I am bummed after reading this, since I really enjoy Les’s adventures.

Living in the wild takes toll on TV’s “Survivorman”
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I’m not really sure what to make of this. On one hand, I can appreciate the desire to want to live with the wilderness, but that is not exactly a realistic desire in today’s world, especially if you expect to be a functioning member of society. Maybe he didn’t want to be, but he probably should have at least waited until he had some money saved up so he could buy enough supplies to make a better attempt at hollowing out a tree and living with owls or whatever.

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It’s too bad fire was last month’s forum photo assignment, or the Canadians would have whooped us all with shots of this.

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OK, half (or more) of these things are completely retarded, but they are still some interesting concepts. I do like that Campa trailer thing though. I am afraid to find out how much it costs, so I’ll just dream about it for now.

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Here is some more information on the Meredith Emerson case. Looks like there was another girl that Hilton was chatting up that could have been a victim instead until Hilton realized she was with a larger group. I really hope that this story does not keep people out of the woods. They are OUR woods, damnit. Bad things happen to good people, and that is always tragic, but don’t let it keep you from doing things you enjoy. Hilton will never be a free man again, so that is one less scumbag polluting our parks.

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I was poking around National Geographic today and came across an excellent article written by Laurence Gonzales. It deals with the mental state needed to survive, and why people that should be prepared for a situation fail miserably because they were not paying attention.

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