The Great Escape: 20 People Leaving the Matrix

I think it is fair to say, that as 2012 approaches, more and more radical interpretations, and reactions, will become known to us. Hopefully nothing as extreme as Heaven's Gate.

This group of 20 or so Belgians mention 2012 a fair bit, but say they feel the world is doomed, with or without the end of the Mayan Calendar.

The 2012 folks on the net might be more dangerous than what will actually happen to you some 4 years from now... These prophecy folks are after two things, your mind or your money.

They have decided to leave the Matrix, and invite others to join them:

Requirements are:
- age between 20 and 40, preferably couples
- no kids or pets
- good mental and physical health
- intelligent and specific useful knowledge (see previous posts)
- fluently French or Spannish and English (the more languages the better)
- be ready to leave home, car, work, money, family and friends in the next 1 or 2 years
- no turning back option (we are there without any communication to the outside world and no money or any 'material luxury')
- cost: nothing, just courage and a conscious decision

They have put some thought into the best survival spots, and I generally agree with their thinking, except they forgot to mention Australia:

We have 4 spots so far. 2 of them are going to be screened this year for sustainability.
The spots:
• Peru
• South-Africa
• Tanzania
• Turkey

Each spot has its own advantages and disadvantages. Important selection criteria for the spots are:
• Distance from nuclear power plants (min 1000 km)
• Height of above the current sea level. (Min 2km)
• Proximity of (renewable) a water supply
• Distance from matrix folks (min 50km)
• Availability of direct food
• Availability of wood (unlimited would be nice)
• Availability of other resources needed for construction of other buildings (sandstone, grind, ...)
• Risk of matrix folks going crazy (a.k.a. political stability in the region = absence of politics in the region) (max 1%)
• Local climate & proximity to the equator (as close as possible)
• Distance from tectonic borders (min 500km)
• Distance from volcanoes (min 300-500km)
• Number of mountain rigs an eventual tidal wave of 2km height will have to breach before it gets to our colony

Interestingly they use the 2km height promoted by legendary 2012er Patrick Geryl, another Belgian.

Read their blog at The Great Escape. Good luck to them, I hope they actually do it.