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6,000 miles, made the first crossing, land crossing through the amazon basin, which is now... the amazon rainforest is half the size it was when we did that. hah? half. it has halved since, in 1958, i made the first crossing. 60 years. yeah. and that is terrifying. and in those days, there were lots of tribes in the area, which we met, and that began to influence my thinking. we received lots of hospitality from people, different cultures completely, and the rainforest was fascinating and huge. ...

From people, different cultures completely, and the rainforest was fascinating and huge. and then, the second journey was by river, to prove you could go by river from the mouth of the orinoco to the river plate, which i did, started out with someone called sebastian snow. and then, he went mad and went home and i had to carry on by myself. and that was another cathartic experience of being alone in the wilderness for so long. but it made me think about all these things, and was the germ of star...

The monotonous propeller noise of Air Greenland’s Dash-8-200 had been roaring in my ears for more than an hour as we began our approach to Ilulissat.

Crossing, land crossing through the amazon basin, which is now... the amazon rainforest is half the size it was when we did that. hah? half. it has halved since, in 1958, i made the first crossing. 60 years. yeah. and that is terrifying. and in those days, there were lots of tribes in the area, which we met, and that began to influence my thinking. we received lots of hospitality from people, different cultures completely, and the rainforest was fascinating and huge. and then, the second journey...

Point of south america and then you went from sort of north to the bottom of the continent as well. yes. at that point, were you driven by more than this sort of desire to do something no man had done before? or was it a competitive show—offy thing at that point? at the beginning, thats all it was. and then, because we travelled 6,000 miles, made the first crossing, land crossing through the amazon basin, which is now... the amazon rainforest is half the size it was when we did that. hah? half...

Was when we did that. hah? half. it has halved since, in 1958, i made the first crossing. 60 years. yeah. and that is terrifying. and in those days, there were lots of tribes in the area, which we met, and that began to influence my thinking. we received lots of hospitality from people, different cultures completely, and the rainforest was fascinating and huge. and then, the second journey was by river, to prove you could go by river from the mouth of the orinoco to the river plate, which i did,...

St Ignatius Loyola and the midlife journey   Just 500 years ago, on 20 May 1521, a cannonball fired by the French forces storming a fortress in Pamplona ricocheted off a nearby wall and shattered the right leg of Ignatius of Loyola. The injury put an end to his career as soldier and diplomat. After surviving several operations and a long convalescence, Ignatius left home for seventeen years of travel  to his final home in Rome as superior general of a new religious order, the Society of Jesus...