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Survival in The Desert

The document describes a survival scenario after a plane crash in the Sonora Desert, detailing the location, conditions, and available resources. It includes a ranking exercise for various items to prioritize for survival, emphasizing the importance of water and navigation tools. The document concludes with a table of individual and group rankings for the items considered essential for survival.

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Survival in The Desert

The document describes a survival scenario after a plane crash in the Sonora Desert, detailing the location, conditions, and available resources. It includes a ranking exercise for various items to prioritize for survival, emphasizing the importance of water and navigation tools. The document concludes with a table of individual and group rankings for the items considered essential for survival.

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Survival in the Desert

It is approximately 10:00 a.m. in mid-July, and you have just crash-landed in the Sonora Desert in the
southwestern part of the United States. Your light twin-engine plane, containing the bodies of the pilot
and co-pilot, has completely burnt out. Only the frame remains. None of the rest of you have been
injured.

The pilot was unable to notify anyone of your position before you crashed. However, ground sightings
taken shortly before the crash suggested that you are about 65 miles off-course from your originally
filed flight plan. A few moments before the crash, the pilot indicated that the nearest known habitation
was a mining camp 70 miles away in a north-northeast direction.

The immediate area is quite flat and appears to be rather barren except for the occasional cacti. The last
weather report indicated that the temperature would reach 110°F (43°C).

You are dressed in lightweight clothing – short-sleeved shirts, shorts, socks, and leather shoes.
Everyone has a handkerchief. Collectively, your pockets contain $1.25 in change, $81 in notes, a
packet of cigarettes, and a ballpoint pen.

Rank the following items, in the first column only, in the order you would choose to bring them.
Number 1 is the most important item, number 2 is the second-most important, and so on. Number 15 is
the least important item.

When everyone in your group is done with the first column, discuss and agree on a group ranking.

Items Individual Group Official Individual Group


Ranking Ranking Ranking Score Score
Flashlight 15 15 4 11 11
Pocket knife 7 2 6 1 4
Sectional air map of crash site 3 3 12 9 9
Plastic rain coat 10 10 7 3 3
Magnetic compass 2 5 11 9 4
Bandage kit with gauze 8 8 10 2 2
.45 calibre loaded pistol 9 9 8 1 1
Parachute (red and white) 4 4 5 1 1
Bottle of salt tablets (1,000) 12 12 15 3 3
1 liter of water per person 1 1 3 2 2
Book entitled “Edible Animals of 6 11 13 7 2
the Desert”
A pair of sunglasses per person 5 6 9 4 3
2 quarts of 180-proof vodka 13 13 14 1 1
1 overcoat per person 11 7 2 9 5
Cosmetic mirror 14 14 1 0 13
Totals: 66

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