Toby's review
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
by Laurence Gonzales
Toby's review
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why by Laurence Gonzales
Toby's review
rating:
I guess I should start writing comments, eh? I liked this book, even though he harps on some of the same points over and over. But in doing so keeps giving examples, a few of which resonated with me. The stories of survival (and sometimes of not surviving) are great, using both amazingly heroic tales of freak chance to illustrate a point (survival at sea, etc), to someone getting lost while going for a hike. And it all applies.
This guy is obviously all about his father (who has an amazing story, granted) and talks about him often, and toots his own horn on many occasions. But this is one of those books that I find relevance in constantly throughout my day.
The best point made is that "survivors" don't always survive, and non-survivors don't always die. The odds/fate are sometimes too great, even for the best of us. But survival isn't only about what skills and tools you have, but the correct mental outlook to enable us to think clearly and react appropriatel...more
This guy is obviously all about his father (who has an amazing story, granted) and talks about him often, and toots his own horn on many occasions. But this is one of those books that I find relevance in constantly throughout my day.
The best point made is that "survivors" don't always survive, and non-survivors don't always die. The odds/fate are sometimes too great, even for the best of us. But survival isn't only about what skills and tools you have, but the correct mental outlook to enable us to think clearly and react appropriatel...more
