Out of Captivity : Surviving 1,967 Days in the Colombian Jungle

Choices and Challenges29didn’t think it was possible but it seemed as if it was even darker thanbefore. All of us were stumbling and falling. We were getting our firstlesson in jungle threats. The jungle was filled with things that couldbite, sting, and otherwise pierce our flesh. Every time we staggered andput a hand out to steady ourselves, we grabbed hold of a vine, tree, orbush that was armored with spines.We were in enemy territory in every sense of the word.