovery Channel? Was the student going to get a boy scout badge for passing the course or is there more going on here than meets the eye. A lucrative contract overseas maybe?
From the Foxnews story
The sun was described as blazing, inescapable. "There were no clouds," a camper wrote.
Some people vomited that day, including a man who got sick three times — a typical misery on the rigorous course, according to BOSS. Buschow was suffering from leg cramps about 2:30 p.m. and said he was feeling "bad."
This is just unbelievably ignorant, this I suggest should be grounds for manslaughter charges. Ignorance is no defense against culpability nor is a liability clause.
Tent, matches, compass, sleeping bag, portable stove, watch — all have no role
If the students are not even allowed to carry a watch, which absolutely fundamental to any survival course kit together with a compass, even if it a SERE model, and a PSK on a 28 day course, what is this survival course fundamentally trying to achieve? Is it to allow its students to feel encroaching death through ignorance. Someone at this school has been watching to much 'Man V Wild'. Even Bear Grylls knows to carry a watch. All a rather pointless exercise anyway if that is the case.
As for the survival school course matra. It would be laughable if it wasn't so tragic.
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