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The Outside Interview: Jason Motlagh on the Darién Gap

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The Importance of Backpacking

The trekking started in earnest and we passed through a village where this Swedish backpacker had apparently been executed not far from by the far couple of years ago. We were very discreet about the fact that we were journalists and our cameras and so on and just tried to blend in with the group. One Bengali guy was who was sick on the river, he offered 20 dollars to anyone who would carry his bag and ultimately there were enough takers. The things that you would think to be essential or closely held that people are just suddenly scuttling because it's just unbearably hot and heavy according to Carlos.

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