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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.

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Tahir Shah
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: November 16
Author
Comedian
Explorer
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
London
England
Alcohol
Expedition
Hot
Expeditions
Lows
Stamina
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Sustaining
Food
Maintaining
Pleasure
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Grades
Guts

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