Real Life Survivors

Published Summer 2005 in UMM Magazine

This season of Survivor was the talk of the town when it first aired. For those of you that aren’t one of the 23.7 million viewers who did watch it, the season opener had not one, but THREE people sent home. Imagine! What drama! What intrigue!

What crap. Today’s reality TV is seriously missing one key ingredient…reality. When it comes to survival in the real world, the television show has nothing on the real thing. In a real case of survival, the last thing someone would worry about is tribal councils or immunity. Personally, the only tribal council I’d be worried about is if a tribe had to decide my life or death. And the only immunity I’d be worrying about is from the nasty bugs in the food or water.

So shut off the TV, sit back with this magazine, and read on. It’s time to learn about some people that REALLY know a thing or two about being survivors in real life.

Featuring:

Scott Taylor - Canadian war journalist captured by terrorists in Iraq
Aron Ralston - Extreme sports enthusiast trapped by boulder who removed his arm to survive
Victor Yazkov - Russian solo sailor who operated on his own arm while at sea