This week’s links (2024-03-10)

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In brief:
🏔 Everest: Khumbu Authorities Ease Restrictions (2024-Mar-08) [Explorers Web]
🏔 Everest 2024: Nepal’s “GPS Chip” Plan has Major Problems (2024-Mar-05) [Alan Arnette]
🏔 Everest Season About to Begin: Here’s What We Know (2024-Mar-04) [Explorers Web]

🎲 Dungeons & Dragons at 50: the collaborative fantasy role-playing game that builds you up (2024-Mar-10) [The Guardian]

❝ Dungeons & Dragons – affectionately known as D&D – is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2024. Dragged through the mud in the 1980s, when critics argued it was a gateway to devil worshipping and the media connected it to murders and suicides, the game has surged back into popularity and popular culture in recent years.
Its appeal is perhaps best captured by one of its creators, Gary Gygax , who once said: “All of us at times feel a little inadequate at dealing with the modern world – it would feel much better if we knew we were a superhero or a mighty wizard.” ❞

🔊 Nightlife Travel – Flinders Island Walking Tour (2024-Mar-04) [ABC Listen|ABC Radio Sydney]

âťť Travel writer Belinda Jackson has just returned from the Flinders Island walking tour, the newest gem in the Great Walks of Australia, nestled in the Bass Strait between Tasmania and Victoria. She joins Philip Clark on Nightlife to discuss the journey and walking tours. âťž

🔊 Nightlife Travel – Walking Tasmania’s Overland Track (2024-Feb-12) [ABC Listen|ABC Radio Sydney]

âťť The BBC recently listed an Australian destination as one of their top 10 classic treks around the world and it’s located in our famously picturesque Apple Isle state. Stretching over 60 kilometers from the iconic Cradle Mountain and ending at Australia’s deepest lake, Lake St Clair, the six-day walk entices avid trekkers from across the globe.
Marie Bean who works for a tour company in Davenport that transports passengers to and from The Overland Track, revealed to Philip Clark suggestions for embarking on the trek. âťž

Howqua River

âťť May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home. âťž

— Trenton Lee Stewart
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