How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
He soon entered grueling adventure contests: once, he hiked for seventy-two hours without sleep and traversed a canyon by shimmying across a rope. (2.10)
James Lynch, who hopes to find Fawcett's whereabouts in 1996, thinks that the key to success is physical strength and endurance, and he conditions his body for it. Failing to find Fawcett, this guy should go on American Ninja Warrior.
Quote #2
[Fawcett] allowed his men only a brief pause for lunch—a snack of a few biscuits—and trekked up to twelve hours a day. (8.27)
Fawcett has superhuman endurance. Maybe this guy is part jungle, because he seems to be able to photosynthesize or something in way we mere mortals can't. We'd never be able to survive on a diet of Bisquick alone, and we don't go anywhere near the jungle.
Quote #3
Fawcett noted that in these parts "the healthy person was regarded as a freak, an exception, extraordinary." (8.40)
It's uncommon for someone to go through the extreme conditions of the Amazon rain forest and not get sick. Modern-day people obsessed with Fawcett are known as Fawcett freaks, but Fawcett is a statistical freak of nature himself.