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The Roads We Take

Alastair Humphreys · 9 Oct 2026

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  1. Our reading

    Adventure has a strange hierarchy in which a short expedition feels less valid than a longer one.

    Their wordsThere is a strange hierarchy in adventure. A short expedition somehow feels less impressive, less valid, less interesting than a longer one.

  2. Our reading

    An expedition can give an adventurer a powerful sense of meaning and motivation for years.

    Their wordsAn expedition can give an adventurer a powerful sense of meaning and motivation for years, even decades.

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