0 behaviour based on the characteristics or feelings that warn people or animals to protect themselves from difficulties or dangers -- supervivencia
1 the natural inclination towards the protection of oneself from harm, danger etc -- autopreservación, propia conservación
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Podemos completarlo paso a paso, por muy largo que sea el camino, y no se puede completar, por corto que sea el camino, si ni siquiera marcas tu huella.