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And Now for a Baby Sumatran Orangutan

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SixDegrees7/03/2009 9:30:29 am PDT

re: #814 albusteve

Stephen Ambrose’s book about that adventure is well worth reading…tremendous story

Absolutely. Undaunted Courage comes highly recommended.

Just one of the many historical tidbits: The Expedition was incredibly demanding, physically, and it is documented that each member ate on the order of 10 pounds of meat per day when it was available just to replace the calories lost due to exertion.