>Being safe can lead to new perceptions. For example, I used to tramp
>and stumble through the woods at night with a flashlight until one
>night Rich Peet headed out with me sans lighting gear. He suggested
>trying it "au natural" learning to use my night vision and auditory
>navigation. He was right. I feel I'm safer with my new skills. When
>my son became scared in the woods one black night, Rich put it this
>way, "The only two things you need to worry about in the woods are
>bad footing and humans in bad moods." Rob D.
A few weeks ago I was headed out to Cathedral Grove in Muir Woods to
set up my dawn recording. There was a bright moon, and I enjoyed
walking in the dappled moonlight without my light.
Then I walked right off the boardwalk, tripping over the 4 x 4 curb!
Fortunately I crashed into a sapling that I hung on to and didn't go
sprawling in the duff.
-Dan Dugan
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