[at-l] Lost hiker [was: List slow?...]

Allen Freeman allen at allenf.com
Tue Mar 22 10:27:03 CDT 2011


On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Linda Patton <lpatton at fsu.edu> wrote:
> They say PANIC drives all common sense out of the
> panicee's brain.  (or does testosterone keep some
> young men forging ahead when they should be turning
> back?)
>
> ~~ eArThworm

There is a very interesting book that discusses why people make the
decisions they make in these situations, called "Deep Survival", by
Laurence Gonzales.

Monkeywrench



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