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Mt. Washington’s Summit, Ykes!
As we approached the last few feet of the Tuckerman’s Trail, at the summit of Mt. Washington. we took the last steps… to what? A parking lot filled with camera toting, Lay’s Potato Chip bag eating,...
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U.S. Healthcare: Our Blind Spot
By R. Richards, Founder, Mountain Spirit Institute [Don't miss the chart at the end of this post] Once again, I’ve crossed the U.S. border, and am back in New Zealand (by way of Australia)...
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Obama approves GMO Crops
The Revolution will begin our food supply Over the past 12 days, the Obama administration has unbelievably chosen to approve two biotech crops, Roundup Ready genetically modified (GMO) alfalfa and...
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Obama approves GMO Crops
The Revolution will begin our food supply Over the past 12 days, the Obama administration has unbelievably chosen to approve two biotech crops, Roundup Ready genetically modified (GMO) alfalfa and...
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Elitism in the Mountains
By R. Richards The "Lodge" at Routeburn! Fellow MSI board member Bob Stremba and I recently decided to spend a couple of days on New Zealand’s Routeburn walk, one of the famous tracks in the Southern...
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Peru: Protests Against Illegal Gold Mining
Tourists Leave Puno Amid Escalating Protests By: Andean Air Mail & PERUVIAN TIMES More than 200 tourists who were stranded in southern Peru’s Puno department due to protests against mining...
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Don’t Buy It
Selling Success Thru Consuming A recent full page ad on the inside front cover of New Zealand Alpine Club‘s The Climber* Magazine shows a truly burly shot of climber Alex Honnold in Borneo, doing a...
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Gold’s Glitter in Peru
The surge in the price of gold brings wealth and unrest to Peru. From Reuters: Katharine Jackson reports Click Image to see Reuters Video Also see our earlier post on Barrack Mines in Huaraz, Peru.
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Obama Legalizes Horse Slaughter for Human Consumption
Don't Eat Horses Obama Legalizes Horse Slaughter for Human Consumption By Madeline Bernstein Horse slaughter plants are legal again in the United States. Restrictions on horse meat processing for human...
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NZ Crown Jewels for Sale to the Highest Bidder
Half a Million Hectares, Sold From Stuff.co.nz New Zealanders have paid $65m to get rid of some of our most treasured landscapes, through an obscure process critics have described as a vast wave of...
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