After a plane crash, a 17 year old girl spends 11 days walking through the Peruvian jungle. Against all odds, with no food, shelter or equipment, she gets out. A better-equipped group of adult survivors of the same crash gave up and died. Laurence Gonzales delves into the science, psychology and art of wilderness survival. Examining stories of miraculous endurance and tragic death, he takes us to the top of snowy mountains and the depths of oceans, to the workings of the brain that control our behaviour.
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Deep Survival I read this book (age 57) when my daughter(age 20) was training to climb Aconcagua and I was petrified. She is a good athlete but had never climbed mountains. A friend recommended it to me. As much as I love the rest of the book, what was most poignant to me was the part about how survivors have a plan and then are able to take in new data and adjust their plan. It brought me to a peace--she had been a soccer and LAX goalie for many years and she took in new data daily. She ended up not summitting but that... more info
Rollercoaster Ride The author presents science and psychology of survival in a way that is way more than science or pysch. Every story of survival (and there are a ton of them) is inspirational and awe inspiring. I love how each story melts into the overall plot, to form a coherent story from the first page to the last.
a remarkable journey through survival I've given copies of Deep Survival to five friends from very diverse backgrounds. Each one has thanked me. The book isn't a linear, Cartesian analysis about how a person enters a zone of great risk at point A and, after following a prescription of do's and don'ts, exits alive or dead at point Z. The author knows it isn't that simple. Each story becomes its own survival sermon, a grim eulogy for those who die and a paean to grace and luck for those who live. Each time I revisit Deep Survival, I find... more info
A Boys quest for Daddy's approval I thought I was going to like this book. I didn't. I ended up annoyed that I wasted my time reading a self indulgent homage to the Authors Father with things like "The Rules of Life" (written by his 6 year old daughter) presented as things I should take seriously.
Before purchasing this book try to imagine how this passage is pertinent to the subject of survival:
... my father climbed out and said "you're a really good pilot" ... It was one of the most important moments in my life.
Worse,... more info
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