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“They Put Something in Me.” Neil Whitehead Was Haunted by Guyana’s Dark Shamans Until His Death.
9+ hour, 32+ min ago (1857+ words) In 1992, an anthropologist named Neil Whitehead arrived in the capital of Guyana, a small, heavily-forested country on the northern edge of South America. From there, he took another small plane from Georgetown to a village in the forest-covered Pakaraima mountains....
At 81, Simon Winchester Reflects on a Life Spent Pushing into the Unknown
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (331+ words) We caught up with Winchester to talk about his most harrowing outdoor adventures, what geology has taught him about reading landscapes, and why he always travels with a squash ball. Outside: What's one of your earliest memories of getting outdoors…...