"The book really spoke to me, and echoes themes I wrote about in In the Zone...nice work, Mr Gonzales. I think Deep Survival can be considered the standard text for the subject."

--Peter Potterfield, author of
In the Zone


"...riveting accounts of avalanches, mountain accidents, sailors lost at sea and the man-made hell of
9/11..."

-- Stephen Bodio,
Sports Illustrated


"Laurence Gonzales takes us on a fascinating, fast paced, and exciting adventure into survival. His captivating stories, many from personal experiences, will keep you turning the pages, stopping only to imagine how you, and your brain, would react when faced with a survival experience."

-- Joseph LeDoux, author of
The Emotional Brain and
Synaptic Self
Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science at New York University


"Deep Survival provides a new lens for looking at survival, risk taking, and life itself. Through personal stories, classic case studies, scientific research, and some great humor, Gonzales takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride that ends with rules of survival we can all stand to learn. Equally important, he answers the question: what is the value of taking risks. I love this book."

--Jed Williamson, editor
Accidents in North American Mountaineering

"Remarkable, unique, and compulsively readable."

-- David Roberts, Author of
The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mount Everest and Escape from Lucania: An Epic Story of Survival

"A feast of excitement and wonder. Makes complexity and chaos come alive, girdled by neurological processes, drenched with fantastic accounts of danger and death. You will see the world differently."

-- Charles Perrow,
author of Normal Accidents
Yale University Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, and Research Scholar, Center for Comparative Research


"This book will help you should you ever find yourself pinned under a rock in a roaring white water river. But it will help you even more if you ever find yourself wondering why your brain works the way it does under the stress of everyday life.
A fascinating look into why we are who we are."

-- Bill McKibben, author of
The End Of Nature and Enough


"Deep Survival is by far the best book on the many insights into epic survival stories I have ever read."

-- Daryl Miller,
Chief of Mountaineering,
Denali National Park & Preserve


"Professional rescuers will love this book. It goes to the heart of the instincts that drive us to risk our own lives to save others. Gonzales tells us what we subconsciously know - anything is possible."

-- Jacki Golike, Executive Director
National Association for Search and Rescue