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The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?
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Years ago, when I first started mountaineering, I was impetuous, heady, rash, impatient, prideful and arrogant. I in my mind, was both impervious and impregnable, "nothing could stop me," or so I thought. Then, I came face-to-face with Mount Everest for the first time, and she quickly humbled me. She forced me to do away with the false machismo, the fake toughness and the phony bravado, and in return, she blessed me with the gifts of comity, heightened inner-peace, calmness, and steadiness of bo
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A community for nature lovers and readers, run by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County.
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A location for books, films, and resources for individuals who seek the "cabin on top of a mount…more
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