I'm happy you survived your forced march. I find downhill parts, at least steep sections, more troublesome than uphill, myself. Neither are particularly optimal.
Ha! As a Louisiana girl, the hills are a challenge for me, and it’s good to hear that even experienced people like you don’t always love the hills. I remember thinking I was a pretty good biker, until I realized sometimes the land goes up & down. 😁 But it was great experience overall -- again, Michèle was infinitely patient -- and hopefully with more practice I’ll get better.
I really need to read that book. It's so pathetic that we've been fed this crap by egoistic men like Dawkins when the world is so much more complex. I recently read similar discussions of Louis and Richard Leakey by Barry Lopez (in conversation with Mary Leakey). We're still telling the hero story, for human evolution and for scientists who somehow need to be models for male achievement. Anyway. I'm sorry about your camera and glad you saw the falcons and thank you for Bitch and the reminder of Harper's Ferry and how John Brown invalidates every "product of their time" argument against why people who supported slavery were evil and should have known better.
Also glad you liked the hot fox sex. That doc stuck with me for 35 years!
Oh, I’d love to read the interview with Mary Leakey. I did just start to read this, but I don’t think it’s the same thing, though it seems like it’s gonna be good: https://www.coa.edu/live/news/1316-leave-no-one-behind
And like I said on Twitter, this one did feel a little kitchen-sink-y but I’m so glad you liked it. It’s funny how those early documentaries stick with us -- the big one for me (or one of them anyway) was Animals Are Beautiful People, which wasn’t even really a documentary and which wasn’t terrific in some ways (they got the elephant drunk I think?) but was amazing in others and which I probably haven’t written about enough.
I'm happy you survived your forced march. I find downhill parts, at least steep sections, more troublesome than uphill, myself. Neither are particularly optimal.
Ha! As a Louisiana girl, the hills are a challenge for me, and it’s good to hear that even experienced people like you don’t always love the hills. I remember thinking I was a pretty good biker, until I realized sometimes the land goes up & down. 😁 But it was great experience overall -- again, Michèle was infinitely patient -- and hopefully with more practice I’ll get better.
I really need to read that book. It's so pathetic that we've been fed this crap by egoistic men like Dawkins when the world is so much more complex. I recently read similar discussions of Louis and Richard Leakey by Barry Lopez (in conversation with Mary Leakey). We're still telling the hero story, for human evolution and for scientists who somehow need to be models for male achievement. Anyway. I'm sorry about your camera and glad you saw the falcons and thank you for Bitch and the reminder of Harper's Ferry and how John Brown invalidates every "product of their time" argument against why people who supported slavery were evil and should have known better.
Also glad you liked the hot fox sex. That doc stuck with me for 35 years!
Oh, I’d love to read the interview with Mary Leakey. I did just start to read this, but I don’t think it’s the same thing, though it seems like it’s gonna be good: https://www.coa.edu/live/news/1316-leave-no-one-behind
And like I said on Twitter, this one did feel a little kitchen-sink-y but I’m so glad you liked it. It’s funny how those early documentaries stick with us -- the big one for me (or one of them anyway) was Animals Are Beautiful People, which wasn’t even really a documentary and which wasn’t terrific in some ways (they got the elephant drunk I think?) but was amazing in others and which I probably haven’t written about enough.
It wasn't really an interview but just him writing about meeting her in his book, Horizon. Which is really good