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“On this Mongolian adventure, I am alone in a double tent, which I thought would be a glorious luxury, but I am just messy.”

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“Mongolia, I have never been anywhere quite like it. The people are wild, and the animals are tame. The whole country is fuelled by passion.”

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“Mongolia, we set up camp in the fading light and the extraordinary beauty of this lake and this country.”

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“Everyone has their tale.”

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“If you went out for a pee at night, the reindeer came running over to drink your pee. Apparently, there are minerals in it they need and don’t have.”

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“In his suicide note, Kurt Cobain wrote, "It's better to burn out than to fade away." He was quoting a Neil Young song about Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols. When I was twenty-four, I interviewed John Lennon. I asked him about this sentiment, one that pervades rock and roll. He took strong, outraged exception to it. "It's better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out, " he said. "I worship people who survive. I'll take the living and the healthy.”

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“We see the Tsaatan encampment of tepees in the far distance, sitting in a vast treeless plain surrounded by rolling hills and backdropped by high snow-capped mountains. We pause for a while to take in this spectacle. It took my breath away, and for a moment, everything was gone except the here and now.”

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“Anthem for postprandial. The hands That have drawn The feast Now draw thin Red blood In separate sign And riddle Out a wither In a last few grains Of whimpered self To deny Our dwarfing”

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“How can we live without fear in a world of good?”

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“Polo has all the qualities that a nearly middle-aged man would need. Lots of adrenalin, dangerous and, contrary to my expectations, bright and filled with shenanigans and friendships.”

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“The polo ball was thrown in, the game exploded, and so did my sanity.”

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