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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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Raining very hard...
October 21, 2007 - Day 104
The last two days have been terrible for weather, with variable winds and very strong rain squalls. I have not seen the sun for five straight days, which is compounding my problems, depleting my batt
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Soft collar for my neck works!
October 18, 2007 - Day 101
On this first day of my second century(!) alone on the Pacific, I woke up without the dull aching pain in my neck. Ever since the day that I had slept wrong a week ago, the annoying stab of ache on t
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How do I communicate?
October 15, 2007 - Day 98
I make phone calls, I write emails and I post dispatches with images. I could even post video and sound recordings if I had the bandwidth. How does it all work?
When I was looking for an exped
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The three month messages...
October 13, 2007 - Day 96
A billion and a half Muslims around the world are done with their month of fasting, and with the three days of celebrations to rejoice the end of Ramadan. On the first day, the children received new
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Back on hold...
October 12, 2007 - Day 95
I am back on para-anchor today, with my southwesterly attempt shut down by returning south winds. The window of opportunity that I had chased over the last three days closed when our weather partner
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How much can a koala bear?
October 11, 2007 - Day 94
You were probably wondering why my mileage was low lately, almost stopping at times and hardly moving in between. By staying close to the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) along 11N, I was subje
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Day of the shark...
October 8, 2007 - Day 91
Catching that small variety of shark was a surprise. A dorado, a tuna was fine, but a shark? I wasn't expecting that. When I pulled the shark alongside, it appeared listless, not putting up a f
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