BRAVO..........

Once again I would like to thank you for the time you spend with us.
Frank

This one can now be rated as a classic.

Ernest!
Your The MAN!!!

wow!

Outstanding! For a moment I was there, beside you as the lions came in.

JudgeG

My words could not do this story justice. Fantastic!!!!!!!

Twice today, I had a querry about this thread. One, an AR guy was asking about the hunt area for a contemplated safari and I was also asked by another retired judge if I had ever been scared in Africa.

I sent a copy of this thread by e-mail to her and thought that some of the folks, new to the forum and contemplating a safari, might enjoy reading why we pay hard-earned money to go... so... btt.

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I was also asked by another retired judge if I had ever been scared in Africa.

God I hope so

I was sitting here absolutely miserable because I have to wait a year to go back, and then I found this.

Thanks for taking me back, if even for a few minutes. A great story, beautifully written.

Judge G

Good to see you're back to making some posts again. Hope you're doing well. Will you be going back to the Selous this year?

Bull1

This year, I took my daughters on a wonderful trip, first doing the tourist thing in Dubai, then hunting in South Africa and finally visiting Victoria Falls, river rafting, walking with the lions, eating too well, etc. We stayed at the posh Victoria Falls Hotel.... only to have heart problems when I came back... but I'm about well and went back to work today!

I don't know when I'll be back in the Selous with a zillion dollars in medical bills pending... but I'll get there. Africa is too much of my life to not go again.

I was in Pierres camp soon after Judge G's safari that year. Having read his report on AR I printed it off and took it with me.

At a sundowner the first night I pulled out the copy and asked Pierre's wife to read it. When she finished there was a long silence then Pierr'e, while staring into the fire, quietly said "and thats the way it was".

WOW, incredible. Now I know I will go to the Selous sooner than later.

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Originally posted by JudgeG:
only to have heart problems when I came back... but I'm about well and went back to work today!

Your heart knew where it belongs, it must have been expressing it's sadness at leaving.

I had the privledge to chase buffalo there also... As it says I've been to the mountaintop... Chased buf up and across and down the otherside... Pierre told me, " Mike this is where Judge and I stood back to back and faced the lions..."

Mike

The opening post is an experience
to dream of.....

True - tho it would count as a nightmare in my book - cojones stuff