Colleen's review
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
by Laurence Gonzales
Colleen's review
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why by Laurence Gonzales
Colleen's review
rating:
Good premise. Good promise. Seemed to connect how the brain functions and what happens physiologically to people in situations where they really could die, but didn't live up to the promise. Great selection of tales from survivors who got lost, shipwrecked, fell out of airplanes, had mountain climbing accidents. And good observation of people who did stupid things and didn't survive. I'm going to xerox the back of the book 'Rules of Adventure' that make it more likely that you will walk out of the wilderness when you get lost. The book does go into how very alien nature is and how very sheltered we live as civilized humans. It's worth reading - from the library.
