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Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species was published (1859) and caused a storm that raged passionately and in some arenas continues to this day. Intellectual giants of the Victorian age hurled thunderbolts of reasoning across the divide, with the Church leading the attack against Darwin’s theories of evolution and natural selection.

2009 is the 150 years since publication of The Origin of Species and 200 years since Darwin’s birth. Major events are planned worldwide.

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wha007033 - 1874 cartoon in reaction to Darwin’s ‘The Descent of Man‘ ©World History Archive / TopFoto
aaac0003531 - Charles Darwin ©AAAC / TopFoto
0221142 - Part of Darwin’s ‘Origin Of Species‘ manuscript ©TopFoto

With co-conquerer of Everest Edmund Hillary dead, and the Chinese controversially including the top of Mt Everest in the Olympic Torch route, as it is carried through occupied Tibet (2009 will be 50 years since the Dalai Lama’s dramatic escape to India), it’s time for at least an armchair exploration of the Everest region.

Be fascinating to hear from you if you have ever tackled the roof of the world,
Tibet’s “Goddess Mother of the Earth”.

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0516035  - Hillary and Tensing on return to base camp ©Topham / TopFoto
1105704 - View from Gokyo Ri (Gokyo Peak) showing the summit of Mount Everest (8848m) from the west. ©Jon Mitchell / TopFoto