2007 A CAMEL ODYSSEY

摘要

I'M ABOUT TO WALK from Alice Springs to the sea. Standing on the outskirts of Alice, three heavily laden camels in tow, I'm embarking on a six-month journey through desert country, where temperatures soar to 4O deg C before smoko and plummet below freezing under an enormous star-spangled night sky. I wonder if the Aussie adventurer who'd inspired my current madness, Robyn Davidson, felt the same nauseating mix of excitement and trepidation when she stepped out on this path 30 years ago? I wonder if she felt both optimistic about and oppressed by the enormity of what she was about to do.