Re: [at-l] Tuckerizing

>>> "Tom Janofsky" <twj175@voicenet.com> 12/17/99 11:35AM >>>
Could you all please enlighten me as to the origin of the term "Tuckerize"
and perhaps provide me with some pointers on how to "Tuckerize" one's self.

***Sloetoe responds with something he tried to explain to RamBunny's Mom back on Thanksgiving......

A plane crashes in the mountains, miles and miles from nowhere. You are the only survivor. You have nothing. Nothing. You have escaped (barely) with the clothes on your back. 

1) What are you wearing?

You watch as the plane is quickly consumed by fire ? nothing left but ashes. You are overcome by thirst. 

2) What do you do about water? What can you find from the plane?

You are cold. You bundle up your clothes, drink a little water, and find that you're famished by hunger. You look around for debris that might have spilled from the plane before it settled and burned. You find some tidbits of this and that, some with bags, some without, some "needing" cooking, some ready to eat.

3) What food have you found? What can you "cook" with? What's the minimum you need to put a meal together, if you life depended on it?

The wind blows, and the sun sets low, and the clouds say "rain." There's nothing left of the plane in which to take shelter. Again, you peruse the jetsom of the crash site to see what you might use to craft some protection. 

4) What have you found tonight to protect yourself from wind, rain, and cold?

You wake at dawn, and know you must hike out on your own. Being unsure of where to go or for how long, you don't want to leave the things which have so far insured your survival. For the last time, you look over the crash site for something to allow you to carry what you've found ? the water, food, shelter.

5) Describe what you have found to carry your "gear."

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Most of us approach the "What gets carried?" question with a full pack from which we try to remove what could possibly be "done without." The best way to do it, however, is to start from nothing and build up. If you answered the questions above with a bit of realism, and then substituted "hiker gear" instead, you'd feel like you were living pretty large. 

Good Luck!
Sloetoe


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