Apparently ‘summited’ is the word to use for climbing to the peak of a mountain. For the first time since 1974 no one summited Mount Everest last year, despite record permits being issued for those attempting the climb. This detailed blog post outlines what happened during 2015 to bring about this unanticipated occurrence. source
I first read about the profound problems that people who don’t feel physical pain can experience in Philip Yancey’s book The Gift Of Pain. This article on Today I Found Out reminded me of that as it unfolds that pain serves purpose. From the post: Congenital Insensitivity to Pain (CIP) is technically classified as a …
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Interesting online article about a day spent in outback South Australia delivering mail. The perspective is that of a writer from the USA, which also adds a cross-cultural element to the observances about life in a region where humans are few and distances are long. Should be very familiar to our patrol ministry workers who …
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