National Geographic photo of a salt caravan in Ethiopia.
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The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless perished trying to find evidence of his party and the place he called “The Lost City of Z.” In this masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, journalist David Grann interweaves the spellbinding stories of Fawcett’s quest for “Z” and his own journey into the deadly jungle, as he unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century.
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Julian Tai Chi- Weakness – What Good Is It?The weak can overcome the strong; The supple can overcome the stiff. Under heaven everyone knows this, Yet no one puts it into practice. ~ Tao Te Ching, Chapter 78 A Taoist nun in the Sung Dynasty commented on this: … Continue reading →
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It’s extraordinary that human civilisations have existed in this harsh environment for so long.
Yes. I’m reading “Salt” right now, and it is fascinating. Salt mines were often worked by slaves, and it was a death sentence.