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The Best Climbing Areas in the U.S.

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Setting out to name America’s top-ten crags is a dubious goal. For starters, you just know that somebody is going to get all huffy puffy when their stomping ground doesn’t make the cut. And then there will be the wars over semantics. What qualifies as a crag? What doesn’t? How important is history, aesthetics, rock quality? No matter what, you’re bound to piss people off.

Still, you might as well try. Because YOLO.

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‘Proposed Scheme' for the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down and the State of Conservation of "Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites"

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Over the last several months, the World Heritage Centre has been receiving numerous messages from citizens from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as well as from other countries, expressing their concern regarding the ‘Proposed Scheme’ for the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down project, located within the boundaries of the World Heritage site “Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites”, and the adverse impact it may have on...

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Malaysia Airlines’ Japan routes getting new menus from Hilton Kuala Lumpur’s Iketeru restaurant

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Malaysia Airlines is rolling out a new Japanese menu developed in partnership with the Hilton Kuala Lumpur’s Iketeru restaurant on its flights from Kuala Lumpur to Tokyo and Osaka next month.

The new menus, developed by the restaurant’s executive chef, Masami Okamoto, will be offered to passengers flying in the airline’s Business Suite and business class cabins for a limited time over the s...

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Florence Bans Tourists from Eating on the Streets of Historic Center

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Florence is banning tourists from picnicking on the sidewalk and on shop doorsteps at mealtimes. Those who don’t comply with the ordinance, signed by mayor Dario Nardella, in effect from September 4 until January 6, 2019, face a fine of between €150-€500.

The ban applies to four streets in the city center that are especially popular with tourists: via de’ Neri, the Uffizi square, piazza del Grano and via della Ninna. Here, between 12 and 3 pm and between 6 and 1...

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Into the Fairy Knowe, Orkney’s Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn

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Orkney’s archaeology is endlessly fascinating. This far-flung archipelago is home to structures that are 5,000 years old, like Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn, and mostly hidden beneath tons of verdant grass and weighty sod.

So many questions arise. What was life like here in 3,000 BC? Why are there so many ancient structures preserved here and not elsewhere? What is the significance of these sit...

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Why You Should Keep An Ice Chest In Your RV

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RVs are fabulous because they include everything you need. But since RVs come equipped with so many features and luxuries, many people feel like they don’t really need to pack much.

This is 100% understandable, and even correct to an extent. However, there are some things my family likes to keep in our RV that many would deem

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Developers Head to Vacation Beach Towns Despite Hurricane Harvey Fallout

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Developer Jeff Lamkin knew the risks when he paid $250 million for 63 acres of an island off the Texas coast. But he saw only upside in the quaint little beach town of Port Aransas.

Over the next 10 years he built Cinnamon Shore, a village of luxury vacation homes fortified by the latest hurricane-proof construction methods. Then Hurricane Ha...

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