The only known photograph of Matthieu Gramont, taken by Inès Bédard in Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine in 1940, two years before his untimely death.
Inès Bédard, Paris, 1944 (photographer unknown)
From left to right: Hubert Belanger, Rémy Desmarais, Arnaud Duverger. Photo taken in 1939 by Maurice Fournier near the perimeter of the Belovezhskaya Pushcha Labyrinth, Belarus.
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I thought I once read that Gramont and Bedard were either married or at least engaged? Was that true?
Teuton: I know the two had an affair in the early 1940s, which ended nearly at the expense of their shared scholarship and navigation. The Recursivists, much like their navigational practices, were a mysterious, introspective coterie.
they are like, the joy division of labyrinthology.
What if you have to go the bathroom in the labyrinth? Seems like it would be pretty sacrilege to take a leak or a dump on a boundary.
Monsoon_Thunder: You pose a question whose answer actually reveals historical changes in the architecture, design, and nature of labyrinths over time.
There is a class of labyrinths built after 1950 designed more for the purposes of leisure, entertainment, or art. These Popular Labyrinths, as they are called, generally only require a few hours (1-3) to navigate, but contain full bathrooms at the perimeter. Some contain bathrooms at the center, but this is less common.
Keep in mind that these labyrinths are not generally the kind of labyrinths that labyrinthologists study and that labyrinthians tend to navigate. Jacques Oligreff, however, does concentrate on this class of labyrinths, as his mission is a populistic one, and we here at the CLP do highly value that.
Most labyrinths require multi-day navigation. In these labyrinths, you may find an antiquated kind of outhouse, but usually navigators dig a small ditch and then bury their waste.
Many of the most challenging labyrinths pre-date the modern era of sanitation, and thus pre-modern hygiene practices apply, though navigators tend to neatly and discreetly heed nature's call out of respect to other navigators and to the labyrinth itself.
Nice summary, John. As you well know, defecation within the labyrinth is a subject upon which many labyrinthians have dwelled (cf T.H. Bryer: The Heterogeneous Perimeter: Base Navigations).
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