Category Archives: Human Sacrifice
“Oh yes, we have Ciprofloxacin,” says the woman behind the drugstore counter. “You have typhoid?” “Not yet. There’s always hope.” I’m a little cranky after a bone-cracking day in the back seat of a bus crossing southern Tanzania, followed by … Continue reading
Reaching the top of Sanetsch Pass, long used for trade and warfare, it became impossible to find the Via Alpina until we dropped into a dairy farm for directions and found a sympathetic ear. The farmer, dressed in her white … Continue reading
Never Thirst [Life or Death]
Posted by in Books + Media, Human Sacrifice, Survival
Tagged Dangerous Liasons, Dehydration, Mick Conefry, Off The Map, Water Water Everywhere
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Here’s some straightforward handy advice from Mick Conefry‘s new book, The Adventurer’s Handbook: From Surviving an Anaconda Attack to Finding Your Way Out of a Desert. Read it, or risk dying of thirst next time you get lost in the … Continue reading
Dear Readers, as you head into that great American tradition, a long, lost weekend of drunken pyromania family, friends, and tasty BBQ, take a minute to consider the less fortunate, like adventure travel writer Carl Hoffman, whose new book ‘LUNATIC EXPRESS: Discovering … Continue reading
I was on vacation in France in September 1999 when my friends and I headed south to a wonderful small town called St. Remy de Provence. We happened to arrive just before their “Ancient Festival” in late September where the locals, dressed in traditional outfits, … Continue reading
Holy Bear [Human Sacrifice]
Posted by in Human Sacrifice, Uncategorized, When Animals Attack
Tagged Close Calls, Dangerous Liasons, Holy Crap, Kate Erickson, The Moth Reading Series
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To hear most family members tell it, the annual camping expedition of 1997 was a total disaster. First off, we took our local Catholic priest with us. He stole bread and wine—body and blood to most people we knew—from the … Continue reading
I Fed Myself to the Rainforest [Human Sacrifice]
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Tagged Bob Howells, Peru, The Amazon, When Animals Attack
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First law of adventure-travel survival: Heed not the blasé reassurances of locals when you raise issues of life and flesh. Case in point: I was headed to the Amazon rainforest of northern Peru to do a survival trip with a … Continue reading
Over The Edge [The Abyss] |
I never thought I had a death wish, but one experience on my recent travels had me reconsidering. I’d been traveling around South-East Asia by myself on a break from my studies to see the world. One day I decided … Continue reading
Dumbo Strikes Back [Call of the Wild] |
Gabon, New Year’s Eve, 2002: She was about seven feet at the shoulder, with sixteen-inch tusks, and weighed two tons. I used to have zero fear. Zero. I could walk up to any elephant I saw. So when she charges, … Continue reading
I was floating somewhere off the northernmost coast of British Columbia when my 17 foot sea-kayak was overtaken by a friendly gang of Canadian charter fisherman. “Looks like you been on quite a trip, eh?” the apparent leader said, studying … Continue reading