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Skills4Survival:

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--- Quote from: Skills4Survival on September 02, 2012, 10:04:22 PM ---Not having the will is not sufficient and not proven in that scientific sense. Is a human able to have "the will to live" under certain circumstances, and/or can it be influenced.  The process is not fully understood.


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Therefore I guess we just have to accept the obvious is that some people will give-in to thier circumstances and others will fight on.  But as you say no one knows how any of us will react in a disaster situation, nevertheless training helps.

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The most important thing to do is go out by yourself with only your survival kit and practice. I used to do that at every opportunity in as many environments as I could all year round. It got so addictive I would purposely plan trips out with the worst weather i could find. Practice your skills until they become second nature. 

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Brings to mind the mantra of the Army's of Rome; which all top notch miltary organistaions still follow to this day.  "Every battle is an exercise, every exercise is a battle" Or, is it the other way around.  What ever, there is no substitute for realistic training and real experiance.
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Yes, planning in bad weather/areas, actually that can be fun, certainly if you stay on top of the game.

Callum:
I am firmly on the side that if we are trained, then we are prepared, and therefore more likely to survive. Years ago when first kayaking on the River Seven I took a bad tumble and died not know how to Eskimo roll, in panic I tried to get out of my kayak and ended up bouncing off rocks through the rapids as a result, had I rolled I would have stayed safe in my boat.

Group confidence also I believe has a lot to do with it, again from personal experience many years ago, whilst in the British Army, we came under fire in N Ireland. Our Sergeant was one of those stoical soldiers with professionalism written through him like a stick of rock, basically we kept our nerves, because he did his, and lived to tell the tale.

So with the youngsters at the centre we rehearse emergency routines and on those few occasions when a crisis has happened I remember the actions of that Sergeant and also stay cool. 

99ster:
Some really fascinating stuff here from everyone. Thanks for posting.

I'm sure this is not a new book to you - but Mike Stroud's book 'Survival Of The Fittest: Understanding Health and Peak Physical Performance' is well worth a read, and for me at last, quite inspiring.  Has some great stories about operating on very little or no food...

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