A WALK IN THE WOODS

TO FEEL "JUMPY " : WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

• YOU FEEL HILARIOUS

• IN A STATE OF PHYSICAL OR NERVOUS TENSION

• IN A STATE OF LONELINESS

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WHAT IS A "RIDGE" ?

• A BODY OF WATER PARTIALLY ENCLOSED BY LAND WITH ACCESS TO THE SEA.

• A WELL-DEFINED ELEVATION SMALLER THAN A MOUNTAIN.

• A FLAT AREA OF HEIGHTS.

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THE AMERICAN WOODS HAVE BEEN UNNERVING PEOPLE FOR 300 YEARS.

• MAKING PEOPLE FEEL WORRIED.

• MAKING PEOPLE FEEL CALM.

• MAKING PEOPLE FEEL EXCITED.

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YOU WALK AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND BUMP INTO FELLOW HIKERS.

• SHARE SOME FOOD WITH

• HAVE AN ARGUMENT WITH

• MEET BY CHANCE

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UP THERE IN THE MOUNTAINS, OUR BODY GROWS CHILLY. WHAT´S THE MEANING?

• GETTING TENSE, ALMOST TO THE POINT OF FAINTING.

• GETTING COLD, ALMOST TO THE POINT OF SHIVERING.

• GETTING EXCITED, ALMOST TO THE POINT OF SHOUTING.

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WE TRUDGED THROUGH NARROW PATHS IN THE SILENT WORLD OF THE WOOD.

• RAN WITH EXCITEMENT.

• WALKED WITH DIFFICULTY.

• JUMPED WITH HAPPINESS.

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THE WORD "HIKER" REFERS TO SOMEONE WHO....

• SELLS THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT TO GO CLIMBING.

• ASKS FOR FREE RIDES ALONG A ROAD.

• GOES FOR EXTENDED WALKS FOR PLEASURE.

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WOODS CHOKE OFF VIEWS, AND LEAVE YOU "WITHOUT BEARINGS". HOW DO YOU FEEL?

• LOST AND CONFUSED

• NEGLECTED AND SAD

• ENTHUSIASTIC AND HOPEFUL

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THERE IS SOMETHING SINISTER ABOUT WOODS THAT MAKES YOU SENSE AN ATMOSPHERE OF "DOOM". IS IT AN ATMOSPHERE OF......

• WARMTH?

• TRANQUILITY?

• TERRIBLE FATE?

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ONCE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WOODS, YOU FEEL THAT YOU´RE BEING WATCHED. IT IS "PREPOSTEROUS" TO FEEL LIKE THAT BUT YOU CAN´T AVOID IT.

• UNREASONABLE

• UNEXPECTED

• UNFAIR

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