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Many people go into the wilderness to experience it, and if they experience it in comfort, there's very little in a literary sense for them to write about.

Tim Cahill

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You have to first be a writer and somebody who loves to write. If I couldn't travel, I would still write.
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My problem with most athletic challenges is training. I'm lazy and find that workouts cut into my drinking time.
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Adventure travel existed before I started, I just didn’t know it.
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As one of the first editors at 'Outside' magazine in 1975, it was my contention that most American writing going back to James Fennimore Cooper and then through Twain up to Hemingway had been outdoor writing. At that time, adventure writing meant stuff like 'Saga' or 'Argosy.' 'Death Race with the Jungle Leper Army!' That kind of thing.
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