Wise Experienced Hikers Walk With Survival Skills Tested Poem by Terence George Craddock
Wise Experienced Hikers Walk With Survival Skills Tested
we have all read stories of rivers
we who took to risk wilderness mountains
we who crossed creeks rivers not with bridges
not even swing bridges still dry but in rivers
where would we camp near a nice calm creek
near the creek with plenty of dry wood about
no in heavy rain flash floor creek will sudden
night rise in slept middle of night in chaos dark
this dry wood in line bands is flash flood levels
we shall safe camp above this dry wood walk
down to get fresh water to boil billy to brew
we shall cross creeks by stepping in current flow
no silly slow hopping rock to rock to keep dry
boots socks risking twisted risking broken ankles
we wear kept in plastic bag dry socks to sleep at night
if it heavy rains pack gets drenched our socks stay dry
if fine at night night fire will fully partly dry hung socks
if not putting back on wet socks wet boots is winter luck
small rivers we cross slowly steady arms linked in chain
with sturdy steps feeling between rocks creeks rivers cross
small rivers waist deep in linked arm chain can safely cross
small rivers with sturdy long branch pole held we can cross
should feet be washed out in current beneath in crossing
immediately fall back full body length on top of pack
pushing down hard on straps attached to bottom of pack
because if not done immediately water pushes up pack
pushes pack up over head forcing head down to drown
so as pack starts to float push down hard on straps to live
so quick hard down then ride float on pack kicking with feet
kick hard kick hard back to bank as water force you are swift
washed down stream a few hundred yards half a mile more
matters not once safe back at bank pull yourself out where can
panic not in flood waters muddy boiling death raging flood waters
keep your head keep fighting rising keep head above flood waters
you can try swimming across mountain flood raging river
your strongest swimmer stripped down rope attached can try
your strongest swimmer can try swim flood surge boiling waters
not direct line across but angle sharp sharp 5 10 degrees straight
into torrent flow because force force so strong violent will still sweep
swimmer far down far down river in life fight for each rage water breath
if swimmer strength fails never never pull relentless hard on swimmer rope
head forced under drowns swimmer current pendulums rope back to bank
pulling hard relentless on swimmer rope means swimmer
relentless continuous pulled cannot lift head to breath breathe
not able to breathe lift head to breathe means death death drowned
hiking party stands on a point spot on bank rope swimmer fed out
as soon as rope is stretched slack taken river force current forces
swimmer back to party bank downstream at exact rope feed out length
a word for the wise a word for life wise you poor green stupid fools
wise hikers wise experienced hardened hikers do not cross flood
raging boiling rage angry mountain creeks rivers in full storm flood
wise hikers wise experienced hikers will wait days for flood waters
to recede to recede to slow slow slow days slow go down wait wait
wise hikers carry days extra food a book cards play out slow wait
Written in September 2020 on the 19&27.9.2020.
Inspired by the river stanza in the poem 'You Were A Minute Late.......Until Of Leaves' by the poet Soran M. H and dedicated to the poet Soran M. H.
Complete version of the split images 'In Slept Middle Of Night In Chaos Dark', 'Safe Camp Above Flash Flood Levels', 'Putting On Wet Socks Wet Boots Is Winter Luck', 'Death Flood Waters Pushes Pack Up Over Doomed Head', 'Panic Not In Flood Waters Muddy Death Raging', 'Swimming Flood Raging River Ford Attempt', 'Swimming Surviving Failed Flood River Ford Attempt Technique' and 'Impassable Called Impassable For A Reason' by the poet Terence George Craddock.
It is not only the scouts who benefit from the poet’s experiences with nature, but these instructions enrich us from reading books about hiking on foot in rugged places, mountains and places with lots of water, especially when the water becomes angry and turns into sweeping rivers
The poet was able to successfully write the problems that face travelers in the wilderness during the rains and floods, and he shed light on very subtle matters on this topic. 5/5 stars..well penned poem with kind regards
a word for the wise a word for life wise you poor green stupid fools wise hikers wise experienced hardened hikers do not cross flood raging boiling rage angry mountain creeks rivers in full storm flood wise hikers wise experienced hikers will wait days for flood waters to recede to recede to slow slow slow days slow go down wait wait wise hikers carry days extra food a book cards play out slow wait
small rivers we cross slowly steady arms linked in chain with sturdy steps feeling between rocks creeks rivers cross small rivers waist deep in linked arm chain can safely cross small rivers with sturdy long branch pole held we can cross
we wear kept in plastic bag dry socks to sleep at night if it heavy rains pack gets drenched our socks stay dry
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you can try swimming across mountain flood raging river your strongest swimmer stripped down rope attached can try