Mountain Survival

The Choose Your Own Adventure series offered an option every few pages to choose how the story would continue. According to your preference, you would follow its instructions by turning to the appropriate page of the book as indicated by your choice. This was a popular and revolutionary idea when the series was first launched in the early 1980s, driving it to incredible sales levels for many years until it was overshadowed by variants on the idea that took the concept to more elaborate lengths (e.g. Fighting Fantasy) and especially by other interactive media.

The plot: you've survived a plane crash on a mountain, now you have to survive. That's just about it.

Observations: this reminds me of Survival at Sea (#16), and it has the same show more problems. Its quality depends a lot on the choices offered, and unfortunately nearly all of them are "Do you go this way, or that way?". There's not much to learn here about how to actually survive in this scenario, or much opportunity to use whatever you do happen to know about it. Only once are you confronted with a knowledge-helps-you choice: run from the bear, or not? Fortunately the smart choice is the right one. show less