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of the Western Steppes</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/020519_bb_herders_feat.jpg</image:loc><image:title>020519_bb_herders_feat</image:title><image:caption>Yamnaya herders from western Asia, four of whom are buried in this grave, started mating with European farmers hundreds of years before launching a major migration into Europe.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/170432_10150980687919661_2143665941_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>170432_10150980687919661_2143665941_o</image:title><image:caption>Rock carvings of paleolithic hunters on the western shore of Lake Caspian</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/last-ice-age-maximum.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Last ice age maximum</image:title><image:caption>Map shows Palaeolithic Europe 18,000 years ago in the grip of the last 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Glacial ice 2km thick covers much of Northern Europe and the Alps. Sea levels are approx. 125m lower than today and the coastline differs slightly from the present day. The air would have been on average 10-12 degrees cooler and much more arid. 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I am at back left.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/00523_n_10af2g2c9f0860_b-copy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>00523_n_10af2g2c9f0860_b - Copy</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/00244_n_10af2g2c9f0094_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>00244_n_10af2g2c9f0094_b</image:title><image:caption>Colin Mathers (3rd dan) competing in the 1994 Australian Capital Territory Jujutsu Championships</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/00231_n_10af2g2c9f0081.jpg</image:loc><image:title>00231_n_10af2g2c9f0081</image:title><image:caption>1993 Kobudo (weapons training) class at the Meidokan dojo in Queanbeyan, NSW. I am standing at far right.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/00104_n_10af2g2c9f0403_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>00104_n_10af2g2c9f0403_b</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/w6-copy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>W6 - Copy</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/auckland1995.jpg</image:loc><image:title>auckland1995</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/screenshot_2021-03-12-the-meaning-of-hapkido-7mzi1sbnhuvtvxul-pdf.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot_2021-03-12 The Meaning of Hapkido - 7mzi1sbnhuvtvxul pdf</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/matthew-kim.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Matthew Kim</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-12-10T21:13:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2021/12/06/trends-in-religious-belief-and-atheism-an-update%ef%bf%bc/</loc><lastmod>2021-12-10T16:44:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2021/06/30/zazen-left-brain-right-brain-self/</loc><lastmod>2021-10-21T15:59:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2021/06/15/neurotransmitters-and-brain-function/</loc><lastmod>2021-10-21T15:58:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2021/06/09/spring-in-the-time-of-coronavirus/</loc><lastmod>2021-10-04T08:21:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2021/05/14/why-do-americans-die-earlier-than-europeans/</loc><lastmod>2021-10-04T08:19:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2021/07/09/atheism-and-spirituality/</loc><lastmod>2021-10-04T08:18:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2021/07/12/improving-my-squat-using-wave-cycling/</loc><lastmod>2021-10-04T08:17:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2021/07/18/definitions-of-god-and-the-motte-and-bailey-fallacy/</loc><lastmod>2021-10-04T08:16:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2021/08/14/conquest-of-the-wall-of-death/</loc><lastmod>2021-10-04T08:15:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2021/09/07/afghanistan-the-war-on-terror-and-the-war-on-drugs/</loc><lastmod>2021-10-04T08:14:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2021/07/24/the-trap-bar-deadlift/</loc><lastmod>2021-10-04T08:13:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2021/05/02/some-jujutsu-videos-from-the-1990s/</loc><lastmod>2021-05-14T14:08:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2021/05/05/premodern-religious-values-and-happiness/</loc><lastmod>2021-05-14T14:07:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2021/01/27/how-long-ago-were-the-events-of-the-lord-of-the-rings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/the-inklings.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the-inklings</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/lewis_hideous.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lewis_Hideous</image:title><image:caption>Pan paperback cover</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/813440.jpg</image:loc><image:title>813440</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2560px-downfall_of_numenor.svg_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2560px-Downfall_of_Númenor.svg</image:title><image:caption>The Downfall of Númenor and the Changing of the World. Ian Alexander. From </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/636px-darrell_sweet_-_the_fall_of_numenor.jpg</image:loc><image:title>636px-Darrell_Sweet_-_The_Fall_of_Numenor</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-05-10T15:34:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2021/03/18/psychedelics-and-the-health-risks-of-drugs-alcohol-and-tobacco/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cra-comparison.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CRA comparison</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/tabfig.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tabfig</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/5b2f4a73f1b2d9c19c8e6b74_pasted-image-0-12.png</image:loc><image:title>5b2f4a73f1b2d9c19c8e6b74_pasted-image-0-12</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/5b2f4a1c3ad7a6afdf9095d0_pasted-image-0-8-1.png</image:loc><image:title>5b2f4a1c3ad7a6afdf9095d0_pasted-image-0-8 (1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/10928908_600202250079285_6948826001918183103_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>10928908_600202250079285_6948826001918183103_o</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-05-02T16:25:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2021/04/15/watching-all-23-marvel-cinematic-universe-movies-in-timeline-order/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ranking-comparison.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ranking comparison</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-05-02T16:23:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2021/04/23/the-marvel-cinematic-universe-my-rankings-from-best-to-worst/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/hulk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hulk</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/mlu-17652_r.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mlu-17652_r</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/how-thor-1-was-made-and-why-chris-hemsworth-almost-wasnt-chosenhow-thor-1-was-made-and-why-chris-hemsworth-almost-wasn-t-chosen-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>how-thor-1-was-made-and-why-chris-hemsworth-almost-wasn't-chosenhow-thor-1-was-made-and-why-chris-hemsworth-almost-wasn-t-chosen-5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/thor-0113.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Thor-0113</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-05-02T16:21:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2021/02/04/my-paternal-ancestors-european-journey-from-the-caspian-steppes-to-celtiberia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/botorrita_1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Botorrita_1</image:title><image:caption>Celtiberian inscription of the Borritora I plaque, dated to the late 2nd century BCE.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/p312-map.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P312 map</image:title><image:caption>Map showing basal P-312 distribution in European Y-DNA.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/p312-wheel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P312 wheel</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/map3_iberia.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Map3_Iberia</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/map2withtrack2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Map2withtrack2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/r1b-l51-tiger-adapted.jpg</image:loc><image:title>R1b-L51-Tiger-adapted</image:title><image:caption>AOC Bell Beakers carried R1b-P312 and Steppes autosomal DNA. Adapted from Lemercier [6] and Tiger Walsh [7]. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/pie-language-tree.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PIE Language Tree</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/p312-haplogroup-branches-plus-cap2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P312 haplogroup branches plus cap2</image:title><image:caption>Another presentation of the R-L23 descendent tree. My Y-Haplogroup is marked by the blue star.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/celtiberian-helmet2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Celtiberian helmet2</image:title><image:caption>One of the Celtoiberian helmets discovered in Aranda de Moncayo. Dated to between the third and first centuries BC.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/bronze-age-social-inequality.jpg</image:loc><image:title>bronze-age-social-inequality</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-06T16:15:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/11/06/trumps-threat-to-democracy-an-attempted-fascist-coup/</loc><lastmod>2021-03-19T08:10:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/12/25/christmas-skiing-in-the-swiss-alps/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/121-2184_img-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>121-2184_IMG</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/121-2156_img-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>121-2156_IMG</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/121-2156_img.jpg</image:loc><image:title>121-2156_IMG</image:title><image:caption>Looking back down the Hörnli Express to the village of Arosa</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/pict3589.jpg</image:loc><image:title>KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/pict3560.jpg</image:loc><image:title>KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/pict3535.jpg</image:loc><image:title>KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/pict3500.jpg</image:loc><image:title>KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/190-9091_img.jpg</image:loc><image:title>190-9091_IMG</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/190-9074_img.jpg</image:loc><image:title>190-9074_IMG</image:title><image:caption>View from the summit of Weisshorn (2653m)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/122-2222_img.jpg</image:loc><image:title>122-2222_IMG</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-19T08:09:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2021/01/02/new-year-skiing-in-the-swiss-alps/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/162-6296_img.jpg</image:loc><image:title>162-6296_IMG</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/162-6284_img.jpg</image:loc><image:title>162-6284_IMG</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/137-3701_img.jpg</image:loc><image:title>137-3701_IMG</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/136-3698_img.jpg</image:loc><image:title>136-3698_IMG</image:title><image:caption>Me on Attelas quite late in the afternoon</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/136-3688_img-copy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>136-3688_IMG - Copy</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/136-3682_img.jpg</image:loc><image:title>136-3682_IMG</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/136-3605_img.jpg</image:loc><image:title>136-3605_IMG</image:title><image:caption>On a quite difficult off-piste descent from Attelas</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/135-3571_img.jpg</image:loc><image:title>135-3571_IMG</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/135-3566_img-copy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>135-3566_IMG - Copy</image:title><image:caption>On top of Attelas (</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/135-3537_img.jpg</image:loc><image:title>135-3537_IMG</image:title><image:caption>View from the top of Mont Fort (3328 m). The three peaks on the horizon from l.to.r are  Dent Blanche (4356 m), Matterhorn (4478 m) and Dent d'Hérens 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and the Gates of Argonath</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/film__3930-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring-hi_res-a207bd11-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>film__3930-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring--hi_res-a207bd11</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/everglade.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Everglade</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/775551361de5b7309cbc3968e6b0a32e.jpg</image:loc><image:title>775551361de5b7309cbc3968e6b0a32e</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/twotower_600.jpg</image:loc><image:title>twotower_600</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/1522891500271-the-lord-of-the-rings_-the-return-of-the-king_1920x1080_16x9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1522891500271-the-lord-of-the-rings_-the-return-of-the-king_1920x1080_16x9</image:title><image:caption>Aragorn and the army of Gondor</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/mv5bmtmwotc2mdi5nf5bml5banbnxkftztcwnzk2mtk2mw4040._v1_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MV5BMTMwOTc2MDI5NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzk2MTk2Mw@@._V1_</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/31-1271.jpg</image:loc><image:title>31 (1271)</image:title><image:caption>Merry and Pippin the Forest of Fangorn</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/film__3930-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring-hi_res-a207bd11.jpg</image:loc><image:title>film__3930-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring--hi_res-a207bd11</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/8e8b410ac5d58a99b753fec0afbd6797.jpg</image:loc><image:title>8e8b410ac5d58a99b753fec0afbd6797</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-02T16:32:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/12/31/the-indian-transmission-of-zen-buddhism/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/indian-ancestors.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Indian Ancestors</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-27T21:06:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/12/23/zen-lineages-and-transmission-outside-the-scriptures/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/my-teachers-final-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>my teachers final</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/my-teachers-final-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>my teachers final</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/transmission-in-japan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Transmission in Japan</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/chinese-lineages.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chinese Lineages</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-02T14:22:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/12/01/explorations-of-hypnagogia-during-lockdown/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/magic-mushrooms-brain.jpg</image:loc><image:title>magic-mushrooms-brain</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/machines2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>machines2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/hypnagogic-hallucinations.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hypnagogic-hallucinations</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/fractal-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fractal 3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/complex-intricate-pipe-assembly.jpg</image:loc><image:title>complex-intricate-pipe-assembly</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/11235012_1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>11235012_1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/opt__aboutcom__coeus__resources__content_migration__mnn__images__2018__12__phosphene_artistic_depiction_image_color-c07ab09c311845d38396756c9ed83141.jpg</image:loc><image:title>__opt__aboutcom__coeus__resources__content_migration__mnn__images__2018__12__Phosphene_artistic_depiction_image_color-c07ab09c311845d38396756c9ed83141</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/pliiermh5uxrhu6jarcge9-1200-80.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pLiiERMh5UXRhU6JaRCGe9-1200-80</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-12-25T18:08:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/12/16/prevalence-of-pre-modern-values-across-the-world/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/premod-by-country3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Premod by country3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/premod-by-religion.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Premod by religion</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/premod-by-culture.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Premod by culture</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-12-25T18:07:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/10/24/global-and-country-level-prevalence-of-atheism-in-2020/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/atheism_eurasia_2020v2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>atheism_eurasia_2020v2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/atheism_world_2020.jpg</image:loc><image:title>atheism_world_2020</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/religiosity-by-country-2020.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Religiosity by country 2020</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-12-01T13:45:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/11/03/why-do-people-treat-others-with-such-inhumanity/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/main-qimg-736b6274fc369e241344a20ba5a3bafa.png</image:loc><image:title>main-qimg-736b6274fc369e241344a20ba5a3bafa</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/goldhagen.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Goldhagen</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/browning.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Browning</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/constantines-sword.jpg</image:loc><image:title>COnstantines Sword</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/amara_green_-e1604407730458.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Amara_Green_</image:title><image:caption>Amara Green, a teenage girl who was hit in the face at close range by a deliberately aimed rubber bullet in Minneapolis, is facing months of reconstructive surgery</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-12-01T13:44:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/11/28/strength-training-in-the-time-of-coronavirus/</loc><lastmod>2020-12-01T13:43:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/11/21/pre-modern-values-religion-and-culture/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/culture-yzone-by-religiosity.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Culture yzone by 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questions</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/premodern-values-questions.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Premodern values questions</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-12-01T13:39:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/06/30/tracing-my-paternal-ancestors-through-y-dna/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/haplogroup_r1b-borders.png</image:loc><image:title>Haplogroup_R1b-borders</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/r1b-subclades.jpg</image:loc><image:title>R1b 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certificate</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-06T10:00:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/10/03/hubble-observed-a-supernova-brighter-than-its-galaxy/</loc><lastmod>2020-10-03T15:15:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/06/17/y-chromosomal-adam/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020.03.09.9figure1.full_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2020.03.09.9Figure1.full</image:title><image:caption>Geographical locations and ages  of the male archaic humans used in the study by Petr et al 2000 [6]</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/haplogroup-a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Haplogroup A</image:title><image:caption>The revised basal haplogroup A with dates from Petr et al 2020 [6].</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/screen-shot-2016-02-15-at-9.26.05-am.png</image:loc><image:title>Screen Shot 2016-02-15 at 9.26.05 AM</image:title><image:caption>The red marker shows the location of the Banyang-Mbo Wildlife Sanctuary in western Cameroon</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-16T17:19:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/07/13/breathwork-and-sensed-energy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/p9200011-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dscn8229.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN8229</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_20200713_224012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20200713_224012</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-16T17:18:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/07/07/a-pandemic-out-of-control/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/us-trends.jpg</image:loc><image:title>US trends</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-07T19:37:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/07/02/lake-sunset/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/pc260113.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/p8250492.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>OLYMPUS DIGITAL 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(3)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/79771440_2466115826969857_1981651228374859776_n-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>79771440_2466115826969857_1981651228374859776_n</image:title><image:caption>Opening squat of 95 kg in a powerlifting competition, December 2019</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dscn3289.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN3289</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/dscn0483-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN0483 (3)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-05-10T19:21:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/05/03/breathwork-and-altered-states-of-consciousness/</loc><lastmod>2020-05-10T19:19:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/04/27/covid-19-short-run-projections/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/usproj.jpg</image:loc><image:title>USproj</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ukproj.jpg</image:loc><image:title>UKproj</image:title><image:caption>Its unclear from this graph whether daily cases have plateaued, but a projected declining case fatality rate associated with increasing levels of testing has resulted in a projected decline in daily deaths. It will be interesting to see whether reality does better than this.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/itaproj.png</image:loc><image:title>ITAproj</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cheproj.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CHEproj</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-05-03T12:29:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/03/10/is-freedom-increasing-or-decreasing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/world2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>World2</image:title><image:caption>Trends in numbers of countries by broad freedom category</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/world1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>World1</image:title><image:caption>Trends in proportions of global population by freedom category</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/regions.jpg</image:loc><image:title>regions</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/freedom-average-trends-by-region.jpg</image:loc><image:title>freedom average trends by region</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-02-02T02:33:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/03/13/james-mathers-and-the-plague-outbreak-of-1900/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tents.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tents</image:title><image:caption>Buildings and Tents, North Head Quarantine Station, c.1900. 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CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/b447cd32d18d202fddbcda562af745e5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>b447cd32d18d202fddbcda562af745e5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/9ffd8a732c0bf678254223fff566f325.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9ffd8a732c0bf678254223fff566f325</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/3bd062b035949c01d45ccc697eb78836.jpg</image:loc><image:title>3bd062b035949c01d45ccc697eb78836</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-05-03T12:27:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/03/22/becoming-human-part-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screenshot_2020-03-21-lucy-moesgaard-museum.png</image:loc><image:title>Screenshot_2020-03-21 Lucy (Moesgaard Museum)</image:title><image:caption>Reconstruction of Lucy, Moersgaard Museum, Denmark</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/nakalopithecus-ouranopithecus.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nakalopithecus Ouranopithecus</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hominini_lineage.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hominini_lineage</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hominoid-clade-chart-05c.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hominoid-clade-chart-05c</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/45413ee300000578-0-our_last_common_ancestor_was_swinging_through_the_trees_like_a_g-a-13_1507800133178.jpg</image:loc><image:title>45413EE300000578-0-Our_last_common_ancestor_was_swinging_through_the_trees_like_a_g-a-13_1507800133178</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/45412bec00000578-4973188-among_living_primates_humans_are_most_closely_related_to_apes_wh-m-1_1507800951338.jpg</image:loc><image:title>45412BEC00000578-4973188-Among_living_primates_humans_are_most_closely_related_to_apes_wh-m-1_1507800951338</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-05-07T20:15:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/03/26/covid-19-the-big-picture/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/case-rates-mar24.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Case 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Mar24</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/deaths.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Deaths</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cases.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cases</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-05-03T12:26:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/04/01/buddhism-without-beliefs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/9780385527071.jpg</image:loc><image:title>9780385527071</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/41opdjw8d3l._sx295_bo1204203200_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>41oPdjw8d3L._SX295_BO1,204,203,200_</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-05-03T12:25:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/04/16/becoming-human-part-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/1024px-naturalis-homo-erectus-dubois.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1024px-Naturalis-Homo-Erectus-Dubois</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/human-ancestors2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Human ancestors2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/homo.sapiens.150k.jpg</image:loc><image:title>homo.sapiens.150k</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/h_naledi_gurch_img_1167lores.jpg</image:loc><image:title>H_naledi_gurch_IMG_1167+lores</image:title><image:caption>Homo naledi</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/h-luzonensis.jpg</image:loc><image:title>H-luzonensis</image:title><image:caption>Homo luzonensis</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/homo-floriensis.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Homo floriensis</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/denny.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Denny</image:title><image:caption>Denny</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/neanderthal-woman.jpg</image:loc><image:title>neanderthal woman</image:title><image:caption>Denisovan woman</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/neanderthal-family-in-a-c-007.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Neanderthal-family-in-a-c-007</image:title><image:caption>Neanderthal family</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/neanderthal263fixed.jpg</image:loc><image:title>neanderthal263fixed</image:title><image:caption>Neanderthal man</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-05-03T12:24:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/01/05/australia-appears-to-be-committing-climate-suicide/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/46fe1233b2e21d051cc23985076e339e8338d311.jpg</image:loc><image:title>46fe1233b2e21d051cc23985076e339e8338d311</image:title><image:caption>Mogo, a town on the NSW south coast has been devastated by bushfires. One Mogo resident watched his 92 year old father’s house burning next door. At the time of taking this photo, he wasn't sure where his father was. Credit: James Brickwood</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/d2ab0d4a7451fe7032116efe79b37c98dd15bb1a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>d2ab0d4a7451fe7032116efe79b37c98dd15bb1a</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/c2b1df8782b2536c5924a4fd0cae50fb50c8d55f.jpg</image:loc><image:title>c2b1df8782b2536c5924a4fd0cae50fb50c8d55f</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/b826e0e8df4a01d4b80da53369ff29e25b68fde7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>b826e0e8df4a01d4b80da53369ff29e25b68fde7</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/https-_prod.static9.net_.au_fs_8593db6f-355f-4141-b4ba-2de7f1808b09.jpg</image:loc><image:title>https _prod.static9.net.au_fs_8593db6f-355f-4141-b4ba-2de7f1808b09</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/pri_115488899.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PRI_115488899</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-03-10T14:00:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/01/22/deep-maternal-ancestry-and-mtdna/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/haplogroup-migration-all.jpg</image:loc><image:title>haplogroup migration all</image:title><image:caption>Migration routes of human beings dating back to 170,000 years ago.  All humans originated in Africa and migrated out, branching into the two main out of Africa haplogroups, M and N.  Individuals in haplogroup M headed west to Asia and later to the Americas, while haplogroup N moved into Europe.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mtdnanumbers_colored.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mtDNAnumbers_colored</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/revised-migration-map.jpg</image:loc><image:title>revised migration map</image:title><image:caption>mtDNA molecule (Credit: Debbie Parker Wayne)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-03-10T13:59:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/02/01/our-asgardian-ancestors/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/asgardiansbifrost.jpg</image:loc><image:title>AsgardiansBifrost</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/heimdallbildneu.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HeimdallBildNeu</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/404446077_loki_castle.jpg</image:loc><image:title>lokis-castle</image:title><image:caption>Loki's Castle, the field of deep sea vents between Norway and Greenland, is home to sediments containing DNA from the newly discovered archaea.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/domains_of_tree_of_life_with_asgardians.jpg</image:loc><image:title>domains_of_tree_of_life_with_asgardians</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/asgardian-tree-2017-01-11.png</image:loc><image:title>Asgardian-tree-2017-01-11</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/loki-odin-14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>loki-odin-14</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-03-10T13:57:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/02/28/my-maternal-ancestors-from-eve-via-ice-age-europe-to-victorian-england/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/viviane.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Viviane</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/druidess.png</image:loc><image:title>Druidess</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/farming.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Farming</image:title><image:caption>Figure 4. The spread of farming from Western Asia into Europe between 8,000 and 5,000 years ago.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/tempchart2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tempchart2</image:title><image:caption>Figure 3. Maternal haplogroup founders and average yearly temperatures (right-hand axis) in Greenland over the past 100,000 years as inferred from Oxygen isotope analysis of the GISP2 Greenland ice core. Adapted from Young and Steffen [11]</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/niaux1a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>niaux1a</image:title><image:caption>Painting of bison with spear in side, Grotte de Niaux, Languedoc, France.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/lions-from-chauvet.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lions from Chauvet</image:title><image:caption>Paintings from the Aurignacian era dated to 30-33 thousand years ago, Chauvet Cave, Ardèche region of France. Hundreds of animal paintings have been catalogued, depicting at least 13 different species, including some rarely or never found in other ice age paintings. Rather than depicting only the familiar herbivores that predominate in Paleolithic cave art, i.e. horses, cattle, mammoths, etc., the walls of the Chauvet Cave feature many predatory animals, e.g., cave lions, panthers, bears, and cave hyenas.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/migration-map2star.jpg</image:loc><image:title>migration map2star</image:title><image:caption>Figure 2. Migration path of my maternal ancestors from Ursula (U5) to Viviane (410 CE). A map of the earlier migration from mitochondrial Eve to U5 is included in an earlier post.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/temperature-graph1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Temperature graph1</image:title><image:caption>Figure 1. Average yearly temperatures (right-hand axis) in Greenland over the past 100,000 years as inferred from Oxygen isotope analysis of the GISP2 Greenland ice core.  Note: This graph plots local temperatures in Greenland, rather than global temperatures. The corresponding global temperature shift at the end of the last ice age was about 5°C. Source: Adapted from Young and Steffen [11]</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/small-hand-tools_47963_1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>small-hand-tools_47963_1</image:title><image:caption>Small hand tools from 
50,000 - 20,000 years ago
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/africamap.jpg</image:loc><image:title>AfricaMap</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-09T12:29:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2020/02/22/skiing-in-the-french-alps-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dscn3672.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN3672</image:title><image:caption>Heading down as the sun gets 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(2)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dscn3588.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN3588</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dscn3570.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN3570</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/dscn3511.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN3511</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-03-10T13:53:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2015/11/25/bungee-jumping-at-victoria-falls/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bungee-jump-freeye-frame-546.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bungee jump freeye frame 546</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bungee-jump-freeye-frame-431.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bungee jump freeye frame 431</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bungee-jump-freeye-frame-400.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bungee jump freeye frame 400</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bungee-jump-freeye-frame-342.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bungee jump freeye frame 342</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bungee-jump-freeye-frame-109.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bungee jump freeye frame 109</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/bungee-jump-freeye-frame-098.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bungee jump freeye frame 098</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/15bb.jpg</image:loc><image:title>15BB</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/15d.jpg</image:loc><image:title>15D</image:title><image:caption>Second jump</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-02-28T20:31:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/02/16/deep-maternal-ancestors-out-of-africa-into-ice-age-europe/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/clan-mothers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clan mothers</image:title><image:caption>My deep maternal ancestors</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-02-28T19:45:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/02/19/maternal-ancestors-ice-age-europe-and-britain/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/haplogroup-u5a1a1-group-b-urwen.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Urwen</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/haplogroup-u5a1a-uula.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Una</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/haplogroup-u5a-ulfa.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Urd</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/haplogroup-u5-ursula.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Haplogroup U5 Ursula</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/haplogroup-u-urd.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Haplogroup U Urd</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/haplogroup-u-europa.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Haplogroup U Europa</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/haplogroup-r-rohani.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Haplogroup R Rohani</image:title><image:caption>Rohani</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/haplogroup-n-nasreen.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Haplogroup N Nasreen</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/haplogroup-l3-lara.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Haplogroup L3 Lara</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/haplogroup-l1-mitochondrial-eve1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Haplogroup L1 Mitochondrial Eve1</image:title><image:caption>Mitochondrial Eve</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-07-09T01:37:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/03/11/maternal-ancestors-bronze-age-iron-age-roman-britain/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/stonehenge-1979.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stonehenge 1979</image:title><image:caption>Stonehenge</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dowth-1979.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dowth 1979</image:title><image:caption>Entrance to Newgrange, County Meath, Ireland</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/caerleon1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Caerleon1</image:title><image:caption>Roman Amphitheatre, Caerleon, 1979.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/avebury-1979.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Avebury 1979</image:title><image:caption>Avebury stone circle, 1979.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/waylands-smithy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Waylands Smithy</image:title><image:caption>Wayland's Smithy, White Horse Downs, Oxfordshire.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/tintagel-1979.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tintagel 1979</image:title><image:caption>Tintagel Castle, Cornwall.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-02-28T19:43:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2019/12/15/mitochondrial-eve-an-update/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/migratin-corridors.jpg</image:loc><image:title>migratin corridors</image:title><image:caption>The "green corridors" proposed by Chan et al [1] helped lead humans out of the ancestral homeland 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map3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/vista_ac3a9rea_del_delta_del_okavango_botsuana_2018-08-01_dd_32.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Vista_aérea_del_delta_del_Okavango,_Botsuana,_2018-08-01,_DD_32</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/haplogroup-l.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Haplogroup L</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-01-30T14:04:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2019/10/12/climate-change-and-the-undermining-of-science/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2fig3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2fig3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2fig2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2fig2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2fig1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2fig1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-12-04T13:48:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2019/09/26/fresh-powder-snow-at-verbier/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/102-0274_img.jpg</image:loc><image:title>102-0274_IMG</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/102-0284_img.jpg</image:loc><image:title>102-0284_IMG</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/102-0278_img.jpg</image:loc><image:title>102-0278_IMG</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/102-0277_img.jpg</image:loc><image:title>102-0277_IMG</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/102-0273_img.jpg</image:loc><image:title>102-0273_IMG</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/102-0268_img.jpg</image:loc><image:title>102-0268_IMG</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/102-0265_img.jpg</image:loc><image:title>102-0265_IMG</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-12-04T13:47:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2019/10/14/the-10-greatest-athletic-feats-of-the-21st-century-transcending-perceived-limits-of-mind-and-body/</loc><lastmod>2023-08-14T21:46:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2019/10/27/ad-astra/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/02_ad_astra_dtlrd_240_t_v11rev_070319_g_r709.088783.jpg</image:loc><image:title>02_ad_astra_dtlrD_240_t_v11rev_070319_g_r709.088783</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ad-astra-brad-pitt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ad-astra-brad-pitt</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/adastra-bradpitt-spacestation-outside-700x303.jpg</image:loc><image:title>adastra-bradpitt-spacestation-outside-700x303</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-12-04T13:44:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2019/11/03/is-asmr-an-altered-state-of-consciousness/</loc><lastmod>2019-12-04T13:43:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2019/12/04/australian-bushfires-and-global-warming/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ffdi.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FFDI</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ruined-castle.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ruined 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du Bergin seen from Saulire
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-08-12T12:30:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2018/05/30/a-trip-to-the-great-barrier-reef/</loc><lastmod>2018-08-12T12:19:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2018/06/04/ww1-diaries-of-tom-mathers-extracts-on-the-battle-of-the-somme-1916/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/tom-and-will-with-their-mother-before-leaving-aus-1916.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tom and Will with their mother before leaving Aus 1916</image:title><image:caption> Tom and Will with their mother before leaving Australia in 1916</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/mud-at-the-front.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mud at the front</image:title><image:caption>Mud at the front, the Somme 1916 </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/middle-row-far-right-ah.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Middle row far right AH</image:title><image:caption>Adolf Hitler on the Somme. Hitler is on the far right in the middle row. 
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/field-ambulance-men-carrying-sufferers-of-trench-foot-dec-1916.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Field Ambulance men carrying sufferers of trench foot Dec 1916</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/iww_anti-conscription_poster_1916.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IWW_anti-conscription_poster_1916</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/devastated-battlefield-the-somme.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Devastated-battlefield-the-Somme</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/conscription1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Conscription1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/chateau-dolincourt-john-lord-1916-e1528138812925.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CHateau d'Olincourt John Lord 1916</image:title><image:caption>Chateau d'Olincourt in 1916, photo by Private John Lord </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/australian-stretcher-bearers-delville-wood-dec-1916.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Australian Stretcher bearers Delville Wood Dec 1916</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/battlefield-at-flers-oct-1916-with-relic-tanks.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Battlefield at Flers Oct 1916 with relic tanks</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-31T10:12:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2018/06/17/snorkelling-on-the-great-barrier-reef/</loc><lastmod>2018-06-17T17:31:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2017/07/30/centenary-of-the-battle-of-passchendaele/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/will-and-john-copy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Will and John copy</image:title><image:caption>Left: Will Mathers 1915, Right: Will and Tom in Salisbury, 2 September 1916.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/will-mathers3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>Left: Will Mathers 1915, Right: Will and Tom in Salisbury, 2 September 1916.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-08-14T09:30:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2017/04/26/rare-footage-of-1989-jujutsu-training/</loc><lastmod>2017-09-21T13:41:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2017/02/28/snow-on-the-pines/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2511.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dscn2511</image:title><image:caption>Mont Blanc seen from Les Houches</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2498.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dscn2498</image:title><image:caption>Another view of Mont Blanc (to the left)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2494.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dscn2494</image:title><image:caption>Looking south towards Savoie.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2483.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dscn2483</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2459.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dscn2459</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-16T16:35:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2017/02/25/hot-and-cold-from-new-year-in-heatwave-australia-to-mid-winter-geneva/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/zscn2340.jpg</image:loc><image:title>zscn2340</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_5713.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_5713</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_5674.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_5674</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_5672.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_5672</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_5669.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_5669</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2364.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dscn2364</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dscn2267s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dscn2267s</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-28T18:54:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2016/09/04/fraser-island-largest-sand-island-in-the-world/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn0993.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN0993</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn0982.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN0982</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn0949.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN0949</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn0920c.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN0920c</image:title><image:caption>Champagne Pools</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn0897c.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN0897c</image:title><image:caption>Waves breaking at Champagne Pools</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn0869.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN0869</image:title><image:caption>Looking north from Champagne Pools</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn0835c.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN0835c</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn0809.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN0809</image:title><image:caption>On 75 Mile Beach close to sunset</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn0807.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN0807</image:title><image:caption>Sunset on the beach</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dscn0779.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN0779</image:title><image:caption>Freshwater turtle in Lake Allom</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-09-22T19:31:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2016/08/31/thomas-wilson-convict-ancestor/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/picture2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Picture2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/lady_nugent_1840_mp-natlib-govt-nz.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lady_Nugent_1840_mp.natlib.govt.nz</image:title><image:caption>The Lady Nugent on the high seas. 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CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/p9200015rr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/p9200009.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>Yannick breaking the trail in about 50 cm fresh snow.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/l1030251.jpg</image:loc><image:title>L1030251</image:title><image:caption>Me on the summit of Breithorn with the Matterhorn in the distance behind.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/l1030245.jpg</image:loc><image:title>L1030245</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/l1030237.jpg</image:loc><image:title>L1030237</image:title><image:caption>Lots of fresh snow slowed us up, and also made it more difficult to spot and cross the crevasses.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-18T12:23:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2015/11/18/a-footnote-on-princess-budhson/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/kolh-shahu-ii.gif</image:loc><image:title>kolh-Shahu II</image:title><image:caption>Shahu II</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ellen-teasdale.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ellen 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Gouter</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p9050025-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P9050025-2</image:title><image:caption>On the summit of Mont Blanc (4808 m). </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/p9050022-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P9050022-2</image:title><image:caption>Looking up the summit ridge from the Dome du Gouter. 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Lessor</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscn6060.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN6060</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscn6057.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN6057</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscn6055.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN6055</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dscn6053.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN6053</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-04-14T05:03:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2015/04/14/surfing-at-noosa/</loc><lastmod>2015-04-14T05:02:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2015/02/22/zen-practice-in-japan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/471181_10150783891429661_557165603_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>471181_10150783891429661_557165603_o</image:title><image:caption>Harada Tangen Roshisama in the early 1990s.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/00790_n_10af2g2zzb0790.jpg</image:loc><image:title>00790_n_10af2g2zzb0790</image:title><image:caption>With Jikusan above the cemetery beside Bukkokuji. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/00779_n_10af2g2zzb0779.jpg</image:loc><image:title>00779_n_10af2g2zzb0779</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/00778_n_10af2g2zzb0778.jpg</image:loc><image:title>00778_n_10af2g2zzb0778</image:title><image:caption>Frederic</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/00772_n_10af2g2zzb0772.jpg</image:loc><image:title>00772_n_10af2g2zzb0772</image:title><image:caption>I slept in an annex off this room on a thin mattress on the floor - of course it was rolled up and put away each day.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/00756_n_10af2g2zzb0756.jpg</image:loc><image:title>00756_n_10af2g2zzb0756</image:title><image:caption>The main zendo.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/00648_n_10af2g2zzb0648_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>00648_n_10af2g2zzb0648_b</image:title><image:caption>Contemplating the rock garden at Ryoanji Temple in Kyoto</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/00587_n_10af2g2zzb0587_b.jpg</image:loc><image:title>00587_n_10af2g2zzb0587_b</image:title><image:caption>Monks departing for takuhatsu</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/00582_n_10af2g2zzb0582.jpg</image:loc><image:title>00582_n_10af2g2zzb0582</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/00329_n_10af2g2zzb0329.jpg</image:loc><image:title>00329_n_10af2g2zzb0329</image:title><image:caption>Entrance to the Tesshukai dojo. A photo of Tesshu hangs on the wall.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-18T14:25:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2015/02/02/some-recent-photos/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/p9090062.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>On the beach at Talloires, Lake Annecy 2012</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/p1010006.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>The happy swimmer is back from the 2014 French Masters Swimming Competition (Tournoi Internationale de Paris) with three silver medals in the 100 medley, 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscn9951.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN9951</image:title><image:caption>Off to a wedding, September 2014</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscn8228.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN8228</image:title><image:caption>On the beach at Ocean Isle, North Carolina, July 2014</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscn2963.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN2963</image:title><image:caption>September 2013</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscn2048-version-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN2048 - Version 2</image:title><image:caption>Relaxing in the volcanic springs at Saturnia in Tuscany, summer 2013</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dscn0683.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN0683</image:title><image:caption>Two boys at the Jungfraujoch. This is a col between the Jungfrau and the Mönch. It lies at a height of 3,466 meters (11,371 ft) </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-16T10:02:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2015/02/16/les-portes-du-soleil-in-the-french-alps/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/p2120117s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>Global warming reaches the French Alps</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/p2080093.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>Lower level skiing amongst the trees</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/p2010090.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/p1010093.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>Mont Blanc in the distance seen from the top of Charmossiere</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_3365.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3365</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_3363.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3363</image:title><image:caption>The view from our chalet</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-22T21:48:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/02/15/family-portraits/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dscn3100-version-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN3100 - Version 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dscn3246-version-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN3246 - Version 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dscn4836.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN4836</image:title><image:caption>Boys in the Juras at the end of January 2014. Geneva is in the distance and beyond are the Alps.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p1060099.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1060099</image:title><image:caption>Sitting on a bouncy castle, hired for a birthday party 2011</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-03T20:14:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/01/21/alpine-white-water/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/116-1684_img1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>116-1684_IMG</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/116-1686_img1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>116-1686_IMG</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/129-2978_img1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>129-2978_IMG</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/117-1755_img1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>117-1755_IMG</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/117-1745_img1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>117-1745_IMG</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-02T20:07:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/02/15/radioactive-rapids/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pict0153.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PICT0153</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pict0155.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PICT0155</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pict0157.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PICT0157</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pict0163.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PICT0163</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pict0162cropped.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PICT0162cropped</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-02T20:06:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2015/02/02/world-jujutsu-championships-1995/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/world-title-medalists.jpg</image:loc><image:title>World Title Medalists</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-02T12:22:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/02/20/italian-alps/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dscn5098.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5098</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dscn5106.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5106</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dscn5101.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5101</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dscn5092.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5092</image:title><image:caption>Cresta D'Arp, Italian Alps</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dscn5086.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5086</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dscn5124.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5124</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dscn5110.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5110</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-01T13:25:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/03/08/grand-montets-high-mountain-skiing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscn5433.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5433</image:title><image:caption>Glacier des Rognons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscn5419.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5419</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscn5416.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5416</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscn5405.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5405</image:title><image:caption>Afternoon view from Les Grands Montets towards Mont Blanc</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscn5326.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5326</image:title><image:caption>Glacier d'Argentiere</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscn5338.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5338</image:title><image:caption>Glacier des Rognons and Glacier d'Argentiere.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscn5315.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5315</image:title><image:caption>Mont Blanc and Aiguille du Midi (centre)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscn5314.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5314</image:title><image:caption>Mont Blanc seen from Aiguille des Grands Montets</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-01T13:23:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/03/18/sunset-over-the-juras/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscn5607.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5607</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscn5556.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5556</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscn5614.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5614</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscn5629.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5629</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscn5605.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5605</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dscn5623.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5623</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-01T13:21:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/05/25/jura-sunset-flying-past/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn6779.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN6779</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn6811.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN6811</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn6799.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN6799</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-01T13:16:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2015/01/29/first-ski-trip-of-2015/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1180068.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1180065.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1180064.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>Two boys enjoying skiing through the sunlit snow-dusted forest</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1180061.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>Mont Blanc in the distance</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1180058.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>Sundog over the Jura Mountains, January 2015</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1180054.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>Clouds fill the Geneva valley with the Alps rising behind them</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1180042.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>On the chairlift heading up to the 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Queribus 1996</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/205-sunset-from-peyrepeteuse-1996.jpg</image:loc><image:title>205  sunset from Peyrepeteuse 1996</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/200-queribus-from-peyrepertuse-1996.jpg</image:loc><image:title>200 Queribus from Peyrepertuse 1996</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/170-peyrepertuse-5-2002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>170 Peyrepertuse 5 2002</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/150-peyrepertuse-2-2002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>150 Peyrepertuse 2 2002</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/140-peyrepertuse-1-2002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>140 Peyrepertuse 1 2002</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/120-soaring-around-peyrepertuse-1996.jpg</image:loc><image:title>120 Soaring around Peyrepertuse 1996</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/115-peyrepertuse-4-2002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>115 Peyrepertuse 4 2002</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/110-peyrepertuse-1996.jpg</image:loc><image:title>110  Peyrepertuse 1996</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/100-peyrepertuse-1-1996.jpg</image:loc><image:title>100 Peyrepertuse 1 1996</image:title><image:caption>Peyrepertuse 1996</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-01T13:12:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/02/10/cathar-castles-puilaurens/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/340-puilaurens-3-2002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>340 Puilaurens 3 2002</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/305-puilaurens-1992.jpg</image:loc><image:title>305 puilaurens 1992</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/302-puilaurens-4-2002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>302  Puilaurens 4 2002</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/300-puilaurens-1-2002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>300 Puilaurens 1 2002</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-01T13:11:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/02/17/cathar-castles-montsegur/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/560-cartecathare.jpg</image:loc><image:title>560 carteCathare</image:title><image:caption>Cathar country</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/450-roquefixade-2011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>450 Roquefixade 2011</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/420-montsegure-7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>420 Montsegure 7</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/410-montsegure-6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>410 Montsegure 6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/406-montsegur-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>406 Montsegur 5</image:title><image:caption>Montsegur from Tower Rock</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/403-montsegure-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>403 Montsegure 3</image:title><image:caption>Cathar Cross</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/402-montsegur-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>402 Montsegur 2</image:title><image:caption>The Meadow of the Burned, Montsegur</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/400-montsegure-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>400 Montsegure 1</image:title><image:caption>Montsegur</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-01T13:09:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/03/03/cathar-castles-montreal-de-sos-and-the-grail-cave/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1050210.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1050210</image:title><image:caption>Chateau de Miglos, Vicdessos.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1050322.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1050322</image:title><image:caption>It would be a horizontal squeeze beyond this point. No sign of the Grail so far.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1050324.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1050324</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1050320.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1050320</image:title><image:caption>Detail of the sword in the painting, taken by me in 2011.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1050319.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1050319</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1050332.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1050332</image:title><image:caption>Early morning sun shines under the Dolmen de Sem</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1050334.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1050334</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/550-miglos-2011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>550 Miglos 2011</image:title><image:caption>Climbing up to the Chateau de Miglos, 2011</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/525-grail-painting.jpg</image:loc><image:title>525 Grail painting</image:title><image:caption>The Grail painting</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/520-montreal-grail-cave.jpg</image:loc><image:title>520 Montreal Grail cave</image:title><image:caption>The entrance to the Grail Cave</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-01T13:09:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/02/13/mitochrondral-eve-the-deep-maternal-ancestor-of-us-all/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/eve.jpg</image:loc><image:title>eve</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/95239_evo_resources_resource_image_363_small.jpg</image:loc><image:title>95239_evo_resources_resource_image_363_small</image:title><image:caption>Source: University of California Museum of Paleontology's Understanding Evolution (http://evolution.berkeley.edu)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-01-21T22:07:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/02/23/the-ice-age-paintings-of-the-grotte-de-niaux/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p10502641.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1050264</image:title><image:caption>Back into the sunlight after an extraordinary trip back 14,000 years to visit our ice age ancestors.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p10502701.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1050270</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p10502731.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1050273</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p10502831.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1050283</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p1050287a1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1050287a</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p1050268.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1050268</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-02-01T12:58:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/06/27/cosmic-chemistry-our-ancestry-in-the-stars/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/hs-2014-18-a-large_web.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hs-2014-18-a-large_web</image:title><image:caption>Star factory in the Monkey Head Nebula. A cloud of gas and dust is sculped by ultraviolet light from young stars at the centre of the nebula.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/hs-2008-31-a-full_jpg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hs-2008-31-a-full_jpg</image:title><image:caption>Star Cluster NGC 2074 in the Large Magellanic Cloud is a firestorm of raw stellar creation, perhaps triggered by a nearby supernova explosion. The high-energy radiation blazing out from clusters of hot young stars already born in NGC 2074 is sculpting the wall of the nebula by slowly eroding it away.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/268663main_a-ssc2008-15a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>W5 Star Formation Region</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-01-31T13:23:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/08/06/other-worlds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/beta_pic_visao_v3.png</image:loc><image:title>beta_Pic_VisAO_v3</image:title><image:caption>An image of the exoplanet Beta Pictoris b taken with the Magellan Adaptive Optics VisAO camera. This image was made using a CCD camera, which is essentially the same technology as a digital camera. The planet is nearly 100,000 times fainter than its star, and orbits its star at roughly the same distance as Saturn from our Sun. (Credit: Jared Males/UA)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/m42proplyds.jpg</image:loc><image:title>m42proplyds</image:title><image:caption>A protoplanetary disk in the Orion Nebula</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/proplyds-highlights-580x380.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Proplyds-highlights-580x380</image:title><image:caption>Looking deep inside the Orion Nebula, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning collection of protoplanetary disks – or proplyds – which are embryonic solar systems in the making. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-01-30T20:40:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/08/31/return-to-gran-paradiso/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/granparadiso.jpg</image:loc><image:title>granparadiso</image:title><image:caption>Gran Paradiso summit ridge (4061m)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscn9902.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN9902</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscn9856.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN9856</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>photo 1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/gopr0722.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DCIM100GOPRO</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/gopr0718.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DCIM100GOPRO</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscn9881.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN9881</image:title><image:caption>Reaching the end of the glacier</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscn9876.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN9876</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dscn9827.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN9827</image:title><image:caption>Yannick setting off from the Valsveranche</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/14-sum-16-33.jpg</image:loc><image:title>14 SUM 16-33</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-01-30T20:38:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/08/20/my-first-4000m-peak-in-the-swiss-alps/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pict2261.jpg</image:loc><image:title>KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pict2256.jpg</image:loc><image:title>KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pict2253.jpg</image:loc><image:title>KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pict2246.jpg</image:loc><image:title>KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pict2223.jpg</image:loc><image:title>KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pict2262.jpg</image:loc><image:title>KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pict2263.jpg</image:loc><image:title>KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pict2265.jpg</image:loc><image:title>KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pict2266.jpg</image:loc><image:title>KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pict2267.jpg</image:loc><image:title>KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-01-30T07:50:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/09/22/extending-my-limits-arete-des-cosmiques/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscn9819.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN9819</image:title><image:caption>Aiguille du Midi looms above us in the cloud</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscn9814.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN9814</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscn9812.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN9812</image:title><image:caption>Another view of the traverse of the final gendarme.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscn9811.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN9811</image:title><image:caption>Yannick crossing the summit of the final gendarme, heading for the viewing platform that is the exit from the climb.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscn9807.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN9807</image:title><image:caption>Two climbers ahead of us on the crux pitch.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscn9793.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN9793</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dscn9788.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN9788</image:title><image:caption>Looking up from the base of the ridge. A couple of climbers are visible right on the skyline.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/14-sum-16-16.jpg</image:loc><image:title>14 SUM 16-16</image:title><image:caption>Yannick and I on the viewing platform after a successful ascent.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/14-sum-16-14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>14 SUM 16-14</image:title><image:caption>Crampons biting into rock are visible through the crack as I get close to the top of the crux.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/14-sum-16-13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>14 SUM 16-13</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-01-29T21:05:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/11/08/other-worlds-the-birth-of-a-new-solar-system/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/hltau_nrao.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HLTau_nrao</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-05-19T22:29:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/02/12/origins-the-fascination-of-ancestors-recent-ancient-extreme/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/john-melross.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>My great-great-grandfather, John Melross (1824-1906)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/merovingios09_03.jpg</image:loc><image:title>merovingios09_03</image:title><image:caption>Merovingian kings</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/stardustrevolution.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stardustrevolution</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-01-29T21:02:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/01/20/my-cannibal-ancestors/</loc><lastmod>2015-11-18T11:54:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/03/01/two-brand-new-uncles-a-new-aunt-and-a-flock-of-cousins-in-a-pear-tree/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/amelia-s-c-edith-oliver-ira-1911-e1393681683896.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Amelia S-C Edith Oliver Ira 1911</image:title><image:caption>Amelia Stanley-Clarke in 1911, with her children Edith, Oliver and Ira.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/amelia-stanley-clarke.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Amelia Stanley-Clarke</image:title><image:caption>Amelia Stanley-Clarke</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-01-29T20:59:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2014/05/11/a-visit-to-the-mathers-ancestral-castle-in-scotland/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn5982.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5982</image:title><image:caption>Heading towards the village of East Mathers on the east coast of Scotland</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn5999.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN5999</image:title><image:caption>Looking south along St Cyrus beach from the Heughs of St Cyrus</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn6015.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN6015</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn6009.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN6009</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn6044.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN6044</image:title><image:caption>Sheriff's Kettle</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn6193.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN6193</image:title><image:caption>And I discovered that the rock it stands on is completely eaten away by the sea. I could walk right through to the other side.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn6191.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN6191</image:title><image:caption>The remains of the Kaim seen from below</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn6021.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN6021</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dscn6143.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSCN6143</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-06-16T20:24:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/2015/01/25/zen-practice-in-australia/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/00306_n_10af2g2c9f0156.jpg</image:loc><image:title>00306_n_10af2g2c9f0156</image:title><image:caption>Hogen Daido Yamahata and sesshin participants near Maclean, 1994.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/copy21a-version-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>copy21a - Version 2</image:title><image:caption>Participants at the 1996 sesshin at Gorrick’s Run.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/cop31.jpg</image:loc><image:title>cop31</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/01423_n_10af2g22v40169_g.jpg</image:loc><image:title>01423_n_10af2g22v40169_g</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/01413_n_10af2g22v40159.jpg</image:loc><image:title>01413_n_10af2g22v40159</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://mountainsrivers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/01404_n_10af2g22v40149.jpg</image:loc><image:title>01404_n_10af2g22v40149</image:title><image:caption>Hogen-san 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