Explorers of the past were tough SOBs

I often think “how cool would it have to been an explorer/adventurer in the past wandering through a little known land.”

Then I realize what a pussy I am in comparison and how I wouldn’t make it like a week.

Some examples of people who put up with horrible shite:

In the 1870s, there was an American expedition to Panama that got lost one mile away from their ship. They got lost for I believe months. When the survivors were finally discovered (I think it was like 3/17 explorers) they all weighed sub 100 pounds and two of the guys died within the year. All the explorers on that expedition had completely eroded their teeth because they were starving and ate unknowingly a very very acidic nut.

Not really an explorer but I just finished reading about a German general in Africa in WWI. He knew his boots were eroding away so he decided he would walk across hundreds of miles of African wilderness mostly barefoot. Even when he did find a pair of boots of a dead Portuguese guy, he had to leave his toes yanking out of the boots. He had so many chigger bites on his feet that he lost several toes I believe.

He also mentioned how his officers would intentionally sleep lying in water because theyd rather be leach infested than eaten by all the mosquitoes.

There was also a worm that was infecting a ton of his men. It would bury into your skin and lay tens of thousands of eggs. And then then, the worms, which could grow up to thirty feet long, would try bury their way out, but they may die in the attempt and rot underneath your skin.

There was the basic fact that if you were an explorer or sailor in the 1600s and 1700s, you were getting scurvy. It was considered a pandemic at the time and millions died from it.

There are lots of more examples out there but point is generally made.

P.S. this is the post I tried to post yesterday but accidentally hit the submit button while still typing the title