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"I'm getting just a bit done with my mates confusing human rights with culture," writes ExWeb's Tina Sjogren.
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The International Union of Mountain Guides Associations accepted as members the National Association of Mountain Guides of Nepal.
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The dissident didn't have to have the obvious explained to him. Through his life he had been imprisoned for years by the Communist occupiers of his country. Recently, as world leaders and the Olympic committee scrambled to defend the Red Chinese, Vaclav Havel warned of the peace of the graveyard.
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The Harvard Business School drop-out explored the world off the beaten path all the way into the 1980s. Michel Peissel early took to the people of Tibet. "He made some very important journeys," CuChullaine of the Long Riders' told ExWeb, "and stood up the Red Chinese to his dying."
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National Park Service architectural historians traveled to the Afghanistan province of Ghazni this summer to help provincial preservation efforts for two rare brick towers covered with applied terracotta designs: “The Towers of Victory.”
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Crossing from Nepal to Tibet is like entering a diffferent world - particularly when seen through western eyes. Climbers' reports with their impressions from the road often provide an interesting insight.
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K2 north side climbers expect to reach camp 2 tomorrow. Kinga and Fabrizio have left the mountain. With international climbers now shifting focus back to Nepal and Chinese Himalaya; news are that another monk has self-immolated in a desperate call for freedom.
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Arab Revolutions, Tibetan uprisings: it's about Freedom and Independence. In a just and free election, people of all races and nations choose Democracy. It can and must be achieved for this entire world. Happy Independence Day everyone - wherever you are.
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It is yet unknown whether the death of Osama Bin Laden will make the world a more peaceful place. For the moment though, it sure is not helping Pakistan's tourism. Yet the country is reportedly safer for trekkers and climbers than mainstream media pictures it.
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Last time ExplorersWeb spoke to Alain Robert, better know as “Spiderman” he had climbed the 678-foot-tall 'One Houston Center' – or more accurately - security. In Dubai, Spiderman climbed Burj Khalifa, 828m, before hundreds of admiring onlookers
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There is a proud collection of foreign correspondents at ExplorersWeb such as Yusuke Hirai reporting from Japan. Authorities called off a tsunami advisory this morning after another quake (6.5-magnitude) hit the country and in a report from last week, Yusuke Hirai details the current state of events.
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If anyone knows survival it's Japanese Himalaya climber Hiro (Hirotaka) Takeuchi. He had just resumed his plan to become the first Japanese 14x8000er when destiny stroke again. "Luckily, my family and I are safe," he told ExplorersWeb in a message he wants out there: they are going to make it.
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Gaddafi's jamming of the Thuraya network is affecting users as far away as Mount Kilimanjaro. Seems Thuraya lacks clear defense and a solution will have to come through diplomatic channels or political change.
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Since we last heard from the Vogel Family their lives on the road have been dominated by the nasty Patagonian wind. And, as seems to be the rule for every cyclist touring the world, there´s always a headwind. Never a tailwind. But to the amazement of the family, one day they had 71 km/hour tailwind.
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