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As the head of an expedition, you can't pussyfoot around being polite to everyone. You have to show your teeth once in a while; a little growling goes a long way.

Tahir Shah

As the head of an expedition, you can't pussyfoot around being polite to everyone. You have to show your teeth once in a while; a little growling goes a long way.

Tags: expedition, politeness

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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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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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Previous experience had taught me that any expedition marches on its stomach.

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Previous experience had taught me that any expedition marches on its stomach.

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Ours was not going to be a clone of the usual expeditions, oozing with sleekness. It was clear from the start that oddity was our advantage.

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Ours was not going to be a clone of the usual expeditions, oozing with sleekness. It was clear from the start that oddity was our advantage.

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Running an expedition can bring out the worst in a man. It can make you a power-crazed monster.

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Running an expedition can bring out the worst in a man. It can make you a power-crazed monster.

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The ability to tell a good route from a terrible one is a valuable skill when leading an expedition. Unfortunately for us all, it was a skill I did not possess.

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The ability to tell a good route from a terrible one is a valuable skill when leading an expedition. Unfortunately for us all, it was a skill I did not possess.

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Spend sixteen weeks in the jungle and you being to question your own sanity, especially when you are the one goading everyone else ahead.

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Spend sixteen weeks in the jungle and you being to question your own sanity, especially when you are the one goading everyone else ahead.

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About Tahir Shah

Tahir Shah (Persian: طاهر شاه, Gujarati: તાહિર શાહ; né Sayyid Tahir al-Hashimi (Arabic: سيد طاهر الهاشمي); born 16 November 1966) is a British author, journalist and documentary maker of Afghan-Indian descent.