……from the air, the jungle
looks like a sea of broccoli and a novice might
be forgiven for thinking that
the underneath is impenetrable.
It is
not
!
"...Under the treetop canopy,
nature jostles to find a space to catch the
sun’s rays, producing a litany
of sounds and a library of sights.
Myriads of insects help propagate
new growth as well as slowly
working to eradicate the old.
Damp soil and a mulch of fallen
leaves cushion noise but
retain tracks for those who know
how to read them.
Birds and animals are heard rather
than seen.
Navigation is a skill that
anyone can learn ; map, compass
and a retentive
memory, along with a cool head,
are the main requisites.
The direction of
stream flow, a rise of fall in contours, are normally the
only aids in
featureless terrains. But the depth of a stream, the thickness of
the bush, the flight of the birds,
the age of a track and many other signs
are always there to be read like
a book by the initiated and turned
into
advantage when, to others with
senses deadened and mind dulled by a
depressing and endless similarity,
the Jungle imposes
itself as an environment which
cannot be mastered. "
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S U R
V I V A L
"
is doing what you have to do at where you are with what you have around
you! "
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S U R V I V A L
is an
excellent weight loss programme!
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