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Old 10-18-2013, 10:07   #20
Pete
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One last shot

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Originally Posted by Silentium View Post
.....However, it's my hope that there are SOME land nav, foraging, shooting, and tracking classes, and anything else you guys might suggest, to be a more prepared citizen.......
I'll give one last shot about what we know and what you're asking to learn - and I'll keep it pretty low speed - something you can relate to.

Deals with SURVIVAL.

We survive because thats just part of the job learned over years. Sometimes we end up in what would be a survival situation for most but for us it's just a night or two of SUCK. In fact we wouldn't even consider it survival.

Now you can go off on some adventure land survival course and learn a lot about shelters, making fire and catching food- but did you ever "LEARN" anything about survival?

The first rule is "Don't place yourself in a Survival situation". Most place themselves in that situation. The missteps continue to cascade until they are dead or are found.

You may know how to built a fancy bush shelter and rub two sticks together to get fire but if you keep walking until after sunset because it's raining and you think you'll get out - you'll end up with no shelter, no fire and hugging a tree to keep warm.

It's just not the same...
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