Before It Disappears

DENNIS and STACIE WOODS, a married couple from Seattle, choose their vacation destinations based on what they fear is fated to destruction.

This month it was a camping and kayaking trip around the Galápagos Islands. Last year, it was a stay at a remote lodge in the Amazon, and before that, an ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro.

“We wanted to see the islands this year,” Mr. Woods, a lawyer, said last week in a hotel lobby here, “because we figured they’re only going to get worse.” Continue Reading…

Climbing to dizzy heights for charity

AFTER witnessing the incredible bravery of one of her pupils, a former Tranent teacher has vowed to live life to the full – and improve the lives of others while she does so.

Candy Inglis, 33 will conquer the highest peak of Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro – standing at a breathtaking 19,340 ft – to raise money for charity Breast Cancer Campaign.

The former headteacher of Tranent Infant School decided to take on the climbing challenge after one of her pupils, Iona McMurdo, died on February 27 following a two-year battle with rare cancer, neuroblastoma. Continue Reading…

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