de and made it out with the pack. By this time it was dark and he was beat. He just made it back to the camp and collapsed. The next morning he opened the pack like a kid at Christmas time. Inside the pack he found a sleeping bag and a foam sleeping pad, a cook set with utensils, a waterproof container with matches and two butane lighters, a knife with a built in compass, a first aid kit a baseball hat, a fishing kit with tackle, a collapsible rifle with ammo, soap, food, and an emergency transmitter. Brian was cooking himself a beef dinner when he got a response to the emergency signal the transmitter sent out. A man had flown his plane down and landed it onto the lake. Brian was stupefied. The man couldn’t believe that Brian was still alive. All of the search parties had given up looking a month ago. Brian was going home.I have decided that if Brian didn’t have a strong mind he would not have lived. I truly believe that mind over matter is true to an extent. I thought this was a great novel and I would recommend this novel to anyone who has not read it. Gary Paulson has created a masterpiece, great work. I really enjoyed the novel. Remember the name Hatchet, by Gary Paulson. ...
