>Can we pick one scent out from them that appears to be stronger than the others?
>Visual inspection of the area.
>Estimated time elapsed and travel distance from first trail marker.
>Probably don't need to tie another cord.>Still, cut a couple notches in a tree with a kunai, then continue to follow the first trail.
>Well, figs.>Can we still backtrack from this point, pick up the first trail?
>Does there appear to be anything of interest, anything out of the ordinary, where we are now?
>Right, then.>Backtrack, back to where we first picked up this trail.>But keep an ear open for spiders, just in case.
>Determine direction of sound, turn and look.
>Continue walking up the slope, slowly, but keep a sharp ear on that noise.
>Hold our position here, track its movement.>Prepare pitchfork if it starts moving directly towards us.
>Move at least partially behind a tree, for some cover, then keep watching it.>Do the limbs we've seen appear to be larger than the limbs of the big spiders we fought before?
>Stay still, senses sharp. What stopped ya, you big sucker....
>Are there any stones on the ground within reach?>If so, grab one and throw it along the path we were taking before seeing legs over there.
>Back towards the place we decided to turn around, the place where we lost the trail.