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    <title><![CDATA[The Final Tally - $26,253 Thank you everyone!]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:26:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[(L>R Front sitting: Liesha, Tanya, Gopal; Middle: Manda, Nynke, Wendy, Judy, Jamie,Jen, Denis, Arlene, Barry, Lisa; Behind: Bala, Anda, Pem Dorje) It is with great pleasure, pride and heart felt thanks that I can give you the final tally of our tremendous... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[29, 30 October - Back to the Starting Point]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 07:08:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[On the night of the 28th, we stayed in the village of Phakding, nursing the colds we had all picked up, and the next morning slept in until 7:00 a.m. (We only had a three-hour walk into Lukla, so we figured we deserved a break.) Walking down into Lukla... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[27, 28 October - Back into the Green Regions]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 06:42:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Today was a gorgeous morning--a gosling day, as they say in PEI. We walked out of the Pheriche valley ; trees (mainly juniper) began to appear, as well as flowers and shrubs and tilled plots of land, separated by the stone fences you see everywhere here.... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[26 October - Kala Patthar and Downward]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[What a day! We got up at 4:00 a.m. to climb up to Kala Patthar lookout (about 200 meters above the Everest Base Camp) in order to see the sun rise over the Everest group of mountains. The sky was resonant with Himalayan stars, gazing down dispassionately... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[25 October - The Big Day!]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:22:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[This was a major hiking day--starting at 7:30 from Lobuche, we walked along the massive Khumbu Glacier. The mountains seemed incredibly close, so clear is the air here. We started the hard climbing at about 8:30 or so, and as always, we walked in slow... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[24 October - The Khumbu Glacier Appears]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[We are now in a high tundra landscape: no trees or shrubs, just rock, scruffy grass and a few flowers, with the snow-capped Himalayas in the background. We set off from Pheriche early--another beautiful day--and after skirting a mountain stream, we began... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[23 October - An Acclimatization Day]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:41:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Today--an acclimatization day--we took a four-hour hike up the spur of a mountain that overlooks Pheriche, pausing first to look at the memorial to all those who have been killed on Everest--a large cone that has been bisected into two halves, and which... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[22 October - In the Shadow of Mother and Child]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:14:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The Himalayas are young mountains, as mountains go, and they have the sharp and dramatic profiles of young megafauna (tigers, leopards, etc.)--and the same charisma. When we left Deboche today on a beautiful morning, perhaps. the most dramatic of the... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[21, 22 October - The Monastery in the Clouds]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[We left Namche Bazar in a light drizzle which soon turned to snow, but we soldiered on cheerfully, across a mountainside and past the stupa (memorial) to Tenzing Norgay and the Sherpas who helped Sir Edmund Hillary. Even in the mist and light snow, the... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[19, 20 October - Into the &quot;Sacred and Mysterious Tracts&quot;]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA["The tops of mountains are the unfinished parts of the globe," wrote Henry David Thoreau over a hundred and fifty years ago. "[They} are sacred and mysterious tracts..." After breakfast (Tibetan bread, omelets, porridge) we set out under a early morning... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[October 17th and 18th - The Trek Begins]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[After a wonderful day spent touring the ancient Nepali cities of Bhaktapur and Panan, we got a good night's sleep in order to catch our early flight to Lukla, the starting point of the trek. We were airborne at 10:15, after only a two-hour delay! The... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[16 October - In the Village of the Rice Goddess]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[It was the first day on the job for the GVF Trek Logkeeper, and he got enough of Katmandu’s sights, tastes, sounds and smells to last him for a long time to come. The whole GFV Trek team is here now, and we got up at seven-thirty or so for an excellent... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[15 October- Buddha Eyes and Monkeys]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[We rise early to rambled along the gently awakening streets of Kathmandu towards the impressive Swayambhunath Temple (a.k.a Monkey Temple). The relentless harangue of retail hawkers flogging their wares on foreign visitors is blissfully absent. Street... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[We Have Arrived in Kathmandu!]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[After eight months of training and fund raising the dream is materializing into a reality. The trek participants en route from Ottawa, all straggle in from far-flung places (Beijing, Hong Kong, Mumbai, New Delphi) following days of travel, to that exotic... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[$19,134 Total Donations Todate!]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 06:12:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Wait for it................We raised $11,379 in September!!! Wow, what a remarkable reflection of generosity, support and hard work. September was the month of bake sales, a huge garage sale, a house party, and incredible support from friends, family... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Departure BBQ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The rugged banks of the Ottawa River, just beginning to blush with fall colours, was perfect. Counting down to the trek...on September 25, we all came together for the first time...and the last before we gather in Kathmandu in the second week of October,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Talented Trekker -House Concert for Global Family Village]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[This Saturday past (September 24th), the strains of such classics as "Fire and Rain," "House of the Rising Sun," and "Charlie Fox Put on his Socks" (old tune, new words) could be heard rising from Liesha Mayo-Bruinsma's house in Ottawa. Liesha had volunteered... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamieson Findlay]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[What's in a Cake? EBC??]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Imagine our surprise and delight when, at Wendy and Scot's recent end-of-summer BBQ, Wendy's friend Jocelyn presented the trek participants there with a magnificent cake in the shape of Everest Base Camp. Complete with prayer flags and toothpick secured... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[A Cornucopia Never Seen Before in New Edinburgh!]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:37:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[“Good morning, ma’am! I see you’re looking at that elegant wine-bottle drying rack. It’s antique, by the way. Yes, I know it’s plastic, but that’s heritage plastic, ma’am… For you? A special price for you, ma’am. I’ll even throw in this twenty-inch mirrored... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[GARAGE SALE for GLOBAL FAMILY VILLAGE- don't miss it! - Sat. 17 Sept.]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Come and visit us at the New Edinburgh garage sale at 151 Stanley Street. Meet the team heading to Everest Base Camp in 4 weeks. We have collected a huge selection of things you didn't know you needed (or wanted) from friends and family. If we don't have... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[September 8th - Baked Goodies for a Good Cause]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Arlene and many of her friends volunteered to organized a hugely successful Bake Sale ($712) at Ben Franklin Place, Ottawa. Our thanks to all who wandered through the atrium and bought from the wonderful selection of home baked goodies. We were able to... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Thinking globally and climbing locally to raise funds for Nepal]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Jamison Findlay, a trek participant and published author has written a wonderful summary of our 6 Peaks initiative. Enjoy the article published in Ottawa Magazine. http://www.ottawamagazine.com/society/2011/08/20/six-peaks-in-six-days-thinking-globally-climbing-locally/... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[9 WEEKS TO GO...]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:14:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[L->R Front: Wendy, Nynke, Anda Middle: Jamie, (Maire Christine), Becky, Denis, Judy Back: Tanya, Barry, Lisa, Liesha, Arlene, (Liz) Missing: Jen Two months from today the incredible adventure begins. But for more than six months this great team of 13... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Keeping in Step(s) nearly 200,000!!!]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[When you think about climbing in the Himalayas, you think of climbing up... and up... and up. What better way to train than to climb stairs. It is great cardivascular training but puts a huge strain on your knees, especially going down so we started slowly... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[6 Peaks - Mont Ste Marie...the Finale]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Here we are at Mont Ste Marie for the finale of the 6 Peaks in 6 Days challenge. And challenge it is as this mountain soars 381 meters, more than twice as high as most of the previous hills we climbed this week. However, the weather is absolutely perfect... ]]></description>
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