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MtnGoat Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 11992 | TRs | Pics Location: Lyle, WA |
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MtnGoat
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Thu Dec 20, 2018 11:16 am
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So so sad...condolences to their families.
Backpackers killed in Morocco
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
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Anne Elk BrontosaurusTheorist
Joined: 07 Sep 2018 Posts: 2410 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
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Thu Dec 20, 2018 11:57 am
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It is unfortunate. Something similar (in motive) happened earlier this year: A Dream Ended on a Mountain Road . The deceased in that instance expressed a certain naive optimism:
Quote: | Evil is a make-believe concept we’ve invented to deal with the complexities of fellow humans holding values and beliefs and perspectives different than our own |
Also recall a story from some years back of backpackers who wandered into (I think) Afghanistan ( ! ) who were attacked by a local radical band and somehow managed to escape their captors before being killed or ransomed.
The last places I'd go for a holiday would be Muslim countries that are invariably home to factions of the population that are extremely poor and often radicalized. Then go right into the remote areas where just such types hang out. One thing I learned when traveling abroad was to try to blend in, respect the local culture, be humble and unobtrusive. In each of these cases, the deceased did the exact opposite.
"There are yahoos out there. It’s why we can’t have nice things." - Tom Mahood
"There are yahoos out there. It’s why we can’t have nice things." - Tom Mahood
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MtnGoat Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 11992 | TRs | Pics Location: Lyle, WA |
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Thu Dec 20, 2018 5:03 pm
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It's too bad so many of the worlds most spectacular and unusual mountain destinations are in such hot spots.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
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zephyr aka friendly hiker
Joined: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 3361 | TRs | Pics Location: West Seattle |
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Thu Dec 20, 2018 8:59 pm
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Hey, MtnGoat,
I appreciate the post. What does this link to? a newspaper site or ? Some have paywalls and count the number of visits. It's helpful to let us know where the link takes us. Thanks. ~z
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Malachai Constant Member
Joined: 13 Jan 2002 Posts: 16088 | TRs | Pics Location: Back Again Like A Bad Penny |
MtnGoat wrote: | It's too bad so many of the worlds most spectacular and unusual mountain destinations are in such hot spots. |
It is because remote areas are where desperados retreat to when things get tough for them. In Italy it is Sicily and Calabria, in France Corsica, in Southeast Asia it was the Golden Triangle, and in the US it was Western Arizona and Eastern New Mexico. The frontier is always a dangerous place.
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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zephyr aka friendly hiker
Joined: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 3361 | TRs | Pics Location: West Seattle |
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Fri Dec 21, 2018 9:23 am
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Doppelganger wrote: | It's a news site, but if you would rather you can google "Imlil", the village nearest the site of the incident. |
Thank you! ~z
Edit: Well I clicked on that link and a huge video started playing loudly with no way to turn it off. What the heck?
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reststep Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 4757 | TRs | Pics
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Fri Dec 21, 2018 5:49 pm
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"The mountains are calling and I must go." - John Muir
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Chief Joseph Member
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 7676 | TRs | Pics Location: Verlot-Priest Lake |
True. I recall reading a book of an Everest Expedition I think in 1996 where Kropp bicycled about 1200 miles to climb Everest, and along the way he was attacked by young thugs while on his bike, not sure if he was robbed.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
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contour5 Member
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Sat Dec 22, 2018 12:36 am
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RIP, condolences, and sad trombone.
There was a time when adventure travel in the Islamic world was easy, fun and cheap. And reasonably safe if you followed a few basic rules.
The final stages of capitalism is all sad trombones.
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Anne Elk BrontosaurusTheorist
Joined: 07 Sep 2018 Posts: 2410 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
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Sun Dec 23, 2018 12:36 am
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Not to put too fine a point on it, but don't you mean "imperialism"? (Check Wikipedia.) Just sayin'.
"There are yahoos out there. It’s why we can’t have nice things." - Tom Mahood
"There are yahoos out there. It’s why we can’t have nice things." - Tom Mahood
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contour5 Member
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Sun Dec 23, 2018 1:41 pm
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Quote: | don't you mean "imperialism"? |
You'll get no argument from me there- the two go hand in hand.
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Anne Elk BrontosaurusTheorist
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Anne Elk
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Sun Dec 23, 2018 2:58 pm
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Contour5 - Sure, but it's not unique to capitalism, which was really more my point. Probably a basic human foible, maybe the root of all evil. We're not that far removed from other primates that way, when it comes to behavior in groups: "scheme-y backstabbing machiavellian bastards who are awful to each other": Sapolsky, beginning at 9:32 in the entertaining and informative doc: Stress, Portrait of a Killer .
"There are yahoos out there. It’s why we can’t have nice things." - Tom Mahood
"There are yahoos out there. It’s why we can’t have nice things." - Tom Mahood
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DIYSteve seeking hygge
Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 12655 | TRs | Pics Location: here now |
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Sun Dec 23, 2018 9:23 pm
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Years ago I built a pair of wheels for a guy who was about to set out to bicycle around the world. A few months later, his wife called to advise that he was knifed to death in Afghanistan, likely by thieves.
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Bernardo Member
Joined: 08 Feb 2010 Posts: 2174 | TRs | Pics Location: out and about in the world |
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Tue Dec 25, 2018 5:30 pm
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Foist Sultan of Sweat
Joined: 08 May 2006 Posts: 3974 | TRs | Pics Location: Back! |
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Fri Jan 04, 2019 12:27 pm
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zephyr wrote: |
Hey, MtnGoat,
I appreciate the post. What does this link to? a newspaper site or ? Some have paywalls and count the number of visits. It's helpful to let us know where the link takes us. Thanks. ~z
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This problem is ridiculously easy to circumvent. If you've maxed out your visits to one of those sites, just use Chrome and open the link "incognito mode."
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