Yep, I got a few of his tricky questions wrong. For instance, I voted to
kill and eat a rabbit, in spite of low water rations, and he gave me the
thumbs down, saying I'd use up precious water digesting the critter.
Actually, the point of the exercise was to show how groups tend to do better
than individuals. We were given individual scores on the survival test, and
then were allowed to collaborate and come to agreement on team answers.
Every single person did better with the group than they did alone.
Interestingly, the facilitator told us that the only groups he has ever
worked with that did worse when working together were police.
Scout

"Nav" wrote in message
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I'd say he is wrong (IMHO). Salt depletion _can_ be a problem (especially
with diarrhea) and drinking sea water to replace salt may be bad due to
the magnesium. If you need 7% saline for wounds or eyebaths then pure salt
is preferred over sea water. Hence salt tablets.

Cheers

Scout wrote:

Nav,
I was in a survival course this past July. Somewhere in my past I was
told to consume salt when sweating a lot. So I put salt in my theoretical
survival bag. The class expert (some Australian who's survived every
desert on the planet, and whose name I could recall only if forced to)
informed those of us who chose salt that we were dinosaurs, and we should
throw the salt away immediately. I believe he said I was a victim of
uninformed football coaches, to be exact.
Anyway, I was wondering under what circumstances you would use your salt.
Scout

"Nav" wrote

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salt tablets