Most people in our day and age don't really know what the ACTUAL concept of survival means. The survival which has no "civilization," no supermarkets and no guns. Many people might be able to relate to the sense of protecting your body which we have talked about before but the raw, in the wild type of survival skills I'm talking about, very few people know of and have for that matter. But many of us still like to have some of the skills that early man had. Like learning how to hunt, with or without guns, or learning how to build a viable fort in the woods. The latter I hope that almost every kid has tried at some point. But also some sports are fun because they induce a sort of survival instinct in us. Such as when you go surfing in really big waves and your paddling for your life to get through the break zone, or when you go horseback riding in the woods to do solid jumps, or when you run or swim really fast for a race. All of these things cause high adrenaline, which is a chemical in us that protects us because it induces energy for fight and flight, a survival instinct in us. Some people enjoy having skills in axe and knife handling.
I enjoy being out in the woods and camping because it makes me feel less like a robot living in the industrial world. I'm just a human trying to survive. Getting back to the basics.
Caroline
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