Are there more adventurers today than 100 years ago?
Definitely. There are many more people out there – we have more time, more opportunity, more money than our forefathers did 100 years ago. Exploration used to be done by a few people who were specialists. Now adventure is much more democratic, in a sense. Anyone, with very little money, can jump on a plane and disappear into Africa. The places aren’t so remote, but there are the adventures still – white-water rafting, etc…