Episode 1: From Polio to Papua

"Take an under-sized five-year-old farm girl, give her polio that not only crippled her but nearly killed her, then give her an impossible dream. In her childhood and again as a college student she will rebel against the plan. Finally, she embraces it. It led her to one of the most primitive, rugged places on earth, and a life that brawny international explorers would envy." – Elinor Young