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Question - | "What does having a dream mean to you?" |
Answer - | "A dream is a goal glimmering in the distance; it is an inner calling which, when accomplished,
serves as the rite of passage into wisdom." Erden Eruç - Sep 17, 2004 |
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Eulogy to Göran
September 30, 2007 - Day 83
(This was the second half of my eulogy which I read during the memorial service held for Göran at The Mountaineers in November 2002. Its first half mirrorred yesterday's dispatch. Erden.)
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My journey toward commitment...
September 29, 2007 - Day 82
I have always been fascinated with maps. I study them while visualizing the terrain as a form of daydreaming. Each map hides clues about places I have not seen, helping me visualize myself there. T
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Booby landing!
September 28, 2007 - Day 81
The last two days have been just depressing, with almost nonstop rain. Given my goal to slow down my westward progress, I let the boat run with the seas, without rowing which would have added extra m
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Back on the move...
September 26, 2007 - Day 79
I was growing lethargic from a lack of exercise over the last week, most of which was spent on sea anchor, waiting. Yesterday morning, the winds were very light and variable, mostly from the NE. I g
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Squids are around...
September 24, 2007 - Day 77
One morning, I found a squid tucked in a corner of my boat, on the flat surface above my desalinator cabinet. I had noticed a discoloring of that surface, and it had been bugging me while rowing. Co
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Waiting on sea anchor...
September 22, 2007 - Day 75
I have spent the most of these three days on sea anchor. The bottom is over 4000 meters deep, so the anchor that we are talking about is a system which relies on a parachute of 3 meters in diameter,
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The votes are in...
September 20, 2007 - Day 73
After I posted the picture of the large white bird with the black bushy tail and black trim on the rear edges of its wings, our team received input from many. There were votes for a laysan albatross,
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Heavy rains...
September 19, 2007 - Day 72
I am just north of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) where the winds from the southern hemisphere meet those from the north. The ITCZ now at around 9N, is not a fixed line on the ocean surfa
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Later dispatches -
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