Nov 10, 2008 | Posted by: findingDulcinea_KED
On this Day: "Dr. Livingstone, I Presume?"
Full story: www.findingdulcinea.com
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Trekking through Africa was once such a noble affair...
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There was a biologist who did this recently for National Geographic and it was amazing to see how much of that continent is still unexplored and virtually unpenatrable.
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I was familiar with the expression but didn't know where it came from. Interesting article.
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What impresses me most about both journeys - Livingstone's and Stanley's - is how difficult they'd be for the average person today, let alone back then when there were fewer navigation tools, less-detailed maps, lousy hiking gear, etc.
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I'll take air-conditioning and hottubs over mosquito nets and BO on vacation anyday.
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What a job assignment. "Go to Africa and find this guy..."
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How did the line become so famous when so few know the real story? Interesting article.
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I agree with you, Intrepid Implorer,that the average person today would be ill-equipped to even attempt this journey. I doubt either Livingstone or Stanley was extensively trained in survival skills - and yet they made it work. Amazing stuff.
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Yea, I had no idea it was a true story at all.
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was stanley's journey worth it, considering that half of his party died and livingstone continued to live in the jungle?
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what a one-liner. scriptwriters must be envious.
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BettyB wrote: "What a job assignment. "Go to Africa and find this guy..."
Hmm... sounds familiar... Bin Laden |
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The fact that Stanley was a slave trader was conveniently overlooked. |
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I also wondered where the line came from. People used to quote it from time to time. I wonder if they knew, too.
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many many thanks for this article - and for the others that are yet to come - we don't realize how little we know of those things we have always known of until a site like this gives us the missing pieces ...... JB |
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