If you’re reading this, there’s a decent chance that you are indoors. And that’s a good thing, because it’s a lot harder to die that way (assuming the building is up to code, of course.) It’s easy for us to forget how dangerous the great outdoors can be. I’m guilty of that.
This past weekend I went camping. It’s something that pretty much everyone has done in their lives, so it seems simple and safe, when in reality, there are things everywhere that can kill you. I was reminded of this when on a hike I came across a rattlesnake, you know, the kind that have venom and teeth and such. One of these guys, actually. It was on a narrow part of the trail, so the options for escape weren’t very numerous.
At that point I realized that survival in the wild may be tougher than I thought. Continue reading The McBournie Minute: Why did it have to be snakes?