Sir Richard Burton

[NOIRTRASH]

Burton found the source of the Nile River, and the effort was no fun at all. Someone threw a spear through his skull along the way. Always reminds me of the AH and efforts to get at the writing craft.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Francis_Burton


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BCm4VN7rsA

 

[NaokoSmith]

Burton wrote fascinating accounts of his travels. I own this one in the nicely bound Folio edition.

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTQ0NVgxMzg2/z/vkwAAOSw91NTuLST/$_1.JPG?set_id=880000500F

 

[NOIRTRASH]

Burton wrote fascinating accounts of his travels. I own this one in the nicely bound Folio edition.

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTQ0NVgxMzg2/z/vkwAAOSw91NTuLST/$_1.JPG?set_id=880000500F

Burton is atop my list of remarkables.

 

[Desiremakesmeweak]

Okay so here is something for ya...

I know this guy - obviously, an English guy - who runs a very major gymnasium and trampoline and ropes and nets and stuff, facility. He's a mate of the guy who organises and trains and does some of the stunt running and leaping and everything business for Daniel Craig in the Bond flicks.

He is a direct descendent of Burton - so I won't say what his surname is!!

The attitude is in the blood.

He is absolutely amazing. Clean-shaven, but otherwise not entirely dissimilar to an army s-major. A little over average height (maybe! maybe that's just the impression), very very well built. Big-time over-sexed. Has the meanest looking - and I mean STUNNING looking - female gymnasts in his team, which competes at major international level. Tells jokes ALL THE TIME, many or most of which are ribald.

No such thing as failure, no such thing as looking back, tons of underlying energy.

But he's not overly picky about mistakes and things and is just outright competent and methodical and steady in his training program. His team wins a lot.

Last year he took 'some time off' to climb Mount Kilimanjaro.

What is there to say about it/him??!! Jesus. Talk about genes.