Was Robyn Davidson an Australian Lunatic?

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A review of Tracks: A Woman’s Solo Trek across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback by Robyn Davidson. London, Bloomsbury, 2013, 261 pp.

If I was to be unkind I would contend that when Robyn Davidson was 25 years old she was young and stupid. Her dream of camel-trekking alone through the heart of Australia’s Outback was all well and good, but beginning the adventure in Alice Springs with just…