Survival book and mindset

[Combat Controller]

The major difference being that last book is the pocket edition of John "Lofty" Wiseman's classic SAS Survival guide, and the mental attitudes he's talking about actually have some bearing on actual survival.

True. I still have my books from when I was in service SH 21-76, FM 21-76 and ST31-180 which have all served me well over the years. I also had the Foxfire books when I was younger.

[Nicodemus]

IIRC aren't you a red-head? Your genetically wired for owning the unpredictable and trying to figure out fitting in during the normal. You don't need to read a SHTF mindset book, you need to write one. Start with what goes through your mind between taking a leak and pouring a box of cereal

[Combat Controller]

IIRC aren't you a red-head? Your genetically wired for owning the unpredictable and trying to figure out fitting in during the normal. You don't need to read a SHTF mindset book, you need to write one. Start with what goes through your mind between taking a leak and pouring a box of cereal

Touche

[arctictom]

Something we used to do for fun ( when I was much younger) is head out across the tundra with two days food a sleeping bag , rifle , 50 rounds, tarp , knife, matches, compass, hand axe, water , etc, in a large day pack and see how long we could stay out , I could do a couple weeks . I suspect if young folks spent more time out doors and less in front of various electronic devices we would have a lot more survivors and fewer victim s

[Aesop]

Almost 50% of the population is at least half a tank of gas from anything you mean by "outdoors" that doesn't include risk of gangrape by the local miscreants, or for getting shot on sight by the local constables for carrying a rifle and 50 rounds, plus an assault axe and a deadly ninja throwing knife.
Survival depends on where you are as to what you're surviving.
I always figured a good 3-day walkabout would be to cross the greater L.A. area (without any felonious possessions) just to see how best to do it, and no less a survival exercise than a hike across the tundra.

[skb12172]

Anyone read it? I was thinking it might be interesting but I also think it might not tell me anything new.

Corollary to the discussion;

I have noticed since Katrina that EDC, preparedness, firearms, survival etc have gone mainstream. I think this is a good thing personally. Any thoughts?

It's not really mainstream until you see a line called "L.L. Bean Tactical."

I'm glad that emergency preparedness is more and more common now than it was when I was in high school. Then again, my mom & dad's house in Middle of Nowhere, Illinois, had a tornado roll right down the street in front of it when I was 3. That tornado and an ice storm that wrecked central Illinois when I was 4 made me leery of not having an emergency plan that lasted at least a few weeks. I don't worry so much about the total breakdown of society as we know it as I do tornadoes, blizzards, ice storms, floods and earthquakes... or things that have been known to regularly affect my part of the world. Society may break down at the time of such a disaster, but it will be restored in short order one way or another. I'm glad to see more people taking it seriously, though.

Agreed, it may end up being The Republic of Your Neighborhood, or some such, but as long as there are people left, there will be some type of civilization and order.