After her plane crashes, a seventeen-year-old girl spends eleven days walking through the Peruvian jungle. Against
all odds, with no food, shelter, or equipment, she gets out. A better-equipped group of adult survivors of the
same crash sits down and dies. What makes the difference?
Examining such stories of miraculous endurance and tragic death--how people get into trouble and how they get out
again (or not)--Deep Survival takes us from the tops of snowy mountains and the depths of oceans to the workings
of the brain that control our behavior. Through close analysis of case studies, Laurence Gonzales describes the
"stages of survival" and reveals the essence of a survivor--truths that apply not only to surviving in
the wild but also to surviving life-threatening illness, relationships, the death of a loved one, running a business
during uncertain times, even war.
Fascinating for any reader, and absolutely essential for anyone who takes a hike in the woods, this book will change
the way we understand ourselves and the great outdoors.