pretty bonkers idea they had
and geez, you read the blurb and "numerous bouts of malaria" stick out....I know someone who had malaria a few years ago, and it was pretty crappy sounding, dealing with it on a bike trip must have been fun.
Because it is his birthday tomorrow, thought I'd mention that I just read George Washington survived malaria - 6 times!
(From a review of a new biography titled: You Never Forget Your First, A Biography of George Washington by Alexis Coe.)