what kind of idea is it to go out into the wild with out a compass, good wheather clothes, provisions, and a good gun. did any of this go through his mind when he was dying. it was him against the elementals of nature. how could he have survived, he did not have that much food and he had no tent or sleeping bag no compass map nothing, and especialy in snow come on man i think atleast he should win a darian award for his thick skull that was aparrantly to dumb to realize that its much harder to survive when you don't have anything that might help you suvive at all i don't care how good an idea it was it was stupid to go through with it. what he thought to be his heros were made up characters from books. its easier to read about survival than to go out there and survive on what you you have. You might last two three days but for a couple of months no way, never.