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One of the "hard things" I've come across was turn of the century explorations. The stories of polar explorers like Ernest Shackleton (chronicled in Lansing's E
by noufalibrahim 2y ago
One of the "hard things" I've come across was turn of the century explorations. The stories of polar explorers like Ernest Shackleton (chronicled in Lansing's Endurance) or tropical ones like "River of Doubt" detailing Roosevelt's exploration of the Amazon tributary are fascinating stories of how people's grit accomplished hard things.
- matrix2596 2y agoi understand polar expeditions, but werent people already living in amazon
- vasco 2y agoDo you have a recommendation of a book written by them?
- fauria 2y agoThe letters from Francisco de Orellana: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Orellana https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Orellana https://en.scribd.com/document/647918681/The-Voyage-of-Francisco-de-Orellana https://en.scribd.com/document/647918681/The-Voyage-of-Franc...
- ghostthunder 2y agoRiver of Doubt - Candice Millard https://www.candicemillard.com/river-of-doubt.html https://www.candicemillard.com/river-of-doubt.html Covers Teddy Roosevelt's Amazon expedition. To the comment about "weren't people living in the Amazon" - read the book. The Brazilian government was scouting and mapping the terrain for the project of connecting the coasts with telegraph lines. This was uncharted territory and the chance of not returning was high. I cannot recommend enough.
- noufalibrahim 2y agoThe "Rio da Dúvida" was a tributary which wasn't really mapped at the time. The Brazilian government was laying out Telegraph lines at the time to map the area. There were tribals in the area but it wasn't mapped.
- 0xEF 2y agoShackleton and his crew became something of a hero of mine after I read South and Endurance. Less so frok.a masculine perspective, but more of a fortitude thing. There is a certain triumph felt when we persevere through impossible odds, and ever since I've been attracted to a genre of stories that I loosely label as "Frozen Thrillers," where humans just have to deal with bad things happening in cold unforgiving environments.
- noufalibrahim 2y agoIf you liked that, you should read "Empire of Ice and Stone" by Budy Levy which was about an Arctic expedition. It's a good read from a leadership perspective. The "leader" of the expedition (Vilhjalmur Stefansson) abandoned his crew in the middle of the frozen arctic seas and went off the hunt caribou and meet his secret inuit wife. The book portrays him as being completely irresponsible and interested only his own glory and fame (and money) Meanwhile, the captain of the ship (Robert Bartlett) walked for 700 miles from where they were stranded and then started a rescue mission from Alaska which saved some (though not all of the crew). He's portrayed as a real hero in harsh circumstances. The whole expedition was named after the flagship. The Karluk (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_voyage_of_the_Karluk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_voyage_of_the_Karluk). They had two inuit families with them during the trip including their kids. It was funny to see how the inuit kids would play in the snow and have fun while the "explorers" were all but dropping dead. The youngest child was aged 3 at the time. She passed away finally in 2008 at the age of 97.
- 0xEF 2y agoI will definitely check that out, thanks for the recommendation!
- phantom_wizard 2y agoI am reading a book about it right now and as I learn more it seems too crazy and unbelievable to sustain (and im quite gullible person), especially part about living on full ocean in small boats with no food, water and heat, in extreme cold, still travelling those 100s of kilometers.