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05 December 2005

How to handle a worst-case scenario

Just in case...

How to survive a riot
How to survive an airplane crash
How to stop a car with no brakes
How to find your way when lost in the woods
How to jump from rooftop to rooftop
How to survive a volcanic eruption
How to ram a barricade
How to survive a sandstorm
How to foil an alien abduction
How to cross a piranha-infested river
How to survive a plunge over a waterfall
How to survive a fall through ice
How to escape from a car hanging over the edge of a cliff
How to survive a riptide
How to navigate a minefield
How to control a runaway camel

With diagrams! From Popular Mechanics

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Anonymous said...

Did you toss the last one in there about the camel just to make sure we were paying attention? :)

12/07/2005

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