Getting up close to gorillas in Uganda

As insane as it sounds, the Ugandan wildlife ranger again calmly whispers: “If a gorilla charges at you, stand your ground.” Apparently when a 450-pound potentially limb-tearing beast sprints at you in the jungle, it’s usually a “bluff” attack. A primate prank. Run and all bets are off.
We have just hiked through a high-altitude cloud-shrouded rainforest, a rugged 90-minute climb that requires our machete-flourishing guides to bushwhack our final way while we stumbl