outside reading 1 Ben Houser

When I was younger, the only books I would read were by Gary Paulsen. Probably he wrote my favorite book in the world. The book was called Hatchet. Hatchet is basically the movie “Cast Away” but instead of the setting being a man stuck on an island, it’s about a boy stuck in the Canadian wilderness.
I thought the book was so good because I really connected to it. I got to learn about a kid who was not much older than me at the time (I was 14 he was 16) learn to survive on his own in the most wild of wildernesses. I mean this kid went from city boy to total badass. He caught fish with his hands, created fire with sticks, ate berries from trees, and kept bears from eating him. After reading the book I would always wonder if I was in that situation, could I survive?
At the time then probably not, but now as I’ve gotten older and learned more about the wilderness I think my chances wouldn’t be that bad. I go camping a lot and know the basics of survival based on my subscription to Outdoor Life. The hardest thing I think there would be about survival is staying warm. If it was during the spring or summer my chances would be about 50% higher than if it was fall or winter.