226,664 people die per year from not having basic survival skills. This is why every human should have at least a few basic skills to survive. Survival skills could include how to find food in the wilderness, or knowing how to swim, but emotional stability and intellectual awareness are the most important in order to survive.
Another important characteristic of survival is intellectual capabilities. The articles “Survival is your own responsibility” by Daryl Miller, and “Six Days Stranded in the Snow on Mt Hood” by Mary Grimm demonstrate intellectual capabilities by showing how in “Six Days Stranded in the Snow on Mt Hood” Mary never stops believing she will live. Also “Survival is your own responsibility” shows how if you believe you want…show more content… All in all, humans with good intellectual capabilities are more likely to survive in the wilderness than someone who can't make quick decisions or someone that gives up.
It is true that physical fitness can help you in a crisis by providing you with the strength to climb, or hike for a while. The story “Six Days Stranded in the Snow on Mt. Hood” is an article about Mary, who gets lost on Mt. Hood. Hood for six days, and eventually gets rescued Mary states, “I walked for hours, sure I was on the summit track”(Grimm). Showing how Mary is able to get herself to a shelter by having the physical strength to survive. However, the men in “Unbroken” were physically fit and capable and they still found themselves close to death, in addition to one of the soldiers dying. “Unbroken” Is a true story about soldiers who were sent off to war while being shot from above on a raft while being swarmed with sharks. While they were being shot at one of the soldiers in the water, the narrator states, “the sharks kept coming, and the men
