“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.”

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

“The first rule of an expedition is that everyone should stick together.”

“On a harsh expedition, there's no space for anyone who does not intend to finish.”

“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.”

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

“Any man who has ever led an army, an expedition, or a group of Boy Scouts has sadism in his bones.”