Ch.17
The name Brian gave to his first shelter after the tornado, which was messy and rough.
Bushpile 1
What was the first tool Brian used to cut a hole in the plane's fuselage?
Hatchet!
This was the first food Brian decided to eat from the survival pack, which he mixed with lake water.
Orange drink
The pilot who rescued Brian was a fur buyer, and the number of days Brian spent alone in the wilderness before being rescued. DOUIBLE!!!
54!
Brian's journey through these chapters (retrieving the pack, using its contents, and his eventual rescue) proves that his greatest "treasure" wasn't the survival pack itself, but rather this, which he had to develop on his own.
self-reliance, his new skills, or his deeper understanding of the wilderness
Brian built this out of logs and limbs to help him reach the plane's tail, which was sticking out of the water.
Raft
This was the reason Brian was careful to save the small aluminum pieces he cut from the plane.
he thought they might be useful later (for things like fish hooks or arrowheads)
The electronic device Brian found, which he initially thought was a radio but was actually this.
Emergency transmitter
At the end of the chapter, Brian faced this problem, which left him unable to get the survival pack.
Unable to get inside the submerged plane without getting trapped.
The "lesson" Brian quickly remembered after dropping his hatchet was this.
self-pity doesn't help
Brian disliked the rifle and the butane lighter because they brought about this kind of change in him.
They made him feel removed from his surroundings and his new survival skills seemed less necessary.
Brian’s remark, “I would be rich, so rich of I could get at the pack,” highlights his new understanding of this.
true wealth, or the value of tools / resources for survival over money
This was the horrific sight that caused Brian to be sick in the water and momentarily lose his resolve to get the survival pack.
The pilot's skull (or what was left of his head)
This is the reason the pilot, who had heard a transmitter signal, was able to find Brian so quickly.
The pilot also saw the tail of the crashed plane sticking out of the lake?
Brian realized his initial raft design would not work because it lacked this, which he had successfully used to build his new shelter wall.
limbs (or branches) to weave together
When Brian thinks, "The hatchet was, had been him," he means this.
The hatchet represented his ability to survive, providing him with fire, tools, and weapons, and without it, he was nothing
Brian's new understanding of "treasure" is best shown by his reaction to the contents of the pack, which he rated this way.
the most important items to be practical survival tools (like the sleeping bag, cook set, and matches) rather than just the food