tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36994129.post8917889599377671307..comments2024-02-26T21:27:17.091+13:00Comments on The Fundy Post: The Butler did itPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08024440694895271805noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36994129.post-2822917757832807912011-08-01T15:05:03.686+12:002011-08-01T15:05:03.686+12:00Wow Paul, that image is really an inspiration. Re...Wow Paul, that image is really an inspiration. Really makes you want to follow that example aye...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36994129.post-91599877262458213002011-07-29T08:54:28.093+12:002011-07-29T08:54:28.093+12:00Shackelton is famous for turning back to save live...Shackelton is famous for turning back to save lives: better a live donkey than a dead lion, he said when asked why. This several years before Scott headed south to his doom, as Tolkein would put it. Shackelton lived to save all his men in atrocious conditions in the southern seas. Unlike Scott who killed more men than most south pole explorers.Spitfirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36994129.post-29079954479319608952011-07-26T14:04:48.891+12:002011-07-26T14:04:48.891+12:00That stowaway made one of the worst travel decisio...That stowaway made one of the worst travel decisions in history.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024440694895271805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36994129.post-17668816207849820182011-07-25T23:43:01.120+12:002011-07-25T23:43:01.120+12:00Oh, and Shackleton's party was 27 (expanded to...Oh, and Shackleton's party was 27 (expanded to 28 with a stowaway). None were lost.<br /><br />"Those of us who have studied history". What a fucking smug git.taranakinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36994129.post-71790780539123470632011-07-25T23:35:08.035+12:002011-07-25T23:35:08.035+12:00I recommend Endurance by Alfred Lansing. A fantast...I recommend <i>Endurance</i> by Alfred Lansing. A fantastic account.<br /><br /><i>"For scientific leadership, give me Scott, for swift and efficient travel, Amundsen. But when you are in a hopeless situation, when you are seeing no way out, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton. Incomparable in adversity, he was the miracle worker who would save your life against all the odds and long after your number was up. The greatest leader that ever came on God's earth, bar none."</i><br /><br />Sir Raymond Priestley<br />Member of the Nimrod expedition 1907-1909taranakinoreply@blogger.com