Question: You and your four friends decide it would be fun to spend a nice spring weekend hiking in the Sonoran Desert. Excitement is high as
You and your four friends decide it would be fun to spend a nice spring weekend hiking in the Sonoran Desert. Excitement is high as all five of you squeeze into your Jeep and head for the wilderness. As you drive, you enjoy looking for wildlife and trying to identify the types of cactus. Several hours have gone by when the road suddenly ends. A recent storm washed it away and even with the Jeep's four-wheel drive you can't cross. One of your friends points to a rocky hill just on the other side of the road and suggests a hike to "survey the terrain" and find a good place to camp. You don't want to haul all of your gear until you find a spot to camp, and so you leave it in the Jeep. You hike about a mile until you find a nice flat spot on the side of the hill. When you return to where you parked your Jeep, you find only tire tracks and a few scattered items which used to be in your packs.You and your friends discuss your situation. You estimate that you drove the jeep 30 miles before the terrain was too rough for it to go any further.The desert reaches a high temperature of at least 90 in late spring, and drops to 50 at night. You realize no one from home knows where you are and you are unsure if you have cell phone reception. You and your friends estimate it will take 4 or 5 days to walk to the highway, taking intoconsideration time to sleep and breaks. The terrain is also very rough heading back, and doesn't flatten out until you near the highway. You decide your best option is to start walking right away, considering it's almost nighttime and you don't have any sleeping bags or blankets. One of your friends gathers the scattered gear and lays it out in front of you. You have:
A flashlight
A Swiss Army knife
One canteen filled with water
A denim jacket with a pack of cheese and peanut butter crackers in the pocket
Three dented cans of soda
gallon of whiskey
Approximately 8 feet of nylon rope
A water purification kit
A pack of matches
A compass
A cellphone with one bar of power
Replyto this post, list thetop 5 itemsthat you feel are mostimportant to the survival of you and your friends (with the first one being most important), and briefly explain why you chose these five items.
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