Re: What's in Your Survival Kit?

calamity says that

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I was camped last summer with my girlfriend on the bottom of a steep-sided little valley, when, well after midnight, a very strong thunderstorm passed overhead. Knowing that lightening would likely strike high points near yet well above us, I realized we were rather safe.

Hmmm... Ever hear of flash floods? Many people have died in "steep-sided little valleys" when thunderstorms uphill produced what are euphemistically known as "gully-washers". Another Darwin Award in the making.

Most rescues are necessitated by hubris and ignorance. Most disasters are the result of a chain of small errors, not a single catastrophic event, but an attitude of "press on regardless."