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Excerpt from Camp and Trail
Must take, the dip of strata, the growth of trees. So if the tenderfoot forgets whether he turns to right or left at a certain half remembered burnt stub, he is lost. But if at the same point the woodsman''s memory fails him, he turns unhesitatingly to the left, because he knows by all the logic of nature''s signboards that the way must be to the left. A good mountaineer follows the half-oblit crated trails as much by his knowledge of where a trail must go, as by the sparse indi cations that men have passed that way. I have traveled all day in the Sierras over apparently Virgin country. Yet every few hours we would come on the traces of an old trail. We were running in and out of it all day; and at night we camped by it. That is, as I have said, elementary. It has to do with a country over which your woodsman has already traveled, or about which he knows something. In the last analysis, however, it means something more. The sense of direction will take a man.
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Must take, the dip of strata, the growth of trees. So if the tenderfoot forgets whether he turns to right or left at a certain half remembered burnt stub, he is lost. But if at the same point the woodsman''s memory fails him, he turns unhesitatingly to the left, because he knows by all the logic of nature''s signboards that the way must be to the left. A good mountaineer follows the half-oblit crated trails as much by his knowledge of where a trail must go, as by the sparse indi cations that men have passed that way. I have traveled all day in the Sierras over apparently Virgin country. Yet every few hours we would come on the traces of an old trail. We were running in and out of it all day; and at night we camped by it. That is, as I have said, elementary. It has to do with a country over which your woodsman has already traveled, or about which he knows something. In the last analysis, however, it means something more. The sense of direction will take a man.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Stewart Edward White
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780266235385
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Page Count - 270
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Author
Stewart Edward White
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ISBN - 9781331952305
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Page Count - 272
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