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From National Geographic Adventure Profile of Bill Stone @
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/9905/profile_full.html

Q: How do you prepare your teams?

B.S. "On any serious expedition�and I�m not referring to those
four-color-brochure, pay-for-a-trip-to-Everest-or-the-Poles deals�there
will be real danger that, if everyone is not completely prepared, can
and often does claim lives. That fact forces you to train extensively.

You need to know your teammates, how they think, how they act, their
strengths and weaknesses. Training takes time and commitment. Many
people don�t have the patience for it and leave even before the
expedition has begun.

A serious expedition typically involves three or four months�sometimes
longer�of working with a very small group of often eccentric people in
remote places. In my experience, veterans, hardened individuals who have
several large-scale expeditions under their belt, know what they are in
for and have a long fuse. It takes something truly momentous to rattle
them�more, even, than the death of a teammate."

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