| Five Hundred SixtySixth in the Famous People (FP) Series - Don Quixote |
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The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha
by Miguel de Cervantes
Alonso Quixano, a retired country gentleman in his fifties, lives in an unnamed section of La Mancha with his niece and a housekeeper. He has become obsessed with books of chivalry, and believes their every word to be true, despite the fact that many of the events in them are clearly impossible. Quixano eventually appears to other people to have lost his mind from little sleep and food and because of so much reading.
He decides to go out as a knight-errant in search of adventure. He dons an old suit of armor, renames himself "Don Quixote de la Mancha," and names his skinny horse "Rocinante." He designates a neighboring farm girl, Aldonza Lorenzo, as his lady love, renaming her Dulcinea del Toboso.
He sets out in the early morning and ends up at an inn, which he believes to be a castle. He becomes involved in a fight with muleteers who try to remove his armor from the horse trough so that they can water their mules. The innkeeper then "dubs" him a knight, and sends him on his way.
Don Quixote approaches his neighbor, Sancho Panza, and asks him to be his squire, promising him governorship of an island. The dull-witted Sancho agrees, and the pair sneak off in the early dawn. It is here that their series of famous adventures begin, starting with Don Quixote's attack on windmills that he believes to be ferocious giants.
The cruel practical jokes eventually lead Don Quixote to a great melancholy. The novel ends with Don Quixote regaining his full sanity, and renouncing all chivalry. But, the melancholy remains, and grows worse. Sancho tries to restore his quixotic faith, but his attempt to resurrect Alonso's quixotic alter-ego fails, and Alonso Quixano dies, sane and broken.
After tackling this elusive two-stager, you may just feel the same way.
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| Stage I |
| Okay Don, what do they call you? |
| Dandy Don |
N31 55.315 |
W097 39.167 |
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| Dustin Don |
N31 55.312 |
W097 39.163 |
| Dangit Don |
N31 55.321 |
W097 39.156 |
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| Stage II - Final |
| Now where is that tiny 2ml cryo tube? |
| A. In my hand |
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| B. I don't know |
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FP cemetery caches are always placed respectfully with regards to the location, so please be mindful of your presence here, watch where you step and be reverent to the residents interred.
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GPSr Accuracy 8.1' @ Final |
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