Walking to the Roof of the World

Darrel Hartman 

Why climb Mount Everest? “Because it’s there,” George Mallory famously said. Then he died trying.

A century on, Mallory is best remembered for those three koanlike words. As Mick Conefrey writes in “Fallen: George Mallory and the Tragic 1924 Everest Expedition,” they are “both the simplest and the most enigmatic explanation of the lure of high mountains.”

Alas, Everest, highest of them all, is less enigmatic and arguably less alluring these days. Since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay logged the first successful ascent in 1953, it has been summited more than 12,000 times by upward of 6,500 different people. Every spring the Nepali army removes several tons of trash from this high-elevation tourist attraction. The human-waste problem has gotten so bad that, as of this year, visitors are required to pack their poop and take it with them.

The Everest that Mallory explored in the 1920s had less excrement and more romance. The climbing equipment was rudimentary: the flax ropes were as threads compared to modern nylon ones, and the wool clothing and hobnail boots were more cumbersome and far less effective than modern goose down and crampons. Mr. Conefrey, a documentary filmmaker who has written several books about Himalayan mountaineering history, also notes another major difference between then and now: Mallory and his peers “took risks that many of today’s climbers would find unacceptable.”

Kangaroos fight like boxers

Kangaroos are marsupials from the family Macropodidae. Kangaroos are indigenous to Australia and New Guinea. Kangaroos have large, powerful hind legs, large feet adapted for leaping, a long muscular tail for balance, and a small head. Like most marsupials, female kangaroos have a pouch called a marsupium in which joeys complete postnatal development. Kangaroos are the only large mammals to use hopping on two legs as their primary means of locomotion. The comfortable hopping speed for a red kangaroo is about 20–25 km/h (12–16 mph), but speeds of up to 70 km/h (43 mph)  can be attained over short distances, while it can sustain a speed of 40 km/h (25 mph) for nearly 2 km (1.2 mi).

Because of their hopping body structure, their fight looks similar to human fight, pouncing and kicking. Fighting has been described in all species of kangaroos. Fights between kangaroos can be brief or long and ritualised. In highly competitive situations, such as males fighting for access to oestrous females or at limited drinking spots,  the fights are brief. Both sexes will fight for drinking spots, but long, ritualised fighting or "boxing" is largely done by males. Smaller males fight more often near females in oestrus, while the large males in consorts do not seem to get involved. Ritualised fights can arise suddenly  when males are grazing together. However, most fights are preceded by two males scratching and grooming each other. 

Like a street fight, these two kangaroos got into street fight and showed their coolest moves. One move requires tail standing. Even it can fight with a human. No wonder they behave like bipedal human.

सबसे प्रदूषित शहर भारत में हैं - Top Polluted Cities are in India

सबसे प्रदूषित शहर भारत में हैं। 100 में से 83 प्रदूषित शहर सभी भारत में हैं। ये विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन के मानक के दस गुना अधिक हैं। बेगूसराय, भारत के उत्तरी बिहार राज्य में पांच लाख लोगों के शहर, दुनिया का सबसे प्रदूषित शहर था। बेगूसराय के पीछे गुवाहाटी, असम; दिल्ली; और मुल्लांपुर, पंजाब हैं, जो सबसे प्रदूषित शहरों की दृष्टि से आते हैं। भारतीय जनसंख्या का 96% इस प्रदूषित स्थिति में रहता है।

दक्षिण एशिया को विशेष चिंता है, जिसमें 29 में से 30 सबसे प्रदूषित शहर भारत, पाकिस्तान या बांग्लादेश में हैं। रिपोर्ट ने लाहौर को पांचवें स्थान पर, नई दिल्ली को छठे स्थान पर और ढाका को 24वें स्थान पर रैंक किया।

चीन का सबसे प्रदूषित शहर होटन है, जो 14 वें स्थान पर है। नेपाल की राजधानी काठमांडू 142 वें स्थान पर है।

स्वस्थ वायु गुणवत्ता वाले देशों की बात करें, तो ये फ़िनलैंड, एस्तोनिया, प्यूर्टो रिको, ऑस्ट्रेलिया, न्यूज़ीलैंड, बरमूडा, ग्रेनाडा, आइसलैंड, मॉरिशस और फ़्रेंच पॉलिनेशिया हैं।

How to identify spam email and scam offer?

 Identifying spam emails and scam offer can be crucial for protecting yourself from phishing attempts, malware, and other online threats. Fraudulent posting in Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social medias need to be understood too. Here are some common indicators to help you recognize spam:

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एक प्रख्यात पत्रिका को राशिफलको सबै राशिको पहिलो लाईन - अरु कुरा आफै मिलाएर बुज्नुस।  

मेष : दिन राम्रो छ। 

वृष : दैनिकी राम्रो छ। 

मिथुन : समय राम्रो छ। 

कर्कट : समय सामान्य छ। 

सिंह : दैनिकी राम्रो छ। 

कन्या : आजको दिन राम्रो छ। 

तुला : दिन राम्रो छ। 

वृश्चिक : दैनिकी राम्रो छ। 

धनु : समय राम्रो छ। 

मकर : समय सामान्य छ। 

कुम्भ : दिन राम्रो छ। 

मीन : दिन राम्रो छ। 

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