Have you read the book "Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon"?

A few years ago I visited and hiked the Grand Canyon. While there I purchased a book called, "Over the edge: Death In The Grand Canyon". This book is about survival and failure to survive traversing the Grand Canyon. The book is written from the perspective of a coroner. The book lists the recorded deaths and mishaps of visitors beginning in 1869. It also contains some stories of survival and details what the reasons were for their survival. Of all of the stories in the book the hardest for me to read are the ones that are the failure of leadership to prepare properly and or to realize they were outside of their element and decisions by some to not use available resources. There are a few accounts of people who survived that are like oasis', a relief from the mistakes of others.

I recommend reading this book as there are many lessons to be learned in it regarding leadership, failure of leadership, the results of poor judgement, planning or a lack of it, and the respite of stories of survival.

What made me think once again of this book is the attached story.

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/hunter-lost-in-australian-outback-survived-by-eating-ants [login to see] 50