There's a correlation between George Bush's dumping of the Kyoto Treaty and the decline in Sino-American relations. To counteract global warming, start another cold war. Ian A. Waters, Surry Hills, April 2. All climbers are aware of the risks and have taken them into account in agreeing to participate at significant personal financial, physical and emotional expense. Undertaking the climb of the Tibetan north face of Mount Everest, with its extreme conditions and altitude, requires absolute dedication and preparation.
Training takes months.
While I would not have risked the safety of my young daughter, I endorse the Szypula-Hackett family's right to choose. Despite the tragedy, my daughter remains eager to share her parents' love of the Himalayas. Cattle numbers in Australia have been falling in the past few years because of the low prices cattle producers have received. As a small producer we have reduced our production by about 70,000kg by not replacing breeding stock we sold to meet our financial commitment. Millions of hectares of grazing land are now being taken out of production for agriculture by new environmental and conservation laws that ban the use of fertiliser-improved pastures and crops.