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Kui ma jarjekordselt seljakotti pakin, kusib ode: „Kuidas sa ei ole siiani aru saanud, kui raske ja kurnav see on? Miks sa jalle lahed?“Kilimanjarol algab teekond, rannak endasse. Me laheme jarjest korgemale liikudes lukku, kuid hetked, mil end avame, on ausamast ausamad. Motted tulevad ja lahevad, kuni pea on tuhi ja voimust votab eriline enesega olemise tunne. Energialaeng on imeline.Aafrika katusel kaib igal aastal kuni 80 000 inimest. Ega seda mage ilmaasjata igauhe Everestiks kutsuta! Koigil matkajatel on oma lugu, kuid eesmark on uks – 5895 meetri korgune Uhuru Peak, tolkes Vabaduse tipp.Tous Kilimanjaro kliimavoondites meenutab mulle Eesti aastaaegade vaheldumist. Peale selle saab enne voi parast matka nautida Tansaania eluolu – kulastada polisrahvaid, seigelda savannisugavustes voi jalgida vurtsidehongulisi paikeseloojanguid Sansibari randadel. Ma olen ennast sinna vahel liiga kauaks unustanud…

Climbing – Philosophy for Everyone presents a collection of intellectually stimulating new essays that address the philosophical issues relating to risk, ethics, and other aspects of climbing that are of interest to everyone from novice climbers to seasoned mountaineers. Represents the first collection of essays to exclusively address the many philosophical aspects of climbing Includes essays that challenge commonly accepted views of climbing and climbing ethics Written accessibly, this book will appeal to everyone from novice climbers to seasoned mountaineers Includes a foreword written by Hans Florine Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature, 2010

They were prisoners, exiles, pawns of a corrupt government. Now they are Dr Rachel Dycek's adin: surgically transformed beings who can survive new lives on the surface of Mars. But they are still exiles, unable ever again to breathe Earth's air … And they are still pawns.They were prisoners, exiles, pawns of a corrupt government. Now they are Dr. Rachel Dycek’s adin: surgically transformed beings who can survive new lives on the surface of Mars. But they are still exiles, unable ever again to breath Earth’s air . . . And they are still pawns.For the adin exist to terraform Mars for human colonists, not for themselves. Creating a new Earth, they will destroy their world; killed by their own success. Desperate, adin leader Boris Tiban launches a suicide campaign to sabotage the Mars Project, knowing his people will perish in a glorious, doomed orgy of mayhem. Unless embattled, bitter Rachel Dycek can find a miracle to save both the Mars Project and the race she created.