Sunday, April 5, 2009
Some thoughts on my navigation trial on thursday and friday...
Navigation was fun, but not about falling on wet mud on steep slopes.
Thursday Navigation
This thought appeared in my mind when I fell, "Just give up, this slope is too steep for you to climb and navigate to your next checkpoint." Just when I was about to give up, my platoon mate, William [aka Chun Ming] appeared to assist me in climbing that steep part of the hill by giving me the first push.
I'll never forget the feeling of helplessness after I fell. And that will also be one lesson for me how important friendship is.
Never underestimate the power of friendship =)
Night navigation was better, although I fell another time because this time I was all alone in the jungle and it was pitch black all the way. I knocked into a thick tree trunk while bashing through a couple of thick bushes along the way... and fell again... but this time I picked myself up and continued on with navigation. Eventually out of the 2 checkpoints I was supposed to reach, I missed one by a checkpoint distance [which is relatively short] and hit the other one.
Friday navigation was more of climbing hills, but it was raining heavily so the navigation trip with my section ended halfway and we had to return to company line... but nevertheless these 2 days have really been very fruitful, although it was extremely tiring. =)
CZ
the genius killed @ 11:34 AM
