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Written by Umesh Gadasalli
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 From its thunderous ocean breakers crashing against rocky headlands and expansive sand beaches through its open grasslands to its brushy hillsides and forested ridges, visitors can discover over 1000 species of plants and animals. Home to Coastal Miwok and other Native American cultures over thousands of years, Point Reyes became a national Seashore in 1962. Prior to this, Point Reyes (Punta de Los Reyes) was explored by many European explorers in the 1600s. In response to the many shipwrecks in the treacherous coastal waters, key lighthouse and lifesaving stations were established by the United States Government in the late 1800s and early 1900s as it’s windiest and foggiest location on the west coast.. In the early 1800s, Mexican land grantees established ranchos. They were followed by a wave of American agricultural operations, which continue to this day in the Seashore's pastoral zone. |
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Written by Elliot Waite
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2007-09-15 00:00:00 |
 Mysore, India: Home to historic monuments, wonderful silk factories, relaxing yoga venues, and one perpetually lost tourist who just wants to find his way onto the palace grounds before he dies of heat exhaustion or gets run over by an errant delivery van.
In 1950 Maurice Herzog led a French climbing expedition that set out to summit the first 8,000+ meter peak ever. And, in fact, Herzog, and <NAME> succeeded in not only reaching the summit of Annapurna, but also making it down alive. It would be another twenty years before anyone else successfully climbed Annapurna.
To this day, of the fourteen 8,000+ meter peaks in the world, just over a dozen people have successfully climbed all of them. That the 1950 French expedition was able to do it using equipment that most ten-year-olds would view as unfit attire for sledding is even more remarkable. |
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