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...They might have carried off the scam, but Darwin, an avid outdoorsman, was, "going stir crazy" trapped in the house, she said. In 2004, the Mirror reported, the couple decided to move abroad. Darwin obtained a passport under the name of John Jones, and traveled to Cyprus and Gibraltar before the couple settled on an apartment in Panama...
...Police questioned Britain's Prince Harry as part of an investigation into the killing of two rare hen harriers last week at the royal family's Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, England a spokesperson at Clarence House confirmed Wednesday. The prince, an avid outdoorsman, and an unidentified friend were nearby when the birds were shot, and press reports have suggested the two were the only hunters on the estate at the time...
...exactly a secret that President Bush’s administration hasn’t been particularly friendly to America’s public lands. Despite his campaign pledge to “restore and renew” our public land and his image as a brush-clearing Texas outdoorsman, our national parks suffer from overcrowding and insufficient funding, our national forests are being thinned by irresponsible logging, and our wilderness areas are threatened by drilling and development. The very agencies that are supposed to protect the environment are themselves in danger of atrophy. Morale among long-time staff in government...
...time he graduated from Harvard, T.R. had made himself the most experienced outdoorsman in a class filled with the sons of wealth and comfort. And his fierce determination to make his life count for something larger than his own interests sent him into writing and politics and the study of history. Indeed, even as he settled into married life with Alice and attended Columbia Law School, T.R. turned back to nature. He eventually bought two ranches in the Dakota Territory, where he could raise cattle to sell to the Eastern markets and at the same time retreat for health-giving...
...book into three separate sections, each of which explores the company’s unique facets. The first, and most interesting, part deals with history. Chouinard gives a short, scatter-shot autobiography that hopscotches across time from one rock climbing adventure to another. The founder is an avid outdoorsman who loves extreme sports. He entered the world of business haphazardly by making and selling climbing equipment. The Patagonia clothing line started after Chouinard discovered a market for corduroy knickers and rugby shirts among mountain climbers. From this humble beginning, the company has become an international force with sales...