for a day, my friends and i sat in shelter, with the music providing an atmosphere that was calm and comfortable. The TV was on, we stat there and made, cloths and rope from materials of the land. We produced, and the Tv was never looked at.Next time it will be offThe mind was opened to a stress free environment, and i learned something.

This winter so far has been a little light on the snowfall, but that has not stopped me or any of my plymouth pals, from searching out the best first tracks that we can find. We have hiked Moosealake, and up to tuckermans area twice. Lots of fresh pow pow. This trips i am quickly realizing are some of the best adventures in the wilderness i have had to date. That white stuff that falls seems to put me up there in the cloud with them. The winter is still young and adventures are waiting around every corner.

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no more beef……..

The Environment

1. Conservation of Fossil fuel. It takes 78 calories of fossil fuel to produce 1 calorie of beef protein; 35 calories for 1 calorie of pork; 22 calories for 1 of poultry; but just 1 calorie of fossil fuel for 1 calorie of soybeans. By eating plant foods instead of animal foods, I help conserve our non-renewable sources of energy.
2. Water Conservation. It takes 3 to 15 times as much water to produce animal protein as it does plant protein. As a vegetarian I contribute to water conservation.
3. Efficient use of grains. It takes up to 16 pounds of soybeans and grains to produce 1 lb. of beef and 3 to 6 lbs. to produce 1 lb of turkey & egg. By eating grain foods directly, I make the food supply more efficient & that contributes to the environment.
4. Soil conservation. When grains & legumes are used more efficiently, our precious topsoil is automatically made more efficient in its use. We use less agricultural resources to provide for the same number of people.
5. Saving our forests. Tropical forests in Brazil and other tropic regions are destroyed daily, in part, to create more acreage to raise livestock. By not supporting the meat industry, I directly reduce the demand to pillage these irreplaceable treasures of nature. Since the forest land “filters” our air supply and contains botanical sources for new medicines, this destruction is irreversable.
6. Asthetics. Decaying animal parts, whether in a freezer case or served in restaurants, can never be as asthetically pleasing to the senses as the same foods made from wholesome vegetable sources. Only habit can allow one not to perceive this: a change in diet makes this self evident.
   

   Personal Health

7. No deficiencies. There is no nutrient necessary for optimal human functioning which cannot be obtained from plant food.
8. High fat plus cholesterol. Animal foods are higher in fat than most plant foods, particularly saturated fats. Plants do not contain cholesterol.
9. “Carb” deficient. Meat is deficient in carbohydrates, particularly the starches which are so essential to proper health.
10. Vitamin deficient. Except for the b-complex, meat is largely deficient in vitamins.
11. Agricultural Chemicals. Being higher on the food chain, animal foods contain far higher concentrations of agricultural chemicals than plant foods, including pesticides, herbicides, etc.
12. Exposure to livestock drugs. There are over 20,000 different drugs, including sterols, antibiotics, growth hormones and other veterinary drugs that are given to livestock animals. These drugs are consumed when animal foods are consumed. The dangers herein, in secondary consumption of antibiotics, are well documented.
13. Pathogenic Microorganisms. There are a host of bacteria and viruses, some quite dangerous, that are common to animals. When I eat meat, I eat the organisms in the meat. Micro-organisms are present in plant foods too, but their number and danger to human health is by no means comparable to that of those in meat.
14. Worms and other Parasites. Ditto on # 13!
15. Shelf life differential. Plant foods last longer than animal foods. Try this experiment: Leave out a head of lettuce and a pound of hamburger for 1 day, which will make you sick?
16. Organoleptic Indications of Pathenogens. Plant foods give tell-tale signs of “going bad”. Ever hear of someone getting sick from “bad broccoli”?
17. Heart Disease. Meat eating increases the risk of heart disease, this country’s #1 killer. The correlation is an epidemiological fact.
18. Cancer prevention. Of all the natural cancer prevention substances found: vitamin C, B-17, hydroquionenes, beta carotene, NDGA, - none has been found to be animal derived. Yet most meats, when cooked, produce an array of benzenes and other carcinogenic compounds. Cancer is infinitely easier to prevent than cure. Soybeans contain protease inhibitor, a powerful anticancer compound. You won’t find it in useful quantities in animal based food.
19. Disease Inducing. The correlation between meat consumption and a wide range of degenerative diseases is well founded and includes…..
20. Osteoporosis
21. Kidney Stones and Gallstones
22. Diabetes
23. Multiple Sclerosis
24. Arthritis
25. Gum disease
26. Acne. Aggravated by animal food.
27. Obesity. Studies confirm that vegetarians tend to be thinner than meat eaters. Obesity is considered by doctors to be a disease within itself.
28. Intestinal Toxemia. The condition of the intestinal flora is critical to overall health. Animal products putrefy the colon.
29. Transit time. Wholesome food travels quickly through the “G.I” tract, leaving little time to spoil and incite disease within the body.
30. Fiber deficient. Fiber absorbs unwanted, excess fats; cleans the intestines; provides bulk and aids in peristalsis. Plant food is high in fiber content; meat, poultry and dairy products have none.
31. Body wastes. Food from animals contain their waste, including adrenaline, uric and lactic acid, etc., Before adding ketchup, the biggest contributors to the “flavor profile” of a hamburger are the leftover blood and urine.
32. Excess protein. The average American eats 400% of the RDA for protein. This causes excess nitrogen in the blood that creates a host of long-term health problems.
33. Longevity. To increase ones risk of getting degenerative disease means decreasing ones chance to live a naturally long healthy life. Huzas and other peoples with large centenarian populations maintain lifestyles that are relatively meat free.
34. Well Being. I just feel better since “giving up” meat and becoming vegetarian.
    

    Personal Finances

35. Health care costs. Being healthier on a vegetarian diet means spending less on health care.
36. Food costs. Vegetarian foods tend to cost less than meat based items.
    

    Ethics.

37. Stance against Factory Farming.. I cannot make a statement against factory farming if I myself eat animals.
38. Respect for Sentient Life. I show gratitude to my Creator(s?) by eating as low on the food chain as possible.
39. “Economic Vote”. I show support of the meat industry and the way they operate when I purchase and use their products.
40. Small sacrifice The sacrifice I make is nothing compared to the animals, its life.
41. Natural diet. Our hands, teeth, feet, intestinal tract…even our body chemistry is that of an herbivore.
42. I believe in nonviolence. Slaughter isn’t.
43. World Peace. There can never be peace among men while men are declaring war on other highly developed life forms.
44. Example. To live this way is to protect the underlying values of those around me.
45. Easy substitutes. There are vegetable based substitutes for every meat product imaginable.

Life is filled with adventures if you seek them. I find myself always in a state journey. I want to see what is around the next corner, what is going to happen tomorrow, what new adventure can i find today? My mind can become clogged when i become excited about something. At the beginning of my senior year in college i found my self seriously missing the hills. I had just finished my time with the AMC for the 2009 season, it was one of the highlights of my life so far. I got to spend lots and lots of time in my local mountains, learning all about the area that surrounds me every day. Over the course of the summer, my buddy, john, and i planned a few journeys that we wanted to take. One of them was to do the Pemigiwassett loop in one day. this involves 12 mountains, 34 miles and 12,000 feet of elevation change. On september 7th we set out to complete this trip. It was an 18 hour journey, that gave us the full 360 degree view of the whites. For me, since i was living there over the summer, it was a cap to the summer for me. This journey was a builded because of the love john and i both have for this area. It is a local goal to do this trip in a day, we did it, swearing most of the last 10 miles, but we still did it. Maybe even we a little style! Adventure Ed We STOMP on mountains, it what we do, its what we love!

This pas summer was the best summer job experience of my  life so far. Between the knowledge i gained from leading, the fun i had from climbing and hiking, and the thick skin i grew from working, i feel tougher and more knowledgeable about the woods then i have ever before. Week in and week out my job was about the volunteers and making sure that they really had something to gain by going out and giving back to the trails. But as i was trying to deliver this experience for them, i unknowingly gained a certain respect and love of the whites and the woods in general. Working with groups of teens, is always an interesting experience, you really never know what they are going to do next. Most all the groups i worked with this summer were great, the members of the group loved being out there just as much as i did. Even with the groups that gave me stress, i still liked working with them. I felt as thought every person i worked with gained at least something this summer. It would almost be impossible to describe all the different activities and adventure that i did. But know this, when you are in the wild, no matter who you are, there is always an adventure around the next bend. It is because of this that i will be back, out in the trees, with the birds and the bees.

peace

On march 27th my buddy Chad and I hiked up to Tuckermans Ravine on Mount Washington. Good Weather, good Snow good steeps, good day!.

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