Gonzales, Laurence. Deep survival.GONZALES, Laurence. Deep survival. Norton. 318p. bibliog. index. c2005. 0-393-32615-2. $14.95. SASubtitled sub·ti·tle n. 1. A secondary, usually explanatory title, as of a literary work. 2. A printed translation of the dialogue of a foreign-language film shown at the bottom of the screen. tr.v. Who Lives, Who Dies and Why, Deep Survival is a series of true adventure stories where only some of the protagonists make it through. The link between the stories is Gonzales' analysis of the survival strategies--or deadly lack thereof. Originally prompted, at least in part, by curiosity about his own father's survival of a plane crash in WW II, Gonzales easily carries the reader along with a variety of tales. From experienced hiker Ken Killip's terrifying ter·ri·fy tr.v. ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing, ter·ri·fies 1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten. 2. To menace or threaten; intimidate. experience of being lost in the high peaks of the Rocky Mountains Rocky Mountains, major mountain system of W North America and easternmost belt of the North American cordillera, extending more than 3,000 mi (4,800 km) from central N.Mex. to NW Alaska; Mt. Elbert (14,431 ft/4,399 m) in Colorado is the highest peak. to 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke's lone survival of a plane crash in the Peruvian jungle, Gonzales offers well-told tales of lessons learned. Who survives is often surprising: "It's not who you would predict ... sometimes the one who survives is an inexperienced female hiker, while the experienced hunter gives up and dies in one night ..." (p. 170). Gonzales analyses the stages of being lost (the first step is denial) and also the rules to survival (the first one is "be here now" or "perceive and believe"--a type of super-awareness of your situation). Gonzales also visits two survival schools where he learns that they teach not only the practical side of survival such as shelter and making a fire, but the psychological and even spiritual side. Being "aware of the moment" means not only thinking of how likely you are to be hit by lightening lightening /light·en·ing/ (lit´en-ing) the sensation of decreased abdominal distention produced by the descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity, two to three weeks before labor begins. and how to avoid it, but realizing your own sense of self in a potential deadly environment. Such added insights make the book also appropriate for surviving the challenges of everyday life--loss and stress are not unique to the jungle or the mountaintop moun·tain·top n. The summit of a mountain. . Gonzales is an editor for National Geographic Adventure magazine National Geographic Adventure is a magazine published by the National Geographic Society in the United States. It was started in 1999. External links
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