How would you cross the river?

Here's a question from one of my BUS 195 assignments. Thought it was quite fun! Can you think of other ways to cross the river?

You are alone and are out hiking one day in a forest. Suddenly, you come to a wide river of molasses (what are molasses?) with a very slow, but strong current. Somehow, you must cross the river, but there is no bridge. Please describe the situation as you perceive it including assumptions and constraints.

Assumptions:

• The weather is sunny with no wind
• It is early afternoon
• The forest is quite dense but there is a small clearing where I am standing
• Natural materials available are branches, vines and fallen leaves
• There are a few birds flying overhead but no other wildlife visible (I wouldn't be hiking alone if there were any!)

According to the situation above, create as many possible solutions as you can to cross the river which are based on your constraints and perception of the situation.

Possible Solutions:

• Get some branches and use vines to tie the branches together to make a raft.
• Swim across (and pray there are no crocodiles hiding)
• Find several long vines, tie them to a sturdy tree branch and swing over to the other side like Tarzan! oooooooo eeeeeeeeeeee oooooooo eeeeeee ooooooooooo!!
• Make a pair of floating "shoes" (hollow semicircular objects like the ones Da Vinci used in Ever After) to "walk" across the river

And my favorite one..... *drum roll*

Find a HUGE bird, grab on to its legs and hope that it flies over the river!

Now how would YOU cross the river?

理想

我欲乘风而去 腾云而返；

我愿怡然待世 静心待人；

我想无欲无求 不嫉不怒；

我渴情浓若血 谊深似亲；

我要看轻物质 看重友谊；

我求有福同享 有难自当；

我会遇事皆忍 逢惑皆耐；

我望有话直说 但顾及别人；

我图真诚关心 开怀宽容；

我的理想。

P.S: Yeow Yeow, this is my answer to your question. :P