Exploration is a dirty game.
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Through a strange kind of geographic arrogance, Europeans like to think that the world was a silent, dark, unknown place until they trooped out and discovered it.
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Searching for a lost city is a particularly European obsession.
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In some warped way, having an embalmed body with us made perfect sense.
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My journey to the land of the Shuar tribe had taught me the importance of practical gifts.
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As the head of an expedition, you can't pussyfoot around being polite to everyone. You have to show your teeth once in a while; a little growling goes a long way.
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Normally I would have been the first to go in search of cannibal monks, particularly as I had heard of a similar tradition at a nunnery in the Philippines. It's the sort of quest I can't resist.
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Running an expedition can bring out the worst in a man. It can make you a power-crazed monster.
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If hot food is they key to maintaining an expedition's stamina, then low grade gut-rot alcohol is the key to sustaining its sense of pleasure.
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The ability to tell a good route from a terrible one is a valuable skill when leading an expedition. Unfortunately for us all, it was a skill I did not possess.
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