Outside Magazine put together a survival quiz that asks a handful of questions and then lets you know the likelihood that you’ll get run over by a train or swept downstream and over the falls. I got a B on the quiz, but that’s more of a testament to my bar trivia skills than it is a product of my knowledge to crash-land a plane into an orchard. (Got that one wrong.)
ByRocky Thompson
What the hell. I got a 6.
First off the one about getting out of a hole is completely wrong. It is apparent that someone hasn’t been worked over in a whole. If you relax and let the hole do what it wants you have a much better chance of flushing out of the bottom.
Second, if I have to wipe my butt in the wild, why the hell would i not pick the soft fluffy bird.
i totally agree with you, why wouldn’t you pick the cattail?
I thought the question about surfing was a totally wrong. I’m not a coward but I’m not gonna go look for a fight, the oceans got lots of good breaks. An aggressive local surfer could easily not care how friendly you are; he just doesn’t want you around period and will do whatever he wants to keep you outta his turf. It’s a survival quiz and the best way to survive conflict is to avoid it.
Cattail? Again why even use the cattail when there is a nice soft bird available.
The wording was pretty sloppy on some of the questions, enough so that the logic was questionable, like the whitewater hole.
Why are there questions about the surfing lineup in a survival quiz anyways? You might as well have questions about getting on the bus or picking good burritos.
How is “Jesus take the wheel!” not a proper response! Of course I would have used a Strange Brew quote instead *hands off the wheel* “No point in steerin’ this thing”. I would agree with those that say surfer rules aren’t exactly survival instances. And if you’re going to take a dump in the woods, and insist on using some plantlife, wouldn’t a big tree or something be safer? I’m not picking any small weeds or brush unless I’m damn sure it’s not going to come back to haunt me.