Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why

Quite Simply - The Finest Book of its Kind that I Expect to Read - FIVE STARS!!!!

You talk about somebody being on top of his game. You have probably had the feeling before like this reader that you go through a book and say to yourself, this author has poured himself into the book. That is what we have here. Gonzalez has had a life-time to think about the different types of survival situations he is covering in this narrative, and each one is a story of courage, sacrifice, and living against the odds. He has somehow managed to figure out highly plausible explanations as to why some survive catastrophic circumstances while others fold, and die. Oddly enough most of the time it is not about who is the strongest physically, but rather who has what it takes INSIDE. Those who display bravado, they die the quickest. This reader simply loved this book, having read it when it first came out and then more recently once again on a trip out west, I would find myself sitting with pens underlining key statements, writing in margins, transposing sentences onto blank sheets in the front and back of the book. Who does this kind of thing? What kind of book can have that kind of effect on a reader? DEEP SURVIVAL is that kind of book. This is truly usable information we are dealing with. Other reviewers have done an excellent job of pointing out the assets and difficulties the book has. It is perhaps at this point more appropriate to point out some of the concepts you will learn by spending a few hours going through this book. It will dramatically change the way you look at your world around you, and perhaps if you discuss it with someone close to you, just might just save a life. The HIGHLIGHTS: * Gonzales talks about flying across the Pacific on vacation, stepping off a plane in Hawaii, and a few hours later putting on his bathing suit and going down to the beach for a swim whereupon he encounters a lifeguard and casually queries him, "Where do you think I should go for a swim today." Expecting a quick one or two sentence reply, he is astounded when the life ...