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...there, they get there with fervor." The transcendent confidence Wright acquired on that trip ultimately inspired her to move to - of all places - New Zealand and become what she calls an "adventure coach." She leads hiking trips through rugged scenery - a "midlife, middle-earth adventure" on the Banks Peninsula Track in New Zealand. But Wright also emphasizes the internal journey: "You step out of time. You don't know what day it is, what time it is. You eat when you're hungry. And when you come back, you are changed...
...tension between China and Japan comes at a time when the situation on the Korean peninsula is deteriorating and the need for multilateral diplomacy is mounting. North Korea has already declared itself a nuclear power, one that is entitled to formal disarmament talks like any other nation with nuclear arms. It is impossible to verify if Pyongyang really has the Bomb, but neighboring countries think it unwise to test whether Kim Jong Il is bluffing. So getting Pyongyang back to the negotiating table?the "six-party talks" that the North walked out of last June?becomes more urgent...
...often rocky relations with the U.S. Japan, too, stands to gain from disarming Kim. North Korea fired a long-range missile over Japan in 1998 and has dozens of other ballistic missiles that could strike its islands within minutes. If there were ever a major conflict on the Korean peninsula, Japan would quickly be dragged into it, thanks to Tokyo's security treaty with Washington...
...tutor Johnny in the ways of the rich and British. Wormwood, the third narrator, writing years after Johnny's death, reveals all?about the murder of a British mine operator on the trip, about Kunichika's sinister connections to the Japanese troops then poised to invade the Malay peninsula, and about Johnny's growing anguish over his reluctant bride. In Wormwood's literate and lively account, Johnny is a likable, slightly pathetic figure battered by the forces of British colonialism, Japanese militarism and, finally, his own greed...
Trekking in the Arabian Peninsula usually brings to mind images of sweltering deserts, but tucked away in Yemen's remote Haraz Mountains is a cool and verdant high country, only known to a few discerning hikers. At its heart is the 2,960-m peak, Jabal Shibam, pictured, under which sits the 12th century hilltop village of Al Hajjarah?the country's hiking hub. The fortified hamlet is one of the prettiest in Yemen, with numerous trails leading up the volcanic mountains and down to the Grand Canyon-like wadis (dry river valleys...