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Quote by Andy Kirkpatrick
I’m so incompetent at normal life it’s nice to be competent on expedition!
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The speaker jokes that ordinary daily life feels like an area where they struggle, while an expedition gives them a setting in which they feel capable. The contrast is humorous: a person who calls themselves “incompetent” at familiar routines finds confidence in the unusual demands of expedition life.
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- British Mountaineering Council (BMC), “Andy Kirkpatrick: the boss at the bottom of the world”
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- Official Statement
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