16
Things to Remember:
1.
YOU ARE NOT LOST
(camp is lost)
2. YOU LEFT WORD WHERE YOU WERE GOING
(well,
didn't you?)
3. FIRE THREE QUICK SHOTS
(you will probably hit someone in
camp)
4. START A FIRE
(with wet matches you forgot to bring)
5. HEAD
SOUTH
(Florida is closer than Alaska)
6. CHECK MOSS ON TREES
(heavier
on northside - or is it south?)
7. DON'T EAT ALL YOUR FOOD TODAY
(if you
thought to bring any)
8. DON'T CROSS ON ICE
(an olive in a martini you
ain't)
9. DON'T WAIT ON RAILROAD TRACKS
(last train was January, 1972)
10. DON'T SCREAM
(Panthers, Mountain Lions and Bobcats hate competition)
11. WALK, DON'T RUN
(a search party will be too tired to chase you)
12.
FOLLOW FRESH TRACKS
(they will probably be your own)
13. DON'T FOLLOW SUN
ALL DAY
(it moves)
14. IF YOU HEAR A NOISE, DON'T SHOOT
(search parties
are easily discouraged)
15. FOLLOW RUNNING WATER SOWN STREAM
(the other
end gets awfully small)
16. BUT - ABOVE ALL - DON'T PANIC
(we may have
to hog tie you to bring you back to camp)