“Roald Amundsen says that ‘Adventure is just bad planning.’ In that case, friends, let us make more bad planning!”

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This reads as a playful reversal of the idea that adventure is noble and spontaneous. It suggests that what looks daring from the outside may simply be the result of poor preparation, while also inviting the opposite conclusion, that a little chaos can be part of the fun. It lands when plans go off script and a group decides to treat the mishap lightly instead of as failure.

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Originally said in English.

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About Mehmet Murat ildan

Turkish journalist and human rights advocate Award-winning reporter and former political prisoner, known for his investigative work on Turkey’s Kurdish conflict and his outspoken criticism of government repression. His writings and interviews offer sharp, firsthand perspectives on dissent and survival under authoritarian pressures.

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