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Want To Learn Something? Get Lost.

The first time I appeared in the media wasn’t for professional reasons. I was just a kid that got lost while visiting a friend in his…

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Gustavo Razzetti
Apr 21, 2015
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The first time I appeared in the media wasn’t for professional reasons. I was just a kid that got lost while visiting a friend in his hometown. We were trying to take his bike to a shop to get it repaired. One person’s directions took us the wrong way and then another, until we had no idea of how to get back. It took a radio announcer to finally point his parents to our “rescue” spot.

Fast forward into the future: I’m in my 30’s, on vacation, in the middle of Patagonia. I’m trekking at a fast pace, hoping to be the first one of the group to get to a hidden waterfall. After a while, I realized I simply wasn’t way ahead of the rest; I was lost. It was getting too late –and dark- for me to turn around. I had to stop and find a place to spend the night. I wasn’t really prepared to sleep out in the open: I neither had food nor warm clothes to protect me from the pouring rain and freezing cold. It was a frightening experience. I spent the night keeping my body in motion so I could stay awake…

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