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	<title>Billi Bierling - Journalist and Climber &#187; Islamabad Diary</title>
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		<title>Wildspitze and other outdoor joys</title>
		<link>http://www.billibierling.com/2011/08/19/wildspitze-and-other-outdoor-joys/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been in Europe for two weeks and I am enjoying the good food, the clean air, the organised life and all the outdoor possibilities Europe has on offer. I have been swimming in lakes and rivers and have been hiking in the Alps. &#160; Last week I went up the 3,768m-high Wildspitze, Austria’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The dramatic scenery of the Karakorum</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 13:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is just a quick update whilst in civilisation before I go off into the mountains again. I have just come back from trekking to Concordia and the K2 memorial site in Pakistan and even though I had rather climb mountains than just trek, this trip was simply amazing. The Karakorum is more dramatic and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Off trekking to K2 Base Camp</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 06:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After having spent one week in the sweltering heat of Islamabad I am now off to K2 base camp – a trip I am leading for a British tour operator. I am really excited to finally see the Baltoro Glacier and discover another part of Pakistan – away from the suffering and plight I saw [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The power of pictures</title>
		<link>http://www.billibierling.com/2011/01/30/the-power-of-pictures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 03:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Manaslu 2010]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It has been six months since the floods in Pakistan caused huge devastation, left more than 1,000 people dead, killed around 500,000 animals, destroyed more than 2.2 million hectares of crops and affected almost 18 million people. I happened to be here when the water started to spread across the country and it was shocking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laptop provides refugee poet with voice for his prose</title>
		<link>http://www.billibierling.com/2010/12/25/laptop-provides-refugee-poet-with-voice-for-his-prose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 11:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billibierling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[„I have written some poetry for you,“ Mohammad Zai Parishan proudly told me when I finally found him at the local hospital at Surkhab Refugee Village in Balochistan, where he had been for a regular check-up. “I knew you would be coming back.” About six weeks ago, I visited the 21-year-old man, who is suffering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wheelchairs, laptops and mountaineering conferences</title>
		<link>http://www.billibierling.com/2010/11/14/wheelchairs-laptops-and-mountaineering-conferences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 11:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quite a lot has happened since I posted my last newsletter, in which I wrote about my amazing encounter with Mohammad Zai, the wheelchair-bound man I met in Pishin near Quetta. Following the article I posted on the UNHCR website, I received an email from a university in Toronto offering to collect some money to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special encounters with special people</title>
		<link>http://www.billibierling.com/2010/10/30/special-encounters-with-special-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 10:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My work in Pakistan has taken me to Quetta in Balochistan, which is in the south west of the country and is very close to the borders with Afghanistan and Iran. I came here more than one week ago and even though the city is surrounded by beautiful looking mountains, I am not allowed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trying to order a Dell Computer</title>
		<link>http://www.billibierling.com/2010/07/22/trying-to-order-a-dell-computer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.billibierling.com/2010/07/22/trying-to-order-a-dell-computer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billibierling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I rang Dell in Germany as I am trying to buy one of their Mini Laptops with a solid state drive (SSD). The reason why I need  SSD is that computers with a normal hard drive often die (forever) at high altitude. A hard drive sits on a cushion of air and the air above [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The sun is my friend again</title>
		<link>http://www.billibierling.com/2010/07/08/the-sun-is-my-friend-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.billibierling.com/2010/07/08/the-sun-is-my-friend-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billibierling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never thought I would enjoy being cold as I spend a lot of time freezing in the mountains, wishing for warmer weather. However, trying to lead an outside life in Islamabad, where the thermometer sometimes hits 48 degrees Celsius, is pretty tough. Everyone who tells me that the heat is not that bad usually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Every expedition needs good coffee</title>
		<link>http://www.billibierling.com/2010/03/14/every-expedition-needs-good-coffee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.billibierling.com/2010/03/14/every-expedition-needs-good-coffee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now, here is a thought on coffee on expeditions. It has always boggled my mind why most expeditions still use instant coffee, when good coffee is available in Nepal. I guess the problem is, or rather was, the availability of good coffeemakers in Kathmandu &#8211; but that has changed now. A very good friend of [...]]]></description>
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