You say women seldom speak to each other afterward, if they quarrel during an expedition. We ve thought about that a lot, because ours is a two-person expedition. If you re with a person whose personality grates on you, there s no escape. It s a tight sort of marriage for a long time, and that can be a problem. I ve noticed that women don t blow off bad stuff as well as men.
Men sometimes utilize that friction to be competitive, to go farther.
It fuels them. But if it goes badly for women, it s over. Liv and I don t have the advantage of switching tent mates every 8th day to get fresh experiences and conversations. So we have decided to take treats along for those bad times, when we re driving each other crazy. We ll take chocolate, for fun and also part of our diet.