Surviving in the wilderness takes grit, cunning and/or the latest gadgets
THE WORLD’S BEST SURVIVAL STORIES
Climbing
If you were half-way up a cliff-face and a 200 pound boulder fell on your arm, trapping it, what would you do? In April 2003 Aron Ralston spent four days considering this very problem. Eventually, he crudely amputated his arm with a pocket knife and climbed down.
Mountain
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 was carrying 45 rugby players when it crashed in the Andes in 1972. After 60 days in near-freezing conditions two of them — Nando Parrado and Robert Canessa — set off to find help. After 12 days trekking the pair were finally found and directed authorities to the others, 16 of whom had survived by eating their late team mates.
Sea
In 1982, Steve Callahan survived 76 days adrift on the Atlantic Ocean on a five-foot raft, living on fish and rain water he collected. Seven ships went by unawares before he was eventually spotted and rescued.
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HOW TO DINE ON WILD GAME
1 Prepare an enclosure around a smoky fire.
HOW TO START A FIRE
(This story appears in the 10 September, 2010 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)