I'm in the middle of this book, but find it fascinating. As I read the beginning, I simply found the stories of survival bizarre and random. The further along in the book I got, the author, Laurence Gonzales, begins interweaving some of the details from which a pattern begins to emerge. By the tenth chapter I've been become rapt with interest at the comparisons with everyday suffering, challenges and how they relate to wilderness survival.
Modern 'survival' is more akin to thriving. We don't die in the literal sense but the depressive state so many fall into could be likened to it. For those who can approach life's ordeal with a Zen-like acceptance and adjust to it's changes, life becomes richer and more meaningful and eminently 'survivable'.
I'm keen on reading the last part of this book and seeing what further insights it holds.
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