Comments on: Wilderness: Where We Meet Our Ancestors http://wonderofcreation.org/2009/10/02/wilderness-where-we-meet-our-ancestors/ "Wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted." —Job 9:10 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:04:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: rdrcomp http://wonderofcreation.org/2009/10/02/wilderness-where-we-meet-our-ancestors/comment-page-1/#comment-508 rdrcomp Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:31:15 +0000 http://www.wonderofcreation.org/?p=4186#comment-508 Dean, we moderns may feel we really have little use for knowing and relating to those gone before us. I get the sense that many of us feel that because of all of the technology advances and wonder drugs, we've pretty much put the past behind us with its archaic ways. But given the circumstances you laid out, if I was caught in a wilderness storm, I could think of no better companions than the French explorer and the Osage Indian. I have learned some survival skills but used them sparingly, but those guys lived those skills. You are right, when our batteries die and the cell phone breaks, we can be left with only those fundamental skills necessary for all generations. That was proved to me in 1989 when Hurricane Hugo came inland and deveasted the community I live in. We were without power, telephone, and couldn't drive due to all the trees blocking our driveway and the road we live on. So i believe we should all get in touch with those gone on, before we forget completely. My thought is that they were the really intelligent ones. Dean, we moderns may feel we really have little use for knowing and relating to those gone before us. I get the sense that many of us feel that because of all of the technology advances and wonder drugs, we’ve pretty much put the past behind us with its archaic ways.

But given the circumstances you laid out, if I was caught in a wilderness storm, I could think of no better companions than the French explorer and the Osage Indian. I have learned some survival skills but used them sparingly, but those guys lived those skills.

You are right, when our batteries die and the cell phone breaks, we can be left with only those fundamental skills necessary for all generations. That was proved to me in 1989 when Hurricane Hugo came inland and deveasted the community I live in. We were without power, telephone, and couldn’t drive due to all the trees blocking our driveway and the road we live on.

So i believe we should all get in touch with those gone on, before we forget completely. My thought is that they were the really intelligent ones.

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