if he returns to his Cub to find it stripped to a skeleton. He can then go home safely, knowing that he had done his best against insurmountable odds.
I have bought two bikes in London in the space of four months
The first vanished from the rail it was attached to outside a Underground station
I returned to find the new replacement one attached to the rail minus its wheels 2 weeks later
I am really surprised there is anything left of his Cub In Africa