Roger Bailey wrote: > I recommend the old Air Force Survival Manual (AFM 64-5). > ...
Art Carlson wrote: > ... And if the shadow is oriented straight up and down, >then the moon is in the south. You don't need to know >much more than that to find the nearest road.(*) As a biologist, I'd like to mention that plants, especially trees and woody shrubs, record in their growth patterns, a record of many ambient factors, including "integrated" light direction, prevailing wind, etc.. Some of this information can even be read in from growth rings of long- dead trees. If you are lost in the eastern U.S. woods, try to find an American Beech (Fagus grandifolia.) This widely distributed tree is easily identified even by laymen, winter or summer, by its unique, SMOOTH, silver-grey bark. Examine the bole of the tree, and place your back against that side of the trunk that has the greatest concentration of carved initials, hearts with arrows, and other such grafitti. Walk straight ahead, and within 50 yards or less, you will encounter a public road.(*) Bill Maddux
