Today was an interesting day……
luckily we got to sleep in until 6:30 which was a treat, but I ended up waking up at 5am and couldn’t go back to sleep , so I decided to take a run around the campus.When I got back I took a quick shower and headed to breakfast where I ate 3 pieces of toast and a bowl of special k with loads of sugar in it to give me a little kick start. Mark( the head guide of Bushwise) was at our campus today to give us a lecture on rifle use. It was very detailed and we literally have to know every single thing about a rifle from primer ignition, powder burning and barrel time to the parts of a gun and bullet including the extractor groove, flash hole, rim, claw, magazine spring and so on. We even have to learn the ballistic coefficient and sectional density as well as the bullets flight path and gravity rate and trajectory. It was enough to make me crazy but luckily we weren’t being tested on it for this Saturday’s exam (thanks to Mark). After our gun talk, we headed off to lunch and came back to the class to do our presentations on what to do when confronted on foot with dangerous animals. My group presented on the lion. Later we were shown a very detailed video on how to track and hunt down an elephant. I was definitely turned off by the sight of a beautiful gentle creature getting a bullet to the brain and collapsing, but I guess that’s part of our training and understanding from all the aspects of field guiding and keeping our guests safe. Well gotta go! early morning game drive!!
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soooooooo how long have you been out there now?
I read your thing about elephants yesterday…SWEET! haha I would have probably freaked out and gotten trampled on haha keep the posts coming!
Dani! Your blogs are great. I was laughing so much reading them. Youre hilarious. They are great though. Its nice to get to read all about the things youre doing and thinking of you having to get up at 6 every morning is nuts, but im proud! haha I bet Africa is AMAZING. Well dont get eaten or stomped on by elephants. I hope your time there continues to be as great as it sounds. Take care.
Sarah