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pit wrote:I wanted to introduce my absolute favorite to you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rüdiger_Nehberg
Unfortunately, there is very little information about him available in english, but this guy is the real deal; crossed the Atlantic two times(using a tree and a pedal boat), had himself exposed in the Amazon without any equipment(not even a knife or proper shoes) at the age of 68, crossed the danakil desert during eritrean-ethiopian civil war in 1977 and so on...
The most appealing point about that is, that, not only he represents a very reduced style of travelling in terms of equipment, but always puts himself on the line in a way that most "adventure travelers" of our days would not even dare to think about. Moreover he initiated a very effective charity nowadays mostly fighting against FGM, which had some real impact in the north african region.
If you understand german: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dntg8VzeqOg
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