There were other reasons for wanting to do the walk (primarily devilment and curiosity), but essentially I wanted to do for rambling what Hunter S Thompson did for journalism.

我到这儿徒步还有其它各种理由，主要是有点想恶搞并且出于好奇。 但更重要的是，我要对徒步事业做出相当于亨特·S·汤普森对新闻事业做出的贡献。

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Said by: Author Hunter S. Thompson. It was the final sentence on his suicide note.

作家亨特·S·汤普森绝（ Hunter S. Thompson）命书上的最后一句。

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Hunter S. Thompson called his version of living dangerously "edgework."

亨特·S·汤普森把他对危险生活方式的看法称之为“刀刃作业(edgework)”。

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Journalist Hunter S Thompson wrote of the "gross sense of injury" he felt when he realised his name was omitted.

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Famously, journalist Hunter S Thompson's ashes were fired into the sky - as per his wishes - in a giant firework, paid for by his friend Johnny Depp.

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