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====== Safety in the Bush - Lost or Overdue ====== | ====== Safety in the Bush - Lost or Overdue ====== | ||
+ | By Jim Brown | ||
- | By Jim Brown. | + | Do you want to get lost or overdue? Its a push-over. Here's how. |
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- | 1 ,,,. Don'it loolrat a ,map before ynOu go_ put .., let qoaric one else ao i '... ton,r.E. take map.-or compass with 7O.:LI. - go -lightweight | + | |
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- | 3,, Take theam but don+t trouble to lOolc at tiqou :until -you' | + | |
- | 4.7 Take ,them, and lo ok. at them, ". and pretend you can 115r; them if | + | |
- | you -can i t ). ,., , .. . , .. 5. 'Rely on finding the minor trabks showri orplyour map - even if | + | |
- | was published last ,century. | + | |
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- | 6.. r_ Rely on yolr memory -..-,sorp eon.,e else Led yyti," | + | |
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- | 9,',- ' ,:lorig 1-16:r triiys-neVer tart before -1Q a m. -. | + | |
+ | 1 Don't look at a map before you go out .. let someone else do it. | ||
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+ | 2.Don' | ||
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+ | 3 Take them but don't trouble to look at then until you're sure you are astray. OR | ||
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+ | 4.Take them and look. at them and pretend you can use them if you can't. | ||
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+ | 5.Rely on finding the minor tracks shown on your map - even if was published last century. | ||
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+ | 6.Rely on your memory - someone else led you there before. | ||
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+ | 7.Always reckon on 30 miles per day - 25 if it is very rugged. | ||
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+ | 8. Don't tell anyone where you are going. If you do, tell a non-walker and tell them verbally. It means nothing to them. | ||
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+ | 9.On long hard trips never start before 10am. | ||
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+ | 10. Don't trouble about getting back. There may be a train or bus. | ||
- | And ,e5f course, the extra. s:peoial,...vxa7. of getting into strife | + | And, of course, the extra. |
- | is S-eparatin-g. You recall the little boy whdo considered it was all | + | But being members |
- | right to find. a grub in applen but thciughit. a poor show find | + | |
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- | tAe, bits;of ,a lost , gr ol.:p is | + | |
- | Murder.. lese,L pleae,_ le a r.41 keep t 'at pa. ty. toge_thr r ?7, pj..r< | + | |
- | ularly in tough country, ibre" pIrtibuia if the IT inc lud, | + | |
- | eed or cw ea k' | + | |
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- | But being me7,99Rs. Qr/. SRY, 7Pu..70.onl | + | |
- | no prizes, | + | |
- | save the- "sat ;LS ac maps, | + | |
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- | 1. You have a nilibaT mar, Liveri5dc31 a:rea, one inch to one mile: | + | |
- | r f,Q110-vvi p.g ri dge , sbown Qn your map (when oriented) in a straighF, line from tile-right han d. side ' | + | |
- | country is scrubby and visibility poor, and there kire quite a number | + | |
- | Now :z9,3.7.r compass bea rinf, will e 51-ctLes..4- 1210" | + | |
- | cm4 - :501 dee. 61i 2e1-deg ? | + | |
- | 2,- We said the dge wals strait. ourIgive to (41.ow it. for | + | |
- | exactly the 111:4th of ithrire SquareA ;" al:ong. | + | |
- | a spur; ': | + | |
- | akrg almo m p h .o ou l5O-Lki1d ,look : out for the ridge | + | |
- | ,70 t, , | + | |
- | Too bad, but gonle- b. xf-g. went Wrong, so you arrived tybu | + | |
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- | destination a day overdue.,. Naturally you go immediately to the place marked P* on the map, because that is: Pub: Police Static: Pound: Post Office: Penitentiary., | + | |
- | Didyou say Police Station to No03 above? If so, you were | + | |
- | wrong. Of coure, it may not be a bad notion to look in on the constabulary in case some well meaning relative has already set the | + | |
- | alarums ringing. But it rs most important to save those relatives from distress by goi g first to the post office and wiring them. (This has not always been done by overdue walkers - be warnedi) It might not be a bad plot to wire Paddy too - just in case he 's | + | |
- | organising search parties. After all, your folk may be so relieved to know you're safe, they' | + | |
- | By the way, your people know they must panic only by numbers, I hope? It must be 4 properly organised panic, with a delayed action fuse so that they don't blow up until you' | + | 1. You have a military map, Liverpool area, one inch to one mile: |
+ | You' | ||
- | About our mapping quiz, now did I hear you say that you don't need to know that rubbish to get by? No you don't - if you're always led, and always stick by that leader, , may come, a day When you feel the urge to do something really BIG or NEW - to break unfamiliar ground (to you, anyway) - and then there' | + | 2.We said the ridge was straight. You have to follow it for exactly the width of three grid squares, the turn south along a spur. |
+ | The time is now 10.25 am and you reckon you are walking at 3 miles per hour. You should look out for the ridge south at 10.50, 10.40 or 11.5, 11.40, 11.30. | ||
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+ | 3.Too bad, but something went wrong, so you arrived at your destination a day overdue. Naturally you go straight to the place marked P on the map because that is a Pub, Police Station, Pound, Post Office, Penitentiary? | ||
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+ | 4. Did you say Police Station to No 3 above? If so, you were wrong. Of course, it may not be a bad notion to look in on the constabulary in case some well meaning relative has already set the alarms ringing. But it is most important to save those relatives from distress by going first to the post office and wiring them. (This has not always been done by overdue walkers - be warned) It might not be a bad plot to wire Paddy too - just in case he's organising search parties. After all, your folk may be so relieved to know you're safe, they' | ||
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+ | By the way, your people know they must panic only by numbers, I hope? It must be a properly organised panic, with a delayed action fuse so that they don't blow up until you're 24 hours overdue. Of course, , if they manufacture McQuackenshawrs Krisp Krunchy Dog Biscuits, or Simone Adele' | ||
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+ | About our mapping quiz, now did I hear you say that you don't need to know that rubbish to get by? No you don't - if you're always led, and always stick by that leader. There may come a day When you feel the urge to do something really BIG or NEW - to break unfamiliar ground (to you anyway) - and then there' | ||
By the way, Club membership is about 280. The S&R panel of volunteers that go look for the delayed and battered numbers barely 20 from this Club. Was it of this Churchill said "Never have so many left so much to so few?" Well, was it? | By the way, Club membership is about 280. The S&R panel of volunteers that go look for the delayed and battered numbers barely 20 from this Club. Was it of this Churchill said "Never have so many left so much to so few?" Well, was it? | ||
Something about Casualties next month. | Something about Casualties next month. | ||
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====== Geology for the Bushwalker ====== | ====== Geology for the Bushwalker ====== |
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