Book 12. (1 results) Beasts of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 25 | 107 | On the other View more quotes about hand">hand an experienced trekker usually has a good idea of his whereabouts. |
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Book 12. (7 results) Beasts of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 25 | 104 | Indeed, even in the darkness, the total darkness of an overcast sky in the arctic night, when the winds do not blow, he may often find his way simply by feeling with his mittened hands the alignment of ice crystals on slopes and blocks, which are a residue of the earlier passage of such winds. |
| 25 | 105 | This is not to say that red hunters cannot become lost. |
| 25 | 106 | They can. |
| 25 | 107 | On the other hand an experienced trekker usually has a good idea of his whereabouts. |
| 25 | 108 | The lay of the land, the winds, the stars, help him with directions, as well as, of course, his own keenly developed sense of orientation, probably selected for in the harsh environment. |
| 25 | 109 | Distance he tends to measure in terms of sleeps. |
| 25 | 110 | Interestingly, in his descriptions and rude maps of terrain, scratched in the snow, he shows little awareness of or interest in land masses or shapes. |
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Indeed, even in the darkness, the total darkness of an overcast sky in the arctic night, when the winds do not blow, he may often find his way simply by feeling with his mittened hands the alignment of ice crystals on slopes and blocks, which are a residue of the earlier passage of such winds.
This is not to say that red hunters cannot become lost.
They can.
On the other hand an experienced trekker usually has a good idea of his whereabouts.
The lay of the land, the winds, the stars, help him with directions, as well as, of course, his own keenly developed sense of orientation, probably selected for in the harsh environment.
Distance he tends to measure in terms of sleeps.
Interestingly, in his descriptions and rude maps of terrain, scratched in the snow, he shows little awareness of or interest in land masses or shapes.
- (Beasts of Gor)