Liz, that’s fantastic to hear!
“Society of the Snow” is undoubtedly an intense journey.
Not an easy one to take, but it does bring some rewards.
Hopefully, you’ll manage to go back to it, and see where it takes you.
Feel free to share your thoughts after you finish watching it!

Heather, thank you for your kind words! 💙
It’s true that the strength often emerges in the face of unimaginable challenges.
Personally, I cannot imagine what state of mind I would be in if such a situation happened to me, and how I would deal with all of that.
I wish nobody ever has to find out.

Thanks for sharing your insights, Alexa!
I can totally relate to how you must have felt in that moment. A few years ago, I felt lost on one off-trail hike in Norwegian mountains, and I was alone!
That feeling of panic taking over is truly disarming. Luckily, in my case it was during the day, so I thought I’d find my way out with some basic orientation, which I managed in the end. But that uncertainty in space where no human foot seemed to step before, where grass was half-soaked in water, and a wrong step could potentially twist an ankle, or make you fall down the cliff… It’s really not an adventure one would hope for.
I agree, some water and food should always be in the backpack. Now I even tend to bring some of those provisions back home, just because I never seem to know if I have rationed enough, and if something unexpected would happen in the last phase of the hike. Exploring nature is not always predictable, and seemingly small adventures can take unexpected turns.
Thanks for pointing out that preparation is key, no matter the scale of the adventure!
Stay safe.

Thank you so much, Hiral!
I’m glad to hear that you found the article engaging and that it complements your interest in the movie.
Go ahead with it, I think you won’t regret it! And feel free to share your thoughts after watching!

Absolutely, Apryl!
“Society of the Snow” is thought-provoking. It raises a ton of questions, and the diet they were forced to accept is certainly one of the most controversial aspects of their survival.
It’s beyond our imagination. We’re never faced with a dilemma between nibbling a half-eaten leg or gnawing on human ribs. Nobody thinks about these extreme situations, because nobody wants to end up in them. And luckily, these are not challenges many people will ever have to go through.
I was actually surprised about church’s reaction on this matter, as traditional institutions can be quite rigid, even when their views confront common sense.
The fact that ethical struggles with the idea of cannibalism were stopping some of them from saving themselves (moral norms are ingrained in us like hardly flexible categories), and in the end, the church said it was okay to do it in the circumstances, shows to tell that even our ethical teaching system has flaws. What do we actually learn and how? We’re often rigidly shaped by “supposed” norms, ideas and beliefs.
“Society of the Snow” shows that it is those who are capable of rejecting social burdens when society abandons you anyway, are those – who survive. And, what I loved the most is that, while surviving with hard choices they made, they remained utterly – human.

Hey, Michelle!
Indeed, our daily comforts and challenges faced by the Society of the Snow survivors are in a stark contrast.
We often take our everyday luxuries for granted, don’t we?
And with temperature not even being the worst foe of the Society of the Snow, their struggle is truly unimaginable.
We can all watch “Survivor”-type TV games as quite popular chillout content, but true survival in remote wilderness is something else, one that’s hard to watch, and even harder to go through.