I'm all for the path of least resistance.
All survival situations revolve around a host of variables...Always adapt, think positive, and move forward.
So I'm pampering myself to a homemade stone pumice session, to sand down my feet because I'm worth it.
We can't move quickly. You move quick out here and you die quick.
Where there is water, there are people.
The vast majority of the population seems to look down their noses upon self-reliance as some quaint dusty relic, entertained only by the hyperparanoid or those hopelessly incapable of fitting into mainstream society.