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01-30-2013, 10:47 PM
Here's a article I picked up on another forum I frequent. Its a long read but well worth it. Goes to show how resilient humans are, and how that trait works in the right with the right upbringing. The major points I picked that relate to survival is that you must have strong faith, be resourceful, and most of all we need communities of like minded folk and we can thrive.
This quote really struck a chord with me. "It's less dangerous, to run across a wild animal than a stranger." Vasily Peskov
The kicker is that one is still alive out there, living by herself in the Siberian wilderness. Thats 30 years In the woods by yourself. This family is as hard as woodpecker lips.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/For-40-Years-This-Russian-Family-Was-Cut-Off-From-Human-Contact-Unaware-of-World-War-II-188843001.html
This quote really struck a chord with me. "It's less dangerous, to run across a wild animal than a stranger." Vasily Peskov
The kicker is that one is still alive out there, living by herself in the Siberian wilderness. Thats 30 years In the woods by yourself. This family is as hard as woodpecker lips.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/For-40-Years-This-Russian-Family-Was-Cut-Off-From-Human-Contact-Unaware-of-World-War-II-188843001.html