Humans

States of Elevation

States of Elevation On the topographical map of endurance athletes, one human stands alone on the top isopleth. It’s difficult to enter the realm of hyperbole when discussing the achievements of Kilian Jornet. Literally born to the peaks, Jornet grew up in a mountain hut his parents oversaw in the Spanish Pyrenees, near the triple point […]

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Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death & the Mother of Forensic Science

Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death & the Mother of Forensic Science To Mrs. Frances G. Lee, Captain, New Hampshire State Police, And One of the Few Women Who Ever Kept Perry Mason Guessing   –Erle Stanley Gardner, The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom In Chicago, on 25 March 1878, John Jacob and Sarah Frances Glessner welcomed a

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Red Adair, the Munroe Effect, & the Devil’s Cigarette Lighter

Red Adair, the Munroe Effect, & the Devil’s Cigarette Lighter On 20 February 1962, John Glenn became the third American to visit space, as Friendship 7 left Earth. When the craft successfully orbited our planet, Glenn was the first American to circle Earth above the atmosphere. He orbited three times during the nearly five-hour mission, giving Glenn

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Children of the Jungle

Children of the Jungle Miracle, miracle, miracle, miracle. — Radio Transmission An example of total survival which will remain in history. — Colombian President Gustavo Petro On 1 May 2023, a Cessna 206 departed Araracuara Airport in southern Colombia with seven humans aboard. In addition to the pilot, Hernando Murcia Morales, and a local Indigenous leader, Herman Mendoza Hernández,

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Team NKR

Team NKR Social media are tricky gumbos, simultaneously connecting and isolating, able to amplify fantastic messages, misinformation, and drivel. As lovers of the outdoors, one unabashedly positive aspect of the internet is the ability to follow along with incredible adventurers, as they visit gorgeous or remote vistas. For those of us who will likely never

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Ile Moyenne, a Voluntary Robinson Crusoe, and the World’s Smallest National Park

Ile Moyenne, a Voluntary Robinson Crusoe, and the World’s Smallest National Park Please Respect the Tortoises. They are probably older than you.  — Sign on Moyenne Island  About 800 nautical miles east of Africa, 115 islands dot the Indian Ocean, forming an archipelago named Seychelles. Named after a minister of Louis XV, the islands had never

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Yosemitebear

Yosemitebear One of the great phenomena we have the blessing to experience as entities in a physical reality is one we tend to treat with familiarity because it is fairly common. Like the glory of a sunrise or sunset, upon which one could gaze two times every living day, rainbows are a marvel of physics

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