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Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
by: Laurence Gonzales

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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.69
EAN: 9780393326154
ISBN: 0393326152
Label: W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 318
Publication Date: October 30, 2004
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Studio: W. W. Norton & Company
Sales Rank: 2940

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Editorial Review:

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"Unique among survival books...stunning...enthralling. Deep Survival makes compelling, and chilling, reading."—Penelope Purdy, Denver Post

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.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Deep Survival
I read this book (age 57) when my daughter(age 20) was training to climb Aconcagua and I was petrified. She is a good athlete but had never climbed mountains. A friend recommended it to me. As much as I love the rest of the book, what was most poignant to me was the part about how survivors have a plan and then are able to take in new data and adjust their plan. It brought me to a peace--she had been a soccer and LAX goalie for many years and she took in new data daily. She ended up not summitting but that was because she took in new data. She and her guide were being pelleted by ice and they had about 13 more hours to the summit. They turned back.

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- Rollercoaster Ride
The author presents science and psychology of survival in a way that is way more than science or pysch. Every story of survival (and there are a ton of them) is inspirational and awe inspiring. I love how each story melts into the overall plot, to form a coherent story from the first page to the last.

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- a remarkable journey through survival
I've given copies of Deep Survival to five friends from very diverse backgrounds. Each one has thanked me. The book isn't a linear, Cartesian analysis about how a person enters a zone of great risk at point A and, after following a prescription of do's and don'ts, exits alive or dead at point Z. The author knows it isn't that simple. Each story becomes its own survival sermon, a grim eulogy for those who die and a paean to grace and luck for those who live. Each time I revisit Deep Survival, I find something valuable. I have added it to the very short list of books that I reread every three or four years.

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- A Boys quest for Daddy's approval
I thought I was going to like this book. I didn't. I ended up annoyed that I wasted my time reading a self indulgent homage to the Authors Father with things like "The Rules of Life" (written by his 6 year old daughter) presented as things I should take seriously.
Before purchasing this book try to imagine how this passage is pertinent to the subject of survival:
... my father climbed out and said "you're a really good pilot" ... It was one of the most important moments in my life.
Worse, since Dad is a scientist, the Author takes nearly every survival situation presented and inserts scientific brain studies, chaos theory and many other complexities to them. In the end he ends up destroying good survival stories and I'm sure serious scientists would say he short changes the ... Read More

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- An ABSOLUTE MUST READ for tackling adversity
This book is mandatory reading for anyone faced with extreme adversity. It very effectively sets forth a layperson's blueprint for the survivor mentality - affording you a no-risk peek into the edges of survival without having to float at sea for seventy-one days to understand what is "normal" under those circumstances. "Deep Survival" is a brilliant look into understanding your mind and learning how to adapt: finding sanity and survival in situations where "herd" thinking would lead you to believe you are afforded none. I am not into the deep sciences, but I was riveted to his presentation of matters that in other contexts would probably lose my attention. Gonzales is a gifted, entertainingly punky, writer who's on top of his topic. One takes away his meticulous, first-hand research into ... Read More

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