11 Quotes by Tahir Shah about endurance
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Only a man who has his health, a full stomach and wears clean clothes would ever entertain the notion of tracking down the greatest lost city on Earth.
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The situation was different in the jungle. Every inch of ground had to be earned, and was done so through much exertion with the blade.
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Previous experience had taught me that any expedition marches on its stomach.
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The porters could always be coaxed to continue a little further through driving rain by the mere suggestion of a Pot Noodle at the end.
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Explorers like to pretend that they are a select breed of people with iron nerve and an ability to endure terrible hardship.
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Visit Cape Town and history is never far from your grasp. It lingers in the air, a scent on the breezy, an explanation of circumstance that shaped the Rainbow People. Stroll around the old downtown and it's impossible not to be affected by the trials and tribulations of the struggle. But, in many ways, it is the sense of triumph in the face of such adversity that makes the experience all the more poignant.
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Venture to a remote corner of a faraway land and, from the moment you get there, every person and every thing becomes an obstacle, designed to entrap you, to stop you proceeding on your way.
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A journey, I reflected, is of no merit unless it has tested you.
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On a harsh expedition, there's no space for anyone who does not intend to finish.
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