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The first rule of an expedition is that everyone should stick together.

The first rule of an expedition is that everyone should stick together.
– Tahir Shah

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  1. Any man who has ever led an army, an expedition, or a group of Boy Scouts has sadism in his bones. – Tahir Shah
  2. Running an expedition can bring out the worst in a man. It can make you a power-crazed monster. – Tahir Shah
  3. On a harsh expedition, there’s no space for anyone who does not intend to finish. – Tahir Shah
  4. Previous experience had taught me that any expedition marches on its stomach. – Tahir Shah
  5. 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. – Tahir Shah
  6. In trees, monkeys rule;on land, lions rule;in the sky, eagles rule;in the waters, whales rule. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  7. Society tends to stick labels on everything and everyone. The label that is given to you will stick with you for a lifetime. – Kenneth Eade
  8. As anyone who’s ever taken an Ethiopian bus knows, there is an unwritten rule that the windows must remain firmly closed. – Tahir Shah
  9. Slap-stick comedy is really funny, unless you’re the one getting slapped with the stick. – Carroll Bryant
  10. Let people stick to their philosophy, you stick to your passion. – Amit Kalantri
  11. When you feel you are badly falling into the emptiness, stick to the reason , stick to the logic; they will reverse the situation! – Mehmet Murat ildan
  12. Not all the problems must be solved! Stick to this philosophy and you will save awful a lot of time! Stick to this philosophy! – Mehmet Murat ildan
  13. Spend sixteen weeks in the jungle and you being to question your own sanity, especially when you are the one goading everyone else ahead. – Tahir Shah
  14. There are many hostelries in his report, which is the true account of an expedition. – Claudio Magris
  15. The expedition of my violent love outrun the pauser, reason. – William Shakespeare
  16. Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives. – Tahir Shah
  17. Time spent in India has a extraordinary effect on one. It acts as a barrier that makes the rest of the world seem unreal. – Tahir Shah
  18. The inertia of a jungle village is a dangerous thing. Before you know it your whole life has slipped by and you are still waiting there. – Tahir Shah
  19. [T]hrough bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity. – Tahir Shah
  20. Money spent on good-quality gear is always money well spent. – Tahir Shah
  21. Believe, and what was impossible becomes possible what at first was hidden becomes visible. – Tahir Shah
  22. On a hard jungle journey nothing is so important as having a team you can trust. – Tahir Shah
  23. To Succeed, you must reach for the stars, and let your imagination find its own path – Tahir Shah
  24. We had the kind of conversations that only great friends can ever share. They were touched with magic. – Tahir Shah
  25. Move to a new country and you quickly see that visiting a place as a tourist, and actually moving there for good, are two very different things. – Tahir Shah
  26. Usually, there is nothing more pleasing that returning to a place where you have endured hardship. – Tahir Shah
  27. The idea of my heart dancing with delight was far too good to pass up. – Tahir Shah
  28. There’s nothing like a pack of mules to give one a sense of entourage. – Tahir Shah
  29. I had learned years ago never to give original documents to anyone if I could help it. – Tahir Shah
  30. One senses that, in these conditions, no amount of wet-wiping could bring true hygiene. – Tahir Shah
  31. A journey of observation must leave as much as possible to chance. Random movement is the best plan for maximum observation – Tahir Shah
  32. I struggled to think pure thoughts, as Hector sucked out my psyche with his eyes. – Tahir Shah
  33. Exploration is a dirty game. – Tahir Shah
  34. 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. – Tahir Shah
  35. In some warped way, having an embalmed body with us made perfect sense. – Tahir Shah
  36. 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. – Tahir Shah
  37. For my father there was no sharper way to understand a country than by listening to its stories. – Tahir Shah
  38. A man who embarks on a journey must know when to end it. – Tahir Shah
  39. Previous journeys had taught me the danger of taking too much stuff. – Tahir Shah
  40. The only thing they valued higher than ammunition were Man United footballs. – Tahir Shah

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