Climbers at Qomolangma are being asked to clean up after themselves.

Qomolangma has earned the nickname（绰号）the Worldˈs Highest Garbage Dump（垃圾场）.

Climbing Qomolangma,the worldˈs highest mountain,just becomes more challenging.The government of Nepal is telling climbers they cannot leave trash on the trails.Each climber will have to come down the mountain with at the least 18 pounds of garbage.Thatˈs the average amount of trash a climber leaves behind on Qomolangma.

Officials say climbers are responsible for their own trash.“We are not asking climbers to pick up trash left by someone else,”said the Nepal Tourism Ministry.“We just want them to bring back what they took up.”

More than 4,000 people have reached the 29,035-foot summit（顶峰）in more than 60 years.Leaving trash along the way helps climbers keep their bags light so they have energy to reach the summit.“The trash problem in Qomolangma is not new.”Burlakoti says.“When the people started to climb the mountain,they started to leave their garbage there.”They have left behind bottles,food boxes and equipment.

The new rule came into effect in April,2014.To make sure it is followed,climbers will have to deposit money（交保证金）before they climb.Once they climb back down the mountain,officials will check climbers at a return camp to make sure they have the required 18 pounds of trash.If they do,their money will be returned to them.If they do not,climbers will not receive their deposit and they will not be given a permit the next time they want to climb Qomolangma.

The goal is to make sure no more litter will be left on Qomolangma."As we offer Qomolangma to all the people of the world they should take responsibility to clean it."Burlakoti says,“After seeing the results from this,we will also apply this rule to other mountains.”

One night, Pilar was in a deep sleep when she was woken by her cat Inti. Inti was meowing wildly outside Pilar’s bedroom and throwing himself against the closed bedroom door. When Pilar opened her eyes, she saw that her bedroom was filled with smoke. As she escaped her house with Inti in her arms, she saw that a fire was burning in her kitchen. Pilar could easily have lost her life, but Inti would not let that happen. Even though Inti could have escaped the house through a cat door, he wouldn’t leave Pilar.

As amazing as this story is, it is not as uncommon as you may think. Take the example of Charlotte Lee and her horse, Thunder. One summer night, the whole family was asleep with the windows open. It was normally very quiet where they lived. Suddenly, there was a loud noise. Charlotte woke up from her sweet dream, and the noise continued. Then she heard a horse running fast towards the house. The next thing she saw was Thunder standing outside her window, neighing(嘶叫) and shaking his head. She knew something was wrong. Charlotte quickly got everyone out of the house before the earthquake hit. Thunder has saved her life.

There are also stories of wild animals coming to the rescue of humans. One animal known to be a friend of humans is the dolphin. Once, Todd Endris was surfing with his friends when he was attacked by a 13-foot(4-meter) shark. In the middle of the attack, a group of dolphins came to his rescue by forming a protective ring around Endris until he could get safely to shore. Without the help of the dolphins, there is little chance that Todd could have escaped.

No one is sure why animals have so often come to our rescue. However, it is clear that humans and animals enjoy a close relationship. It is important that we care for them as much as we can.

Welcome to Holker Hall & Gardens

Visitor Information

How to Get to Holker

By Car： Follow brown signs an A590 from JB6, M6.Approximale travel times: Windermere-20 minutes, Kendal-25 minutes, Lancaster-45 minutes, Manchester-I hour 30 minutes.z.x.xk

By Rail: The nearest station is Cark-in-Cartmel with trains to Carnforth, Lancaster Preston for connections to major cities & airports.

Opening Times

Sunday-Friday (closed on Saturday)11:00 am-4:00pm,30 March-2nd November.

Admission Charges

Hall & Gardens                Gardens

Adults:              £12.00                                £8.00

Groups              £9                                       £5.5

Producers:  Market 13th April

Join us to taste a variety of fresh local food and drinks. Meet the producers and get some excellent recipe ideas.

Holker Garden Festival 30th May

    The event celebrate its 22^nd anniversary with a great show of the very best of gardening,  making it one of the most popular events in gardening.

National Garden Day 28th August

Holker once again opens is gardens in aid of the disadvantaged. For just a small donation you can take a tour with our garden guide.

Winter Market 8th November

This is an event for all the family. Wander among a variety of shops selling gifs while enjoying a live music show and nice street entertainment.

Twelve years ago, a young traveler named Rhett Butler fromSan Francisco,California, visited theSabahrainforest on Malaysian Borneo. In the rainforest, he watched a bird flying through the trees. The beautiful sight left quite an impression on him. But weeks later, back home, Rhett Butler got the news that trees in the area he visited had been cut down.

That experience led Rhett Butler to write a book about rainforests and threats to their existence. But he did not publish the book. Instead, he created a website, using his research for the book. The site is Mongabay.com. His purpose was to inform the public of tropical rainforests. But the subject quickly developed. As a former businessman, he became a respected writer of science and environmental stories.

The popularity of Mongabay.com attracted advertisers. Small ads on the site pay for its operations. Mongabay.com has grown and led to other sites, for example, kids.mongabay.com, a site for children; WildMadagascar.org, which is about the island that Rhett Butler called his favorite place.

To keep his website going, he travels around the world on several major trips each year. His working tools are a laptop computer, cameras and some diving equipment. He often calls on experts for information. For example, he interviewed Alison Jolly, a top expert on lemurs (狐猴). He interviewed Rodney Jackson, a biologist who established the Snow Leopard Conservancy (雪豹保护协会).

Stories like these have made Mongabay a favorite place on the Internet for researchers, students and teachers. In April, Time.com named it one of the fifteen top climate and environment websites in the world.

I had been following the yellowish-green markers for a “popular and easy” three-mile out-and-back hike. Immediately after the trailhead(山道的起点), the trail became very rocky and steep. But having read information about the hike, I knew within five minutes, I was supposed to reach the hike’s first overlook.

However, the overlook never arrived. Instead, I found myself lost in the woods. Pulling out my cellphone, I saw it read “no service”. I checked the last text message I’d sent to my mom. It read, “Conference ended…going for a small hike before my flight home this afternoon.” I put my phone away and kept moving and yelling, “Help! Is anybody out there?” Every so often, I’d stop to listen, but I never heard a reply.

I got out my phone again. The battery was running out fast as it searched for a signal. I struggled to find a place where I could get service. When I did, I called my mom. It went through! In a shaky voice, I said, “Mom?” And then the call dropped. More than 1,500 miles away, my mom instantly knew something was wrong. She called the Denver Police Department and was directed to the US Forest Service.

This was how I was introduced to John, an operator from the US Forest Service. Following John’s instruction on the phone, I finally escaped from the woods. I breathed a sigh of relief. Then my phone rang, and it was John, making sure I was still going in the right direction. “By the way,” he said, “we’ve had your mother on hold this whole time. We know once you get down the mountain, you will absolutely want to give her a call.”

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Here are some top cities to visit in the world.

Cape Town,South Africa

    Cape Town shines at the southern point of the African continent.Explore Table Mountain National Park，which spreads along the Atlantic coast from Signal Hill to Cape Point.At Boulders Beach near Cape Point,share the sand with nearly 3,000 African penguins.Within the national park is Lion’s Head peak.Walk up Lion’s Head for excellent views of the coast and Robben Island.

Zermatt,Switzerland

    This Alpine Swiss city is most famous for the Matterhorn,a huge mountain with one of the highest summits (顶峰) in Europe.In its shadow is tiny Zermatt,a car-free town of just over 5,000 people. While winter is the most popular time for world-class skiing,summer is a great time to hike the surrounding Alps.

Barcelona,Spain

    This magical city in the Catalonia region of Spain has everything from grand beaches to Antoni Gaudi’s imaginative architecture.Take an hour-long train ride to the mountain of Montserrat and see the amazingly shaped rocks that influenced Gaudi’s work.

Prague,Czech Republic

    This Eastern European city is the modern capital of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia Walk across the Charles Bridge and visit the John Lennon Wall to get a sense of the city’s quiet revolutionary(革命的)soul From the unique art of David Cerny——often hidden in plain sight——to the growing counterculture(反主流文化)scene，Prague is full of surprises.

Goreme，Turkey

    This city is home to Goreme National Park，an open-air museum and UNESCO World Heritage Site.Visit the 10th-and 11th-century cave churches that display rare examples of Byzantine art.Goreme is a popular destination for backpackers——travelers often on months-long trips.The area is also an excellent place to enjoy Turkish food and wine.

Service Trips for High School Students

Are you a high school student who loves to be outdoors and is eager to experience new challenges, learn new skills and meet new people? WTA offers first-time participants country trips and returning students have the option to go on trips in the back country (边远地区).

Front Country Trips

Our front country trips provide opportunities for people to experience projects near the ocean, in the scenic Cascade Mountains and in northeast Washington. Our trips also provide you with experienced leaders, a great project, some camping tents, sleeping bags and all your meals for the week.

Advanced Back Country Trips

On these trips you will be backpacking to the work site and will have a chance to advance your trail and leadership skills under the supervision(监护) of a WTA leader.

Trip Details

In 2015, trip fees for WTA members will be $195 for the first trip and $145 for each additional trip. Non-members will pay an additional $40 for their first trip and can be qualified to be members in the second trip. Due to the popularity of our trips, please submit your payment and application within two weeks. If a trip is full and you would like to be added to the waiting list, please call us at 206/625-1367 or email trail-teams@wta.org.

Scholarships

We believe no student should have to stay at home this summer because he or she can’t afford to go outside. Thanks to donations from members and supporters, WTA is proud to announce that we are able to offer a limited number of scholarships. Application Deadline: May 1, 2016.

From a plane we can see the fields， cities， mountains or seas below．

If we go into space， we see more and more of the earth．People and

man-made satellites have been sent out into space to look at the earth carefully and people have learnt more about the earth in the last years．

The sea looks very beautiful when the sun is shining on it．But it can be very terrible when there is a strong wind．

The sea is very big， it nearly covers three quarters of the earth．The sea is also very deep in some places．There is one place in the sea is about 11 kilometers deep．The highest mountain in the world is about 9 kilometers high．If that mountain was put into the sea at that place， there would be still 2 kilometers of water above it！

In most parts of the sea， there are many kinds of fishes and plants．

Some live near the top of the sea．Others live deep down．There are also a lot of small living things， and lots of fishes live by eating them．

The sea can be very cold．The further people go down， the sea becomes colder and colder．At one time only some men could go down into the deep sea．But， in 1970， five women scientists lived in the deep sea for fourteen days．

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