He was impelled to launch himself into unspoilt rivers simply out of love and compulsion, and because, ever since he had first sat in a kayak, picked up a paddle and found himself alone in wild Nature, he didn't want to do anything else quite as badly.

ECONOMIST: Hendrik Coetzee, explorer, died on December 7th, aged 35

Because no one in America should ever be afraid to walk down the street holding the hands of the person they love.

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