Dennis McKenna
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Hopefully, he'll fall down. He'll calm down. Not in any way, just trying to be helpful basically, not unkind. And I could care less because I wasn't really connected to it. And at the same time, about that time, one of our companions who had not participated in that, she was concerned and she was thinking that we needed to get out of there. And she also sprained her ankle rather badly.
Hopefully, he'll fall down. He'll calm down. Not in any way, just trying to be helpful basically, not unkind. And I could care less because I wasn't really connected to it. And at the same time, about that time, one of our companions who had not participated in that, she was concerned and she was thinking that we needed to get out of there. And she also sprained her ankle rather badly.
So that was sort of a trigger. It's like, okay, enough of this nonsense. We're going to call in a plane and have you guys airlifted out of here. We're going to get airlifted out of here, which we could do. There's radio. There was a bush pilot that would come deliver mail occasionally to La Charrera like about once a month. So we put in an emergency call to him saying,
So that was sort of a trigger. It's like, okay, enough of this nonsense. We're going to call in a plane and have you guys airlifted out of here. We're going to get airlifted out of here, which we could do. There's radio. There was a bush pilot that would come deliver mail occasionally to La Charrera like about once a month. So we put in an emergency call to him saying,
So that was sort of a trigger. It's like, okay, enough of this nonsense. We're going to call in a plane and have you guys airlifted out of here. We're going to get airlifted out of here, which we could do. There's radio. There was a bush pilot that would come deliver mail occasionally to La Charrera like about once a month. So we put in an emergency call to him saying,
And he took us out and we went to Laetitia and we ended up in this hotel for a while. And I'm still, you know, really pretty shaky. And Terrence, but Terrence, because he's hypervigilant, he was, you know, looking after everything. Spent a few days in that hotel and eventually, you know, continued this condensation process and pretty much returned to more or less my baseline.
And he took us out and we went to Laetitia and we ended up in this hotel for a while. And I'm still, you know, really pretty shaky. And Terrence, but Terrence, because he's hypervigilant, he was, you know, looking after everything. Spent a few days in that hotel and eventually, you know, continued this condensation process and pretty much returned to more or less my baseline.
And he took us out and we went to Laetitia and we ended up in this hotel for a while. And I'm still, you know, really pretty shaky. And Terrence, but Terrence, because he's hypervigilant, he was, you know, looking after everything. Spent a few days in that hotel and eventually, you know, continued this condensation process and pretty much returned to more or less my baseline.
And then I, you know, we went back to Bogota and I arranged to come home. And at this point, I was like... I don't want anything to do with this. I just want to be a normal guy. I just want to get my feet on the ground. I don't know what was going on. But whatever it was, I'm glad I'm sane.
And then I, you know, we went back to Bogota and I arranged to come home. And at this point, I was like... I don't want anything to do with this. I just want to be a normal guy. I just want to get my feet on the ground. I don't know what was going on. But whatever it was, I'm glad I'm sane.
And then I, you know, we went back to Bogota and I arranged to come home. And at this point, I was like... I don't want anything to do with this. I just want to be a normal guy. I just want to get my feet on the ground. I don't know what was going on. But whatever it was, I'm glad I'm sane.
I'm glad I'm functional, and I want to go home, and I want to study, return to the university, and just live my life. So I did eventually go back. I changed my studies from what I had been studying. It was basically anthropology and religious studies, that sort of thing. But I started studying chemistry. I started studying harder sciences.
I'm glad I'm functional, and I want to go home, and I want to study, return to the university, and just live my life. So I did eventually go back. I changed my studies from what I had been studying. It was basically anthropology and religious studies, that sort of thing. But I started studying chemistry. I started studying harder sciences.
I'm glad I'm functional, and I want to go home, and I want to study, return to the university, and just live my life. So I did eventually go back. I changed my studies from what I had been studying. It was basically anthropology and religious studies, that sort of thing. But I started studying chemistry. I started studying harder sciences.
I studied biology, pharmacology, chemistry, all that stuff. Part of the motivation for that was that Terence was saying, and even before we'd done the experiment, but afterwards, definitely, he was saying, you know, science will never explain this, you know. And I was saying, well, wait a minute. We're not scientists, you know. So you can't say that until we know how to do science, you know.
I studied biology, pharmacology, chemistry, all that stuff. Part of the motivation for that was that Terence was saying, and even before we'd done the experiment, but afterwards, definitely, he was saying, you know, science will never explain this, you know. And I was saying, well, wait a minute. We're not scientists, you know. So you can't say that until we know how to do science, you know.
I studied biology, pharmacology, chemistry, all that stuff. Part of the motivation for that was that Terence was saying, and even before we'd done the experiment, but afterwards, definitely, he was saying, you know, science will never explain this, you know. And I was saying, well, wait a minute. We're not scientists, you know. So you can't say that until we know how to do science, you know.
You can't really dismiss science. And so I thought, I'm going to study science. And that was kind of what put me on that trajectory. Terrence, on the other hand, was convinced that we had succeeded and that the timing of this
You can't really dismiss science. And so I thought, I'm going to study science. And that was kind of what put me on that trajectory. Terrence, on the other hand, was convinced that we had succeeded and that the timing of this
You can't really dismiss science. And so I thought, I'm going to study science. And that was kind of what put me on that trajectory. Terrence, on the other hand, was convinced that we had succeeded and that the timing of this