On a hard jungle journey nothing is so important as having a team you can trust.

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.

The desert was bad, but nothing could compare with the horrors of a tropical rain forest.

With an enthusiastic team you can achieve almost anything.

I felt sure we could gain the upper hand by putting ourselves in the mindset of the Incas.

Respect was one thing. Survival was another. It was important that I kept my priorities in the right order.

A journey, I reflected, is of no merit unless it has tested you.