Little disingenuous to compare a little day hike you do with a large expedition involving many people.

There is an effective trash and sewer disposal system at Base Camp.

You have no clue what you are talking about.

My recommendation: try not to post about things that you clearly know nothing about

You are an idiot.

Who carries your trash away? Or do you make sure to carry all your trash to the dump by yourself.....and then operate the dump yourself to make sure it stays eco.

If you do just a tiny bit of research instead of waiting for people to spoon feed you whatever they feel like telling you, you will find that Everest Base camp has an effective trash and sewage disposal system and the people who tell you it is filled with trash and shit are either entirely ignorant, or they are lying to you for some reason.

Why? Base Camp already has an effective trash and sewage disposal system.

The only trash to be found is high up on Everest.

There are a couple reasons to not travel to a country:

1. The government of the country might do something like jail you or conscript you into their military.

2. The government of the country is very restrictive, making any visit unpleasant.

3. The government of the country isn't really in control, resulting in a dangerous location.

4. The government of the country is evil, and going there as a tourist will be providing support to that evil.

My interpretation of your question is that you are talking specifically about issue #1. But the responses to your question show that other people are interpreting your question in a wide variety of different ways....or just ignoring your question and talking about whatever they want.

The truth of the matter is, issue #1 is really not a danger at all, unless the country you are traveling to would think you are a citizen of the country and want to stick you in their military, or jail you for years of unpaid taxes, or something like that.

Countries simply do not jail tourists that come and visit. Even if you look at a place like North Korea, they don't jail tourists who follow the official tours for tourists. In Canada people like to point at China and say how dangerous it is. Two Canadians were imprisoned as political retaliation for something Canada (rightfully) did. What China did was obviously wrong, but claims that it is dangerous to visit are ridiculous, considering the millions of people that visit every year with no problem at all.

Issue #2 I would not classify as "politically dangerous". If you follow the rules set out by the country you will be fine. Of course every country has rules, and in every country if you break those rules you could end up imprisoned. There is nothing wrong with having rules and enforcing them. But some rules are just unreasonable. Places that outlaw homosexuality fall into this category. Places with rules against women traveling, or that are overly restrictive on religion are also here. It is entirely reasonable to avoid a country with unreasonable rules, but the country is not 'politically dangerous'. They do not imprison people for political reasons. They just have unreasonably restrictive rules.

Issue #3 applies in lots of countries. I'd say the most dramatic example right now is Haiti. Again, Haiti isn't politically dangerous. It is dangerous because the government doesn't have control.

Issue #4 also isn't about a country being politically dangerous to visit. You can go to the Myanmar and you aren't going to be imprisoned or killed for your political views. But your tourist dollars will be going toward supporting a government that you might not want to support for political reasons. For me, avoiding a country whose politics you don't support only makes sense if that country really gets a lot of benefit from foreign tourist dollars. Boycotting a country like the United States or China because you don't want to support a country that has policies you disagree with doesn't really make a whole lot of impact. The United States and China have huge economies, and huge amounts of imports and exports. Cutting off income from tourism really would do very little. But a country like some small Caribbean island or Bhutan really depends on the hard currency brought in by tourists. If they are doing something objectionable, boycotting them can have an effect. And on the flip side, going and visiting is actually supporting the government.

Ok, I've rambled long enough.

tl;dr

There are very few politically dangerous countries. Really a country is only politically dangerous if they think you somehow belong to the country. Avoiding countries for political reasons or because they have unreasonable laws is entirely justified...but that doesn't make the country politically dangerous.

The special case of the United States of America.

This post was made late at night for US time zones, so European time zones were the first to respond to this post. As a result there were a large number of responses to list the United States as politically dangerous.

I suspect that most of these posts were made because it is fashionable to dump on the United States and the posters don't actually believe what they said. I totally understand a desire to dump on the United States. The States dominate the world in many ways. The States has foreign policy that is often times very objectionable. And on reddit specifically, things posted often just assume the perspective of Americans is the only perspective that exists. It would be annoying to constantly have people assume the American perspective is the only perspective that matters. I totally understand non-Americans on reddit wanting to dump on the States.

So I think most of the people who listed the United States as politically dangerous don't actually believe that, they just wanted to dump on the United States for other reasons.

But anyone who actually does believe the United States is politically dangerous is incredibly ignorant and probably needs to change where they get their news and their education.

1. Political danger: Tourists are not imprisoned or killed in the United States for political reasons. Period. To imply otherwise is incredibly ignorant.

2. Restrictive rules: Every state has different rules. To treat the entire country as monolithic shows a serious lack of comprehension of how the United States works. The only way the States is almost universally more restrictive than Europe is drinking age. Use of drugs like marijuana has a variety of different restriction level in both the States and Europe, meaning some parts of the States are less restrictive than some parts of Europe, and some parts of Europe are less restrictive than some parts of the States. Claiming that lack of access to abortion makes the States 'politically dangerous' for tourists is ludicrous. And of course abortion is more accessible in some parts of the States than it is in some parts of Europe. You could claim that because the way healthcare is taken care of in the States it has more restrictive rules, but that doesn't make sense. If you travel from Europe to the States, you need to buy health insurance to be covered. If you travel from Europe to Canada, you need to buy health insurance to be covered. If you travel from Europe to basically anywhere else, you need to buy health insurance to be covered. With the exception of drinking age, the States is not in any way more restrictive for tourists than Europe.

3. Government not in control: This includes all danger from crime. People like to point to the large amount of guns in the States and say it is dangerous. Of course claiming crime is an example of 'politically dangerous' is ridiculous. But even if it is, the danger from crime in the United States is very low. And as with everything in the States, it varies greatly from state to state. You are in much greater danger from being in a car accident in both Europe and the States than you are from being shot in the States. Like, it isn't even close. So if you think it is safe to get in a car and go someplace in Europe, you can not rationally say that it is dangerous to go to the States because of gun violence, because the danger is much lower.

4. Supporting an evil government: If your concern is US foreign policy, than boycotting the United States for political reasons makes complete sense. It will be ineffective. But that is ok. If you are concerned about things like restrictive abortion rights, gun violence, or Trump, there are plenty of places you can go in the States where you won't be supporting any of those things.

According to google, there are 0.5 to 1 million moose in Canada.

And google says there are 5.6 million kids in schools in Canada.

If we can teach 5.6 million kids, clearly we can teach 1 million moose!

Ok. I just did some more research. Most moose live to about 10 years old. But school starts at 5 years old (we don't have to send moose to pre-k, jk, and sk, that would just be silly). Which means that school age moose only make up about 50% of the entire moose population.

So really we only need to send somewhere between 250,000 to 500,000 moose to school at any one time. I'm writing my MP!

Yeah! Fuck Democrats and their huge shift to the right!

Like how they switched from saying gay soldiers have to hide the fact they are gay or get kicked out of the military, and now they say gays can get married, have kids, and can't be discriminated against for any reason! How dare they shift right like that! /s

And before when they pushed for strong prison sentences for marijuana users, and now they say marijuana is perfectly legal! They just keep getting more and more authoritarian! /s

And abortion! Back in the olden days they battled with Republican's to try and make sure abortion was legal. But now, in every single time abortion has come to the ballot, even deeply Republican states are voting to expand access to abortion. Damn those voters and their shift to the right! /s

This is an important thing that many people forget.

When you have a stupid internet argument with someone on reddit, you are most likely arguing with an actual child.

I went to the vegan thing last night. In my opinion they already had more people than they could effectively handle.

But I have a lower tolerance for standing in line than most people.

I love ribs.

I also love lots of Vegan food (fyi: Oreos = vegan).

If someone is a vegan, they obviously aren't going to be excited about rib fest. But anyone who loves ribs would be able to find food they would love at the vegan thing.

I walked through the vegan fest last night (I was full, and lines were long, so I didn't eat anything). I bet at least 90% of the people there were not vegan.

On a real hike: water, food, extra layer, sun hat, phone, an emergency blanket if it is below freezing

On a short hike (well known 2-3 hours): extra layer if below freezing, sun hat, phone, water if it is hot out

Yeah, one of these days I'm going to die out there.

Did you have this verbal conversation recently?

Is so I think you could send an email to the person you talked to, saying you want clarification on the policy, then repeat what you think the policy is and ask if you have it correct. They would likely think nothing of this, and reply to your email, and then you'll have something in writing.

But if this conversation happened a long time ago (like when you were hired) and you start asking question now, they will likely wonder why you are asking.

And then you have to decide, is it really that bad if people suspect you are thinking of leaving? Is it really that important that you get this policy in writing? What are the upsides and downsides of the various paths you can take?

What a stupid headline.

Canada is mostly empty of people.

According to the location listed in the news article, the moose were 600 meters from a large undeveloped area to the east, and 1.4 km from a large undeveloped area to the northwest.

The moose have a huge number of places to go.

But they go where they want to go, and sometimes people think that is a problem. It really isn't a problem.

What other events were there?

I walked through to look at all the options.

I'd say half of the lines were very long. But there were still a bunch of places with lines only a couple minutes long.

So if you have your heart set on a specific vendor, you might be in for a miserable wait. But if you are flexible you can get some food with no problem.

I didn't know about the event ahead of time. I was just walking by and saw it. So I'd already eaten a big dinner and couldn't have crammed any more food down my mouth.

I was there around 7:15pm.

From my own personal experience traveling to many of these countries as an English speaker, I'd say this map doesn't at all give an accurate feel for what it is like to be in these countries.

Of the places I've been, China was definitely the most challenging from a language barrier perspective. In Thailand it felt like everyone spoke English. Ecuador seemed to have many more English speakers than Bolivia. And I would have expected India to be one of the darker shades of green.

Of course as a tourist walking around a country, there would definitely be sampling bias. I would most often be interacting with people in the tourist industry, who are more likely to know English than the average person.

I did the Jomsom trek before the road was made.

I did the Jomsom trek after the road was made.

It was a great trek both times. In many locations along the trek there are trails on both sides of the valley, so you can just hike on the opposite side of the valley, away from the road.

At times I was trekking on the actual road. A jeep or bus would come by about once an hour. It did not negatively impact the trek.

And the second time I did the trek I had some pretty tight scheduling constraints. My plan was to trek up to Jomsom and take a plane back. But as I'm sure you know, weather doesn't always cooperate with plane schedules. You can go for a week at a time with planes unable to fly in or out of the smaller airports.

So you absolutely can not depend on planes when coming up with your schedule. In the olden days, I simply would not have been able to trek to Jomsom. I didn't have enough time in my schedule if the planes couldn't fly. But because the road was there I could go to Jomsom. If the plane hadn't taken off, I could have booked a jeep to take me back to 'civilization'.

So yes, some of the magic is gone because there is a road. But it is still an incredible trek.

I should say, I was there in the off season (January). There is likely a lot more traffic in October and November. But it is a spectacular area, traffic or no traffic.

On a bus passing through a relatively small town in China. Passed a truck full of dead dogs. The driver was nearby with a gun, walking toward a stray dog that was barking at him.

I had a somewhat similar experience.

I was lost while hiking in the Bolivian Andes. It was very foggy. I was walking along a trail and had a sense that someone was watching me.

I looked around and up above me on a hill next to the trail I could see this giant person standing there watching me through the thick fog. I froze and just watched, knowing I had to be wrong but not being able to figure out what it was.

After a short while a less foggy patch blew through on the wind, and I could see it was a horse just standing there, facing directly toward me.

Because it does set in the northwest in the northern hemisphere in the summer.

Here is an experiment for you: Around June 21 (now is close enough) go to a place with large unobstructed views at sunset. Pay attention to where the sun sets.

Then go back at sun rise. Pay attention to where the sun rises.

Does the sun rise happen in the opposite direction as the sun set? Prepare to have your mind blown.

The effect is bigger the further north you live.

Now do the same thing on September 21 and December 21.

I loved that place.

The town of Songan, which is very near there, was my favorite place on Bali.

Bongos (for sleep apnea) are over-the-counter in Canada, prescription is the States.

I use down when it is significantly below freezing, and when I am not exerting myself at all.

Which means I almost never use down.

But if I'm camping in below freezing weather, or if I know I'll be standing around waiting outside for a long time in the freezing cold, I'll bring my down.

For its size and weight it beats everything else for warmth. But if I'm exerting myself at all it is too warm.

I will often have just a t-shirt, thin fleece, and windbreaker in -20C weather when I'm being active. If it is 0 C, I'm often in just a t-shirt.

Skip all of the cities and spend your time in the country in the west.