Hampstead-- Gainesburgers?!? Now, THAT is tough...I'm in awe. Guess I'll have to harden up some. Now, Milk Bones I have experience with, but they come from the better rendering plants.
Great post. I read somewhere a breakdown, by region, on lengths of time people were out before a SAR team got to them. I can't remember if it was broken down by successful and unsuccessful (that is, corpse extraction) exercises. Anyhow, in almost all cases they were really short term events; not many over 24 and damned few over 48 hours. The longer ones you read about in the paper. And they tend to be unsuccessful.
Pretty good justification for the focus on warmth, shelter, water, and signalling. First aid for emergencies. A very small amount of emergency food as a nice option. Everything else is just gravy.
