Quite a few people have used Mallory’s words to talk about the need to overcome a challenge, the drive to prove oneself, but the same impulse would seem to guide travelers, explorers, road trippers, even when challenge isn’t part of the equation.
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The atmosphere is lively. Runners drop heavily onto benches: a figure, a garment, the smell of perspiring bodies—gross! You enjoy it.
Have Camels, Will Travel
Postcards: Two camels carry all of Udawka Ali’s family possessions. Udawka’s name means “short,” but she’s at least half as … More
Book Bug
Bettina Hindes: In the autumn of 2017, I fell into myself. A collapse was inevitable. I had sought myself—and a … More
Two Portsmouths
Adrienne Berg Berth of the Royal Navy: Portsmouth, UK Reports of Portsmouth, the cradle of Britain’s maritime lineage, include words … More
Moving Mountains
Tristan Marajh Feature Photo: “Kili is a shy mountain,” a local told me. I did not know what this meant. … More
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