Podcasts about Andes

Artificial intelligence and machine learning will make a big difference in boosting our reliance on intermittent renewable wind and solar power.In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg interviews Dalia Patiño-Echeverri, professor at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. With renewable energy being deployed at a rapid pace, making sure there is back up, or reserve, power available to meet peak demand is critical. Patiño-Echeverri is using sophisticated forecasting models to precisely predict fluctuations in renewables and reserve generation needs to be ramped up or down. “We will be in a better position to integrate the valuable renewable energy that we get from solar and from wind because we will be considering all the possibilities and we'll be prepositioning our system in the best way to cope with the variability and the uncertainty of these resources,” said Patiño-Echeverri. “The number one benefit that we see in our technology is that we're going to have the right level of reserves at each moment and in time in our system.”“And with artificial intelligence and with machine learning, we have found ways to run these models that are more sophisticated, more demanding of computational resources. We have found ways to simplify those requirements and we have found ways to run them faster.”interviews Dalia Patiño-Echeverri Dalia Patiño-Echeverri is the Gendell Associate Professor of Energy Systems and Public Policy at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University where she explores, assesses, and proposes technological, policy, and market approaches to contribute to the goal of striking a balance between environmental sustainability, affordability, and reliability in electricity systems. She received B.S. and M.Sc. degrees in Industrial Engineering from University of The Andes, Bogotá, Colombia and the PhD degree in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University.

Quinoa has become a staple among health food lovers across the globe, but few know the full story of its origins, how its processed, and what impact this quinoa boom has had on the indigenous farmers of the high Andes mountains. This week on the show, our guest is Dr. Linda Seligmann, a professor emeritus of anthropology at George Mason University. Linda specializes in agrarian issues and has worked in the Andes for more than forty years. She shares some key insights from her research on this special crop with us and in her new book, “Quinoa: Food Politics and Agrarian Life in the Andean Highlands.”  #quinoa #food #crops #agriculture #FoodPolitics #Mining #Environment #HealthyFoods #Peru #Andes 

 West Hansen is an ultra marathon canoe racer turned explorer to undertake paddling the Amazon from its source high in the Andes mountains to it's end at the Atlantic ocean.  A journey of almost 4,000 miles across the continent of South America.  West is a great story teller and he does not disappoint in this episode.Follow West's expeditions at WestHansen.comHosted by Michael J. ReinhartMichaelJReinhart.comWhiskey and a Map.  Stories of Adventure and Exploration as told by those who lived them 

We are joined again but the one and only, Chrissie Fire Mane to discuss the power of gathering in community as well as her upcoming equinox gathering in Southern California:Equilux Equinox GatheringCo-Founder of MANA, Chrissie has always been guided and impassioned by the idea of empowering people to be creators. Named 'chaqaruna' or Bridge-Person by the Q'ero, Wisdom Keepers of the Andes, Chrissie's North Star is activating and rewilding humanity with modern and indigenous wisdom, reminding people of what is already inside but forgotten or suppressed. Chrissie has been facilitating transformational weekends, workshops and retreats around the world intensively since 2012, moving online also in 2017.The journey of motherhood has greatly shaped Chrissie's path, raising her two wild children travelling the world and sitting in sacred ceremonies, learning from elders. Chrissie has roots in activism, beginning at Greenpeace in the Press Office in the UK in 2000, combining her passions for communications with service, has launched numerous campaigns in frontline activism mainly in water conservation and more recently served on the New Earth Council as part of the Humanitad Foundation. As artist, Chrissie was signed to Virgin Records, has toured and created albums and continues to use her love of poetry, singing and frequency to complement her style of leadership. Her spiritual path led her to the Peruvian Andes in 2012 where she was initiated as Chullu Chaqera, or Sweat Lodge Mama Qona in 2017.Simply, Chrissie draws from conscious motherhood and indigenous tradition to inspire her community back to the natural Truth of things.Mormons on Mushrooms – Ways to ContributeOur podcast is supported by our amazing listeners and magical community. If you'd like to energetically contribute to what we're creating, there are several ways to do so:Become a PatreonSend a Contribution (buy us a booch)!Purchase Mormons on Mushrooms Merchandise

In this episode we will look at the benefit and utility of Methoxyflurane, more commonly known as Penthrox. Penthrox is a volatile, self-administered inhalation analgesic indicated for short-term pain relief. Penthrox is a portable, lightweight, non-invasive inhaler for self-administration of the Methoxyflurane vapor. The Methoxyflurane vapour provides analgesia when inhaled at low concentrations. At analgesic therapeutic doses, pain relief can reduce and mitigate even severe pain yet has a short half-life. In this episode I will be speaking to Will about it's use and limitations within the expedition environment and how and when it can be optimally used as either a sole adjunctive pain relief agent or as part of a larger pain relief strategy.   Will is our Joint Medical Director and provides clinical oversight for all World Extreme Medicine's activities. Will is a jobbing Devon based GP, educator and adventure addict who thrives in wild places with newly formed teams and limited resources. He has provided medical cover for dozens of very different expeditions and projects; including commercial high-altitude treks in The Himalayas and The Andes, a luxury Trans-Siberian private train, a reality TV show in the South Pacific and he has worked with UNICEF out in forgotten corners of Myanmar.

Con la caída del precio de la coca, las regulaciones frustradas de permitir el uso recreativo de la marihuana, la crisis de los opioides y del Fentanilo en Estados Unidos, Colombia propone una nueva estrategia regional frente a las drogas. En el episodio 104 de Enclave Podcast conversamos sobre este y otros temas con Lucas Marín, investigador del Centro de Estudios de Seguridad y Drogas de la U. De los Andes, y con Ricardo Santamaria, politólogo y periodista.

Please be aware that we speak about suicide during this episode. What if you could harness the power of ancient traditions to awaken a sense of authenticity, passion, and purpose in your life? That's the intriguing concept we unpacked in a profound conversation with Kerri Hummingbird, medicine woman, mother, mentor, and founder of the Inner Medicine Training and Mystery School. We delve deep into her latest work, “Inner Medicine: Becoming One with Mother Earth for the Survival of Humanity,” exploring the significance of traditions from the Andes and Himalayas in claiming our wisdom and living our purpose. We get real about the prevalent issue of over-prescription of medication, questioning its physical, mental, and spiritual implications. Kerri and I dissect the concept of inner medicine, discussing its transformative potential, from altering one's metabolism to mending one's mitochondria. Highlights:  ·       Inner Medicine's Transformational Power ·       Individualized Approaches in Medicine ·       How diagnosis can be empowering or limiting or a “curse” (and what is a curse) ·       Borderline / BPD Recovery ·       Healing Beliefs and Identity ·       What to do when you're Overwhelmed ·       Kerri's compassionate take on Narcissism ·       How to recognize the False Personality About Kerri Hummingbird Kerri Hummingbird, Medicine Woman, Mother and Mentor, is the Founder of Inner Medicine Training, a Mystery School that shares potent ancient traditions from the Andes and Himalayas for owning your wisdom and living your purpose. She is the best-selling author of multiple books including “Inner Medicine: Becoming One with Mother Earth for the Survival of Humanity”, “The Second Wave: Transcending the Human Drama”, and “Love Is Fierce: Healing the Mother Wound.” For a free grounding meditation >>> https://www.kerrihummingbird.com/innermedicine Kerri's Podcast:  Soul Nectar Show Kerri's previous interview>>>  HM211:  Healing the Mother Wound   About Dr. Liz Winner of numerous awards including Top 100 Moms in Business, Dr. Liz provides psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, and hypnosis to people wanting a fast, easy way to transform all around the world. She has a PhD in Clinical Psychology, is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and has special certification in Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy. Specialty areas include Anxiety, Insomnia, and Deeper Emotional Healing. -------------- Free hypnosis files at http://bit.ly/drlizhypnosis Do you have Chronic Insomnia? Find out more about Dr. Liz's Better Sleep Program at https://bit.ly/sleepbetterfeelbetter Search episodes at the Podcast Page http://bit.ly/HM-podcast Help yourself with Hypnosis Downloads by Dr. Liz! http://bit.ly/HypnosisMP3Downloads --------- A problem shared is a problem halved. In person and online hypnosis and CBT for healing and transformation. Schedule your free consultation at https://www.drlizhypnosis.com. Listened to in over 140 countries, Hypnotize Me is the podcast about hypnosis, transformation, and healing. Certified hypnotherapist and Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Dr. Liz Bonet, discusses hypnosis and interviews professionals doing transformational work Thank you for tuning in! Please subscribe to auto-download new episodes to your listening device.

A strong El Niño event in the coming months could have negative effects for food inflation, commodities markets and climate change.----- Transcript -----Welcome to Thoughts on the Market. I'm Stephen Byrd, Morgan Stanley's Global Head of Sustainability Research. Along with my colleagues bringing you a variety of perspectives today, I'll discuss the global risks and impact from a potential El Niño event later this year. It's Thursday, September 7th at 10 a.m. in New York. Over the last few months, as you've been doing your backyard grilling or taking a well-deserved summertime vacation, you may have heard a passing news reference to a climate pattern called El Niño. And although I'm an equity analyst and not a meteorologist, I'm going to talk about El Niño today because it could have some significant impacts for investors. To explain, El Niño refers to a warming of the ocean surface or above average sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific. It's the counterpart to La Niña, which refers to the cooling effect of the same ocean surfaces. Essentially, El Niño and La Niña represent opposite extremes in the El Niño Southern Oscillation or ENSO. ENSO follows cyclical patterns that repeat at a 2 to 7 year cadence and tend to peak in the November to February window. Current conditions imply about a 70% probability that we could be facing a moderate to strong El Niño event later this year with a range of potentially significant impacts across regions and industries. First, although El Niño starts in the Pacific equator area, it has a significant impact on global weather. El Niño tends to peak around year end, impacting global rains and temperatures. El Niño driven seasonal patterns in the U.S., Argentina and the Andes tend to be wet, while those in Southeast Asia, Australia, Brazil, Colombia and Africa tend to be dry. This dynamic creates conditions that move wildfires and hurricanes from the Atlantic into the Pacific area. El Niño events also impact the global economy and the environmental, social and governance, or ESG, factors for businesses worldwide. More specifically, a moderate to strong El Niño in combination with the Russia-Ukraine war could impact food inflation, raising questions about the emerging markets central banks easing cycles. It could also impact trade and GDP in agro-related economies such as Argentina, India, Australia, Brazil and Colombia, among others. It may also impact several commodities, including sugar, grains, animal meal, proteins, electricity, lithium, copper, iron ore, aluminum and coal. El Niño's effects can be positive or negative for different sectors and regions. For example, El Niño tends to be a negative in emerging markets. In Latin America, given the size of the agricultural sector and the spillover effect of agriculture into other industries, growth could be affected significantly. The recession we expect in Argentina this year is partially driven by La Niña, which generated an unprecedented drought. We expect El Niño to help grain yields in Argentina and to provide significant positive base effects to GDP in 2024. Finally, when it comes to ESG, El Niño can exacerbate climate change impacts and increase concentrations of greenhouse gasses. Since this is a global issue and impacts all sectors to various degrees, we believe investors should pay close attention. Furthermore, the humanitarian impact of El Niño lasts long after the phenomenon itself, be it through impacts on food security and malnutrition, disease outbreaks, disrupted basic services and sanitation or significant impacts on livelihoods around the world. Typically, extreme weather events hit the poorest communities the hardest. Thanks for listening. If you enjoy Thoughts on the Market, please take a moment to rate and review us on the Apple Podcasts app. It helps more people to find the show.

Gonzalo Fuenzalida-Meriz is the CEO and co-founder of Andes, a startup that employs microorganisms to tackle CO2 removal. Specifically, they introduce microorganisms into soil alongside agricultural seeds. As these microorganisms grow with plant roots, they expedite the transformation of CO2 into minerals, which contributes to soil inorganic carbon.The MCJ pod has featured startups exploring methods to amend soil for carbon removal, including biochar and enhanced rock weathering. It's intriguing to hear how Andes utilizes microorganisms to achieve a similar result.Gonzalo and Cody delve into the company's origins, revealing their initial focus on enhancing crop resiliency, and their transition to carbon removal. Beyond the concept of microbial carbon mineralization, Andes also harnesses a different microorganism, one they genetically modify, to increase corn's ability to affix nitrogen into the soil and thus reduce the need for synthetic fertilizers. There's a lot to unpack in this one.In this episode, we cover: [02:08]: An overview of Andes and its origins[05:45]: Current challenges in crop resiliency[07:52]: Natural history of microbes and their relation to plants and humans[12:37]: Andes' two programs: microbes for nitrogen and CO2 capture[15:22]: In-depth look at Andes' nitrogen program[20:41]: Andes' second program and overview of organic carbon[24:57]: Soil inorganic carbon and the role of lime in farming and carbon capture[29:25]: How Andes' solutions are applied on farms and economics of business model[34:54]: Andes' Microbial Carbon Mineralization (MCM) methodology and potential for carbon credits[39:49]: How Gonzalo thinks about scaling and fundraising[43:48]: His advice for entrepreneurs looking for opportunities in this spaceGet connected: Gonzalo Fuenzalida-Meriz LinkedInCody Simms X / LinkedInMCJ Podcast / Collective*You can also reach us via email at info@mcjcollective.com, where we encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.Episode recorded on Aug 29, 2023 (Published on Sep 7, 2023)

A live stream Q&A covering how to switch customers from bi-weekly to weekly services, having to lay people off in the winter, upselling your existing data base and much more! 

En este nuevo episodio viajamos por la historia del territorio que actualmente llamamos Colombia, pero en otros momentos fue la Nueva Granada, fue la Gran Colombia, etc. Y probablemente, ustedes quienes nos escuchan ya sabían esto, pero lo aclaro y lo hago consciente porque el libro del que hoy hablamos nos invita a pensar a Colombia como el resultado de muchos territorios y de un proyecto de comunidad en larga duración. Entonces, para nuestro viaje por el territorio y la historia de Colombia no solo llevamos nuestras botas, nuestro sombrero, nuestras dudas y nuestra imaginación, sino que tenemos en la mano un elemento que nunca puede faltar cuando se está de viaje: el mapa. El mapa que nos suele guiar para llegar de un lugar a otro, hoy es nuestra herramienta para explorar la trayectoria de la construcción de la idea del territorio nacional. Y para ello conversamos con Santiago Muñoz Arbelaéz, uno de los editores académicos del libro Entre líneas. Una historia de Colombia en mapas, publicado por la Editorial de la Universidad de los Andes y la Editorial Planeta en este 2023. Para más información: https://ediciones.uniandes.edu.co/library/publication/entre-lineas-una-historia-de-colombia-en-mapas Anfitrión del podcast: Jaime Alexander González Casallas, Historiador de la Universidad del Rosario. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a recent episode of the GOGZ podcast, host Andres Escobar sat down with Rick Mayo to travel back in time and pick lessons from his long and successful journey in the fitness industry.Rick's journey from personal trainer to successful fitness franchise owner is an inspiring tale of growth, grit, and hard work. Rick is more than a successful fitness entrepreneur; he's a visionary leader who has left an indelible mark on the fitness industry.His story encapsulates his evolution from a personal trainer to a business owner, all while inspiring others to pursue their passions despite their fears.Rick envisions Alloy's future to be 800 franchise locations, creating numerous career opportunities within the fitness industry and delivering returns for franchise investors.One of the biggest lessons for aspiring entrepreneurs that Rick and Andes emphasize in this episode is the ability to embrace discomfort and self-doubt in their entrepreneurial journeys.Tune in to this episode to learn from Rick Mayo's experiences as you work to achieve your dreams in the fitness industry.  Key Takeaways- Get out of your comfort zone (04:31)- Get comfortable being uncomfortable (07:36)- Focus on who you are becoming (12:18)- How to keep moving forward and growing (15:57)- How to overcome obstacles (26:21)- What needs to change in the fitness industry (33:13)- Inhibitors of growth (38:07)- Rick answers 5 fast questions (41:52)Additional Resources:- Five Wishes of the Dying by Bronnie Ware- The Road Less Stupid by Keith Cunningham------ Alloy Personal Training- Learn About The Alloy Franchise Opportunity----You can find the podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts.If you haven't already, please rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts!

No doubt plant medicine is currently undergoing a massive revival, and for good reason! Modern society, medicine and even science are just now realizing the legitimate, profound and life-changing effects of these magic elixirs provided to us by Mother Nature. Yet something that provides such potentially powerful psychoneurological effects doesn't come without concomitant risks. Most likely you've heard of a story or two of someone who has experienced unwanted effects while engaging in their use. In today's show, we cut to the chase and address what the the average person needs to know about plant medicine and we ask the question if plant medicines can help improve the quality of life for either us or perhaps someone we know so we can make an informed decision. So whether you have experience with their use or if you're simply psychadelic-curious, this conversation is for you! My guest today is Daniel Hannah who is an expert on facilitating medicine journeys for people. He gives it to us straight up and shares his understanding of plant medicine as a way for us to heal from the inside out. Some of the key things discussed include what to look for in a plant medicine experience, how to cope with bad trips and why they happen, what it's like to engage with spiritual entities and navigate the energy plane, the contagiousness of energy and how to integrate plant medicine lessons into your everyday life. Daniel Hannah is a life coach from Australia who shares that he was very depressed and on the brink of suicide before experimenting with plant medicines. Upon gaining new access to his subconscious and the spiritual plane beyond with the aid of these powerful medicines, Daniel found his way back to mental and spiritual wellness. He has embraced the nomadic lifestyle and spent the past 5 years living in Vietnam, Mexico, Guatemala, the US, Brazil and Ecuador. He is currently residing and working at a shamanic healing center in the Andes where he supports others on their healing journeys with Ayahuasca and San Pedro. To learn more about Daniel Hannah, visit Symbosity.com, @daniel.e.hannah on Instagram or tune into his podcast, A Wise Man Once Said If you're interested in exploring the universe with psychotropic tools, you'll absolutely love the following Awakening Aphrodite conversations: 94. Using Cannabis and Plant Medicine for Increased Consciousness, Connection and Lifestyle Balance with Ryan Sprague 97. The Joys of Self-Expression, Inner Child Healing and Living Your Truth with Allison Pelot, Author of "Finally Thriving: Your Guide to Empowered Wellness" 120. Accessing The Unconscious Through Breath Work: Magnetizing, Healing and Letting Go with Sarah Charmoli, Co-Owner of Effiji Breath TIME STAMPS 00:09:02 Daniel's Healing Journey 00:17:24 What Is Plant Medicine? 00:18:52 Amy's Spiritual Experience 00:21:54 An Intense Journey 00:23:37 Choosing Your Shaman 00:27:13 Examples of Transformation 00:32:15 Take-Home Lessons 00:38:30 Extradimensional Entities 00:41:25 Coming Back From a Bad Trip 00:49:01 Maintaining Your Center 00:54:02 Need-To-Knows 01:04:15 Connecting With Your Spiritual Body 01:09:30 How to Find Daniel Subscribing and sharing your kind thoughts & feedback in a review on iTunes is the ultimate way to support Amy and help Awakening Aphrodite in everyone...so thank you in advance!:) You can find all things Amy at: ⁠⁠amyfournier.com⁠⁠⁠ Jump on Amy's ⁠⁠email list⁠ ⁠where she shares her personal stuff and her newest health and wellness tips and favorite products, classes, course and events updates. For special discounts on Amy's favorite products, visit her ⁠⁠⁠estore⁠⁠⁠. We appreciate and encourage you to reach out and interact with us by leaving a comment, following and sharing the episodes at ⁠⁠@FitAmyTV⁠⁠ on IG and ⁠Amy Fournier ⁠on FB and remember, you can also watch the episodes on YouTube at ⁠⁠Awakening Aphrodite Podcast/FitAmyTV⁠⁠!

Pedro Alonso López earned himself the infamous nickname of “monster of the Andes” after going on an unhinged serial killing spree for a decade in South America. López is said to have killed over 100 victims, mostly young girls, but claims he's murdered over 300 people. The vicious killer remains one of the most wanted fugitives in the world to this day. The episode of “The Disturbing Truth” dives deep into the horrifying case of López.THE DISTURBING TRUTH YOUTUBE:www.youtube.com/c/TheDisturbingTruthYTSUBSCRIBE TO OUR OTHER PODCASTS:Court JunkieThey Walk Among AmericaDevil In The DormSidebar Speaking FreelyLAW&CRIME NETWORK SOCIAL MEDIA:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawandcrime/Twitter: https://twitter.com/LawCrimeNetworkFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/lawandcrimeTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lawandcrimenetworkTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lawandcrimeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this week's episode Eric talks about serial killer Pedro Lopez also known as the Monster of the Andes. Pedro is believed to have murdered over 300 girls spanning from 1969 to 1980 in Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru.   Advertisement Inquiries  https://sponsorship.podbean.com

On this 145th episode of The Thriller Zone, I'm excited to be hanging out with yet another outstanding author of thriller fiction. Today, it's Taylor Moore, author of Ricochet.If you haven't heard of Taylor before, it may be because this is only his third book; however, there's one thing I can guarantee: you'll be hearing a LOT more from this phenomenal writer.Ricochet, the third in the Garrett Kohl Series, has everything you're looking for in a thriller: fast action, superb suspense, an intriguing premise, and a hero you can root for.Taylor had this to say about his somewhat new career: "I'm often asked how I ended up at the CIA, a question to which there are more than a few answers. But what I think people really want to know is what edged a regular guy like me out of the light and into the shadows of the intelligence world: a what makes you tick kind of thing. It's a question I can answer in one single phrase—passion for adventure. This is the same passion that drew me to childhood heroes like Indiana Jones, James Bond, and Jack Ryan. This quest for adventure propelled me on a solo journey at the age of twenty-four through the jungles of Bolivia, over the Andes, and across the raging Drake Passage on a Russian icebreaker to Antarctica. And it's the same passion I have now that spurs me to write thriller novels and action-adventure stories. We may grow up, but we don't have to give in. No matter our age or what we do, a good passion for adventure never dies. And if you're like me and you're searching for the next one, then look no further. You've arrived."Folks, you're in for a genuine treat, as Taylor introduces you (or reintroduces you) to a believable hero with smarts, and more than an ample amount of heart.Want to learn more about Taylor and his world? Visit: TaylorMooreBooks.comAnd speaking of his website, as you'll learn Taylor and I share the same fine web designer/developer in Authorbytes.com.Thank you for listening wherever you find your podcasts, on our YouTube Channel, youtube.com/thethrillerzone, as well as home website: TheThrillerZone.comI'm your host David Temple (linktr.ee/davidtemple). Are you an author in search of a professional website? Look no further than Authorbytes.com. Get 3-months FREE using the Code: "ThrillerZone"

West Hansen is an ultra marathon canoe racer turned explorer to undertake paddling the Amazon from its source high in the Andes mountains to it's end at the Atlantic ocean.  A journey of almost 4,000 miles across the continent of South America.  West is a great story teller and he does not disappoint in this episode.Follow West's expeditions at WestHansen.comHosted by Michael J. ReinhartMichaelJReinhart.comWhiskey and a Map.  Stories of Adventure and Exploration as told by those who lived them.

durée : 00:55:26 - Affaires sensibles - par : Fabrice Drouelle - Aujourd'hui dans Affaires sensibles, l'histoire d'une aventure humaine inédite, celle des 16 survivants d'un crash aérien survenu dans la cordillère des Andes en octobre 1972.

durée : 00:54:46 - Affaires sensibles - par : Fabrice Drouelle, Christophe Barreyre - En mai 1985, dans la Cordillère des Andes, deux alpinistes tentent de réaliser l'ascension d'un sommet de 6 300 mètres. L'endroit est dangereux et reste inviolé par l'homme. Les quelques rares expéditions qui ont tenté leur chance ont renoncé à cause des chutes de pierre et des avalanches. - réalisé par : Laurie-Anne TOULEMONT

Join us this week for part 2 of the harrowing survival story of the Uruguayan rugby team in 1972, I do plan on doing a little in between mini episode on this so if you have any questions please make sure to reach out and ask! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/weekly-creep/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/weekly-creep/support

Linda Bortoletto est exploratrice, conférencière, écrivaine, yogini et sillone en solitaire, depuis plus de dix ans, des contrées sauvages et spirituelles (Sibérie, Alaska,Himalaya,Israel,Andes) avec un objectif : éveiller les consciences. Un matin Linda décide de traverser Bali à pied sur la trace de ses ancêtres.  Elle prend une carte et voit une “grosse tache verte”, c'est là qu'elle veut aller au milieu de la jungle.  Après plusieurs recherches, elle ne trouve aucun sentier pour y accéder.  Tant pis, elle verra sur place. C'est comme ça que Linda voyage, à l'intuition, au ressenti. Dans cet épisode, Linda nous partage ses peurs, ses rencontres, ses conseils et comment le fait d'être ouverte à l'inconnu et l'inattendu lui a offert le plus challengeant, mais aussi le plus beau voyage de sa vie. Pour suivre Linda : www.lindabortoletto.com https://www.instagram.com/lindabortoletto Itw par Johanna : https://www.instagram.com/johannabros ----- 

This is the story that inspired the movie Alive which was really popular 30 years ago... Seriously though this is an incredible story of the remarkable strength and courage shown by very real people in a very real situation. Much like our Tonga Castaways episode this is a story of survival --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/weekly-creep/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/weekly-creep/support

This week we get stranded in the Andes and have to resort to unfavorable cuisine, haunt a well instead of taking an awful lover, search for buried treasure at the Alamo, and get walled into a castle as a punishment for not protecting our chastity. Don't miss out on Alive & Well! If you have stories or suggestions for upcoming episodes, please feel free to contact us at weirdflexpodcast@gmail.com or follow us at weirdflexpodcast on Instagram. We can't wait to hear from you! As always, sharing and reviewing our podcast helps us grow and is very much appreciated.

En la edición AM, hablamos con Carlos Budnevich, ex SBIF y académico Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales de la Universidad de los Andes, y con Fausto Spotorno, economista y director de la UADE Business School en Argentina.

  Angelica M. Ospina Alvarado is a LEED Fellow with over 15 years of experience and deeply passionate about contributing to our planet. Angelica has been a forefront leader of the adoption of green building, and integrative design practices in Colombia. Her strategic thinking, technical rigor and integrative approach has brought together the work of government, academia, industry and professional associations to advance the field. She is one of the founding members of the Colombia Green Building Council where she has volunteered her knowledge and experience since its foundation, currently, she is the Technical Director of the Council. Angelica is part time professor at the civil engineering master's program at Universidad de los Andes, in the field of construction engineering and management.   Show Highlights Understand how to include natural ventilation and different simulations to support the needs of the region.  Moving topics that have a huge impact in public policy.  Comparing LEED to the various rating systems used in the region.  EDGE's great impact in the social and in housing sector. CASA Colombia supports the residential sector ARC influence on reporting energy consumption The difficulties of building for a climate lower energy consumption . A roadmap for Columbia's goals to meet the demands of new buildings and existing buildings as the country develops.  Sustainable construction is growing faster in the region with incentives and the influence from the economic perspective . Decarbonization hurdles Columbia faces. The broader scope of urban development to focus on building green communities. “Urban development has a broader scope to not only focus on green buildings, but entire green communities. This is important. Decarbonization is a must now and moving to that for us is very, very important for resilience. Our countries really have a huge problem related to climate change. We need to move to that faster because we have not mapped those effects of climate change in each country. I see that we're moving in that direction.” -Angelica M. Ospina Alvarado     Show Resource and Information   Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES   GBES is excited our membership community is growing. Consider joining our membership community as members are given access to some of the guests on the podcasts that you can ask project questions. If you are preparing for an exam, there will be more assurance that you will pass your next exam, you will be given cliff notes if you are a member, and so much more. Go to to learn more about the 4 different levels of access to this one-of-a-kind career-advancing green building community!   If you truly enjoyed the show, don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on .  We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the !   Copyright © 2023 GBES

Saad Dara is the CEO and Founder of Mangrove Lithium. Mangrove Lithium develops an innovative approach to Lithium Refining which is using electrochemical processes to reach battery grade from diverse raw sources.  The decarbonization of our World oftentimes resembles a set of Russian Dolls. First, we needed electric cars, so the manufacturers started shifting their internal combustion lines to EV ones. Then, batteries were on the critical path, so the World frantically built Gigafactories. As a result, Lithium became the bottleneck, and over the next decade, we'll try to catch up. But in doing so, we may well bump into the next problem: missing chemicals. Don't roll your eyes too fast: I do know that Soda Ash, for instance, is pretty commonplace and shouldn't be an issue. Except if you are in the middle of the high Andes, and especially on the Argentinan side, where dozens of junior lithium companies are currently cutting their teeth.  If you don't have enough Soda Ash, you can't refine your Lithium Chloride to Carbonate, and why is that a problem, well, that means you have to truck large volumes of concentrated brines away, and reach a place where chemicals are available. Not a big deal? Well, except if you compound in the absence of paved roads around most of the Salars that will enter into production in the next years, or simply the fact that bringing a truck up to an altitude of over 4'000 meters is not that easy.  While I was up in Olaroz, Cachi, and Jama, I crossed two different trucks in two different places that had rolled over onto the side of the road. So again, I'd say, not a piece of cake. But if evaporation ponds are so efficient in the high Andes, it's, of course, thanks to widely available solar energy. Something energy companies start to leverage by installing solar farms. So what if it were possible to use that electrical energy right where it's produced, to refine the concentrated brines that evaporation ponds output into battery-grade carbonate or hydroxide?  Well, some companies have started to explore that electrochemical road, and you would have guessed, that's where Mangrove Lithium is focusing.  Their technology was born as a water treatment and desalination play, yet the ideal product-market fit seems to rather be in the lithium industry - once again, a proof of the high porosity between those two worlds.  Let me avoid spoiling you all of my conversation with Saad Dara, but what I can already tell you is that we had good fun recording, I hope you'll enjoy it as well, if you do, please remember to take that episode and share it with a friend, a colleague, your boss or your team, wherever you're listening or watching that, make sure to like and subscribe, and I'll meet you on the other side! ➡️ Check out the entire article on how Mangrove Lithium is the Jewel in Bill Gates' crown on the (don't) Waste Water website!

Allow me to introduce my incredible Mastermind Client....Heesun Andes! Heesun is a wildly successful entrepreneur, business mentor, and real estate business coach. She is the Founder of the Online Ceo LLC, a company which offers coaching/consulting and develops online curriculum and software.  Heesun's mission is to empower business owners by guiding them  to reconnect with their soul purpose and serve the world through their business Connect with Heesun: https://instagram.com/heesunandes?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Prosper - My Money Mastery Course: This is an all inclusive money course that has everything you need to break free from financial limitations, attract more money, reach your money goals and live prosperously. Prosper: ⁠https://sarahrose.kartra.com/page/prosper⁠ Freebies! Wealthy Woman Webinar Wealth Consciousness Affirmation Meditation Connect on Social: https://www.instagram.com/sarahrose_d https://www.tiktok.com/@sarahrose_d?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sarah-dangelo9/message

Founder of The MANA Movement, Chrissie has always been guided and impassioned by the idea of empowering people to be creators. Named 'chaqaruna' or Bridge-Person by the Q'ero, Wisdom Keepers of the Andes, Chrissie's North Star is activating and rewilding humanity with modern and indigenous wisdom, reminding people of what is already inside but forgotten or suppressed. Chrissie draws from conscious motherhood and indigenous tradition to inspire her community back to the natural Truth of things. ON THIS EPISODE: Chrissie Charley | @the.mana.movement Adam Jackson | @adam___jackson MAUI FIRE RELIEF: Maui fire relief! Food and supplies to families! Sacred Sons is supporting Kale Ka'alekahi and Koa Taylor, residents of Maui, in raising money to make food, buy supplies and give money directly to their families who have lost homes, businesses, and important cultural centers.   SACRED SONS EXPERIENCES:   CONVERGENCE 8 | THE RETURN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND

Connect w/ Heesun:Website: onlineceo.net IG: @heesunandes Youtube:https://youtu.be/7fa0CBRNDSk

Get ready for an enlightening Light Warrior Radio interview with the amazing Christina Schwind! Christina, a new paradigm visionary and acceleration expert, brings a unique approach to enhance the spiritual gifts of healers, starseeds, and new-paradigm wayshowers. Drawing from her extensive in-person training with indigenous record keeper Barbara Hand Clow and wisdom keepers from the Andes, she unravels intuitive blind spots and empowers others to reclaim their Dreamtime power. Join us in this exciting discussion, where we explore: You are an empath interested in turning the burdens of your gift into your greatest blessingYou are interested in cultivating healthy sovereign relationships with beings of the unseen worlds; elementals, the fae, sasquatch, and other interdimensional beingYou know you want to live your life as an empowered soul benefitting all life through your existenceDo your part in dreaming the world into being and reclaiming our reality from the collective nightmareHeal your heart and reclaiming your capacity to be a source of infinite love and compassionAnd so much more!  To learn more about Christina and the Dreamtime Healing Project, click here. 

Nossos hosts Gustavo Rebello (@gu_rebel) e JP Miguel (@jp_miguel) se juntaram ao professor Marcos Sorrilha (@m_sorrilha, do Canal do Sorrilha no Youtube e do Portal Deviante, @PortalDeviante) e essa semana subiram a 9.400 metros de altitude para bater um papo especial sobre justamente a formação dos estados Andinos, suas raízes culturais, o que há de comum quanto a colonização e independência deles, a importância geopolítica e os principais desdobramentos da atualidade. Demais destaques ficam por conta de uma confusão diplomática entre o México e os Estados Unidos por conta de um trem e uma empresa do Alabama, além é claro, da agenda e das dicas culturais! Lembrando sempre que mandem sugestões, críticas, para contato@opodnext.com, ou ainda no SUBSTACK: opodnext.substack.com onde você também encontra informações sobre como assinar o Podnext Confidencial, para nos apoiar e ter acesso ao conteúdo extra que ficou de fora do programa, chat exclusivo do Telegram, assista gravações AO VIVO e muito mais! LEMBRANDO QUE agora o PODNEXT TEM ZAP, anote aí o número, +1 352-871-5797 pra vc mandar mensagem de voz e talvez aparecer no programa! Se você desejar, pode contribuir quando e se puder também fazendo um PIX para contato@opodnext.com E BORA PRO PROGRAMA! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podnext-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podnext-podcast/support

“Es la cocaína o, mejor, su prohibición impuesta por los Estados Unidos, la que da forma al país en la actualidad. No hablar de la cocaína, no exhibirla, es como NEGAR la esclavitud”, dice el antropólogo Michael Taussig, autor de los libros Mi museo de la cocaína, Un gigante en convulsiones, EXCLAVITUD Y LIBERTAD en el valle del Río Cauca, entre otros. Escucha su conversación con la traductora y editora Margarita Valencia. Queriendo estudiar la agroindustria en Puerto Tejada, Cauca, se encontró con una historia traumática que debía ser contada, la historia de la esclavitud. Pero también, al conocer la DIVERSIDAD de especies en los cultivos de los antiguos esclavizados, “a años luz de la siembra de soya, caña de azúcar o de otros cultivos completamente dependientes del riego y de agroquímicos”, comprobó que “SÍ ES POSIBLE un mundo alternativo a la explotación del hombre y la naturaleza, y el modelo es la FINCA TRADICIONAL”. Taussig, además, habla de su libro “El diablo y el fetichismo de la mercancía en Sudamérica”, sobre la HISTORIA SOCIAL del diablo desde la conquista española en relación con el capitalismo. Cuenta, por ejemplo, la historia de los pactos secretos que hacían algunos campesinos con el diablo para cortar más caña, a cambio de condenarse a una muerte prematura y a obtener DINERO ESTÉRIL, solo para comprar artículos de lujo —ropas finas, licor, mantequilla y demás— y nunca para formar capital. MICHAEL TAUSSIG se doctoró en Antropología en la Escuela de Economía de Londrés y es profesor en la Universidad de Columbia y la European Graduate School. Ha investigado la comercialización de la agricultura campesina, la esclavitud, el hambre, el impacto del colonialismo sobre el chamanismo, la fabricación del terror, la violencia paramilitar, entre otros. MARGARITA VALENCIA es editora, traductora y crítica literaria. Licenciada en Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de los Andes y magíster en Estudios Políticos de la Universidad Javeriana. Ha sido directora de la editorial de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia y de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia.

“Es la cocaína o, mejor, su prohibición impuesta por los Estados Unidos, la que da forma al país en la actualidad. No hablar de la cocaína, no exhibirla, es como NEGAR la esclavitud”, dice el antropólogo Michael Taussig, autor de los libros Mi museo de la cocaína, Un gigante en convulsiones, EXCLAVITUD Y LIBERTAD en el valle del Río Cauca, entre otros. Escucha su conversación con la traductora y editora Margarita Valencia. Queriendo estudiar la agroindustria en Puerto Tejada, Cauca, se encontró con una historia traumática que debía ser contada, la historia de la esclavitud. Pero también, al conocer la DIVERSIDAD de especies en los cultivos de los antiguos esclavizados, “a años luz de la siembra de soya, caña de azúcar o de otros cultivos completamente dependientes del riego y de agroquímicos”, comprobó que “SÍ ES POSIBLE un mundo alternativo a la explotación del hombre y la naturaleza, y el modelo es la FINCA TRADICIONAL”. Taussig, además, habla de su libro “El diablo y el fetichismo de la mercancía en Sudamérica”, sobre la HISTORIA SOCIAL del diablo desde la conquista española en relación con el capitalismo. Cuenta, por ejemplo, la historia de los pactos secretos que hacían algunos campesinos con el diablo para cortar más caña, a cambio de condenarse a una muerte prematura y a obtener DINERO ESTÉRIL, solo para comprar artículos de lujo —ropas finas, licor, mantequilla y demás— y nunca para formar capital. MICHAEL TAUSSIG se doctoró en Antropología en la Escuela de Economía de Londrés y es profesor en la Universidad de Columbia y la European Graduate School. Ha investigado la comercialización de la agricultura campesina, la esclavitud, el hambre, el impacto del colonialismo sobre el chamanismo, la fabricación del terror, la violencia paramilitar, entre otros. MARGARITA VALENCIA es editora, traductora y crítica literaria. Licenciada en Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de los Andes y magíster en Estudios Políticos de la Universidad Javeriana. Ha sido directora de la editorial de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia y de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia.

Here are some reasons why Ecuador has been of interest to drug traffickers:Geographical Location: Ecuador is strategically located between two major cocaine-producing countries, Colombia and Peru. This geographical position makes it a potential transit route for drug shipments heading to international markets, including North America and Europe.Transshipment Route: Ecuador's long coastline and numerous ports provide opportunities for drug traffickers to move illicit goods discreetly. Narcotics can be smuggled through maritime routes, taking advantage of the country's extensive coastline facing the Pacific Ocean.Geographical Diversity: Ecuador's diverse geography, which includes dense jungles, coastal areas, and the Andes mountain range, offers hiding places and routes for trafficking operations. These varied terrains can make it challenging for law enforcement to effectively monitor and interdict illicit activities.Weaker Law Enforcement Infrastructure: While the Ecuadorian government has taken steps to combat drug trafficking, its law enforcement and judicial infrastructure may not be as robust as in some neighboring countries. This can create opportunities for traffickers to exploit weaknesses and operate with relative impunity.Corruption and Bribery: Like in many countries affected by the drug trade, corruption within law enforcement agencies, border control, and government officials can facilitate the movement of illicit substances. Narco traffickers may attempt to bribe officials to look the other way or assist in their operations.Economic Factors: Some areas within Ecuador may experience economic challenges, making them vulnerable to criminal activities like drug cultivation and trafficking. The lure of financial gain from the drug trade can be attractive in regions with limited legitimate economic opportunities.Regional Instability: The presence of drug production and trafficking in neighboring countries like Colombia can spill over into Ecuador, as criminal groups seek to establish or expand their operations in more stable areas.With all of that in mind, it's no wonder that the cartels have gained so much power within Ecuador and recently we seen it all come to a head with the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio. In this episode, we are taking a look at the hit and how it might play out in the future. (commercial at 8:35)to contact me:bobbycacpucci@protonmail.comsource:Four hitmen, drug cartels and security failures: The murder of Fernando Villavicencio | International | EL PAÍS English (elpais.com)This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5003294/advertisement

Here are some reasons why Ecuador has been of interest to drug traffickers:Geographical Location: Ecuador is strategically located between two major cocaine-producing countries, Colombia and Peru. This geographical position makes it a potential transit route for drug shipments heading to international markets, including North America and Europe.Transshipment Route: Ecuador's long coastline and numerous ports provide opportunities for drug traffickers to move illicit goods discreetly. Narcotics can be smuggled through maritime routes, taking advantage of the country's extensive coastline facing the Pacific Ocean.Geographical Diversity: Ecuador's diverse geography, which includes dense jungles, coastal areas, and the Andes mountain range, offers hiding places and routes for trafficking operations. These varied terrains can make it challenging for law enforcement to effectively monitor and interdict illicit activities.Weaker Law Enforcement Infrastructure: While the Ecuadorian government has taken steps to combat drug trafficking, its law enforcement and judicial infrastructure may not be as robust as in some neighboring countries. This can create opportunities for traffickers to exploit weaknesses and operate with relative impunity.Corruption and Bribery: Like in many countries affected by the drug trade, corruption within law enforcement agencies, border control, and government officials can facilitate the movement of illicit substances. Narco traffickers may attempt to bribe officials to look the other way or assist in their operations.Economic Factors: Some areas within Ecuador may experience economic challenges, making them vulnerable to criminal activities like drug cultivation and trafficking. The lure of financial gain from the drug trade can be attractive in regions with limited legitimate economic opportunities.Regional Instability: The presence of drug production and trafficking in neighboring countries like Colombia can spill over into Ecuador, as criminal groups seek to establish or expand their operations in more stable areas.With all of that in mind, it's no wonder that the cartels have gained so much power within Ecuador and recently we seen it all come to a head with the assassination of Fernando Villavicencio. In this episode, we are taking a look at the hit and how it might play out in the future. (commercial at 8:35)to contact me:bobbycacpucci@protonmail.comsource:Four hitmen, drug cartels and security failures: The murder of Fernando Villavicencio | International | EL PAÍS English (elpais.com)This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5080327/advertisement

Na noite de quarta-feira (9), o candidato à presidência do Equador Fernando Villavicencio foi assassinado a tiros ao fim de um comício em Quito, 11 dias antes da data da eleição. A execução, que foi reivindicada pela facção Los Lobos, pode mexer na corrida eleitoral, liderada por Luisa González (candidata do ex-presidente Rafael Correa). E, principalmente, evidencia como o narcotráfico ganhou poder, se infiltrou no Estado e provocou uma crise na segurança pública equatoriana. Para descrever esse processo, Natuza Nery entrevistou Thiago Rodrigues, professor no instituto de estudos estratégicos da UFF e autor do livro “Política e drogas nas Américas: uma genealogia do narcotráfico”. Neste episódio: - Thiago comenta o assassinato de Fernando Villavicencio a cerca de dez dias antes da eleição presidencial e à luz do “impacto do crime organizado sobre a esfera pública equatoriana”. Villavicencio se apresentava como o candidato anticorrupção e vinha denunciando a atuação de grupos criminosos: “Com sua morte, o efeito de desencorajamento contra o crime é enorme”; - Ele explica a “posição geoestratégica” do país no sistema internacional do tráfico: está entre os dois maiores produtores mundiais de cocaína (Colômbia e Peru) e é grande portal de saída das drogas para os EUA e Europa. “Os grupos locais ganharam relevância e, com a chegada de cartéis mexicanos, o país se tornou mais violento”; - Thiago conta como a “perda de controle do Estado” reflete no aumento dos crimes políticos, como se observa em países como Colômbia e México. “O caso mexicano é o mais dramático de todos e é o que mais pode ter semelhanças com o caso brasileiro”, avalia; - O professor analisa as diferenças e as semelhanças entre a atuação do tráfico de drogas no Equador e no Brasil. “Eles têm uma característica importante que é ter no sistema penitenciário o manancial onde se abriga e cresce o crime organizado”, informa. “E, ao contrário do Brasil, Equador e demais países dos Andes são gravitacionados pelo mercado americano”, contrapõe.

Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Imagine a desert stretching over 1,500 miles along the Peruvian coastline, between the high Andes to the east and the vast Pacific coastline to the west. A place of brilliant colors and contradictions. This is the driest desert in the world. Astronauts use it to simulate conditions on Mars. This is the home of the Nazca Lines: huge, beautifully made 2,000-year-old geoglyphs, visible only from the sky. Some are elaborate images of animals, plants, and people. Others are perfectly straight lines that stretch for miles in the empty desert.  What were they for? What did they mean? Their story–and the story of the people who made them–is so much more than it seems. Sponsors and Advertising This podcast is a member of Airwave Media podcast network. Want to advertise on our show? Please direct advertising inquiries to advertising@airwavemedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

113 - Inner Medicine a Shamanic Healing Perspective - Kerri Hummingbird Kerri Hummingbird, Medicine Woman, Mother, and Mentor, is the Founder of Inner Medicine Training, a Mystery School that shares potent ancient traditions from the Andes and Himalayas for owning your wisdom and living your purpose.  She is the #1 international best-selling author of "The Second Wave: Transcending the Human Drama" (int'l bestseller over 177 weeks), and "Love Is Fierce: Healing the Mother Wound" which describes the most direct path to self-realization. As the host of Soul Nectar Show, Ms. Hummingbird inspires people to lead their lives wide awake with authenticity, passion, and purpose that positively impacts others. As a healer and mentor, she catalyzes mind shifts that transform life challenges into gifts of wisdom. Her newest book, to be released on Earth Day 2023, is "Inner Medicine: Becoming One with Mother Earth for the Survival of Humanity".   LINKS www.kerrihummingbird.com Podcast: www.soulnectar.show  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kerri.hummingbird.sami Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerri.hummingbird/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KerriHummingbrd LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerrihummingbird/ YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCIvzw9fZaQdLy9jbiCuX2A   JOIN THE WAITLIST FOR SOUL MASTERY SCHOOL: https://www.natalieschlute.com/waitlist  Join the Online Community for support: The Successful Soul Facebook Community Follow me on social media @natalieschlute on Instagram Natalie Schlute on YouTube Natalie Schlute on Pinterest For more info and freebies, go to: NatalieSchlute.com

SEASON 2 EPISODE 89 HOST: SHEILA GLAVEE GUEST: CHRIS DONALDSON Chris didn't look like an Aboriginal adolescent as he set off from Belfast on his café racing Moto Guzzi. But it was the same motivation that drove him to set off on a journey of self-discovery. But when the Iranian revolution stopped the planned 10,000-mile motorcycle road trip to Australia, he ends high in the Andes, 50-odd thousand miles later, before returning to Belfast. Going the Wrong Way. A ‘coming of age' road trip like no other. Chris is now riding to Australia, on the same Moto Guzzi Le Mans, 42 years after his first attempt. CHRIS'S CONTACT chrisdonaldson.world

Kerri Hummingbird Sami is a Shamanic healer, a Mentor, and the author of Inner Medicine: Becoming One with Mother Earth for the Survival of Humanity. She is the Founder of Inner Medicine Training, a Mystery School that shares potent ancient traditions from the Andes and Himalayas for owning your wisdom and living your purpose.As a Shamanic healer and mentor, Kerri catalyzes mind shifts that transform life challenges into gifts of wisdom, noting that people operate through differing lenses of perception, therefore we must all be careful about what we give our power away to.During this enlightening and highly transformative interview, Kerri shares how she overcame trauma, found healing through nature, and now serves as a channel for other people to all dimensions of time, space, and consciousness. She also brings us insights about the important planetary Wake-Up call that is on its way to all of us. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:How the violence in Kerri's family system and childhood inspired her to pursue radical changes in her own lifeHow Kerri set herself free from a negative mental diagnosis and abuse by taking the road less traveled.The important Wake Up Call that is coming, that will open our hearts and lead us to a new way of living.The fog that prevents us from seeing ourselves and others clearly. The pathway forward to a New Earth of sovereign humans begins with each of us.The Luminous Warrior within is able to let others be true to themselves because she is true to herself. The false personality that is constructed in phases of childhood development. Kerri's private mentoring, shamanic healing, illumination healing, and discovery sessions.Why it is essential to slow down, soften our hearts, and open our hearts to what is right in front of us in order to heal. SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS KERRI:What was the trauma you experienced in your childhood, the diagnosis that put you in a proverbial cage, and the abusive life you created for yourself? What is your story about the magic of a hummingbird visiting you on a Vision Quest in the woods? Is the seismic Wake-Up Call associated with the rise in vibration on this planet from 3D to 5D?What is “The Smokey Mirror,” and how can we heal ourselves by working with it?What was your motivation to write your book Inner Medicine: Becoming One with Mother Earth for the Survival of Humanity?What is the ancient Earth wisdom that we must remember that will save humanity?How are deep healing and forgiveness connected?What was your own personal Wake-Up call that transformed your life? In what ways do people operate through different lenses of perception, and what does that have to do with giving away our power?

From Tibet to the Andes to the highlands of Ethiopia, around 150 million people around the world work at high altitude. Many were born there, but in a globalized world of mass migration, many weren't, and are toiling in environments that their bodies maybe aren't accustomed to. What does that mean for their health and for the companies that employ them? We go to a high altitude copper mine in the Chilean Andes and talk to doctors about the potential risks of working on top of the world. Producer / presenter: Gideon Long (Image: A mine high in the Andes. Credit: Getty Images)

  Thank you for tuning in to Episode 259 of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast. This week's segments included:   Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins From the Armchair Some Years Later Crafty Adventures KAL News Events Life in Focus Ask Me Anything On a Happy Note Quote of the Week   Thank you to this episode's sponsors: Enchanted Etchings   Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins   Shock Star Hat Yarn: Spun Right Round Squish DK in the Shock Star colorway Needles: US 5 (3.75 mm) & US 7 (4.5 mm) Pattern: none Ravelry Project Page About the yarn: cream base with small bits of neons + black. 92 sts 130.5 meters for Stash Dash   Watermelon cozies Pattern: Ball Band (free pattern on Ravelry & LoveCrafts) & Ball Band with a Twist ($2 crochet pattern on Ravelry & LoveCrafts)  by Jennifer Lassonde Yarns: Loops & Threads Capri Eco Cotton in Colorway: Cranberry. Loops & Threads Everyday Cotton in Jade. Leftover scrubby yarn for lighter green Hooks: 3.75 mm (F) & 4.25 mm (G) Ravelry Project Page Inspiration- Ali (starryeyesali) posted a watermelon bowl she made with leftover yarn on Instagram Small Jar cozy (16 oz wide mouth Mason jars). All sc (like the original ball band pattern). 7 rounds of Jade, 2 rounds of light green, 9 rounds of red. Black "seeds" sewn in later. Large Jar cozy (24 oz wide mouth Mason jars)- following Ball Band with a Twist instructions. 6 rounds of bottom section in Jade. 2 rounds of light green and the rest in Red. Black "seeds" sewn in later. Large Jar cozy #2  (24 oz wide mouth Mason jars)-  rounds of Jade, 2 rounds of light green,  rest was done in red. Black "seeds" sewn in later. 156.4 meters for Stash Dash   Woolens and Nosh Socks Yarn: Woolens & Nosh Targee Socks- 2022 Advent Calendar Pattern: OMG Heel by Megan Williams ($5 Knitting Pattern available on Ravelry) Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm) Ravelry Project Page 20g mini in dark purple; used for cuff and heel. 285.8 meters for Stash Dash   Zebra Stripes Socks   Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry ) Yarn: Patons Kroy in the Zebra Stripes Colorway Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm) Ravelry Project Page 273.6 meters for Stash Dash   Children of Time Spinning Fiber: Into the Whirled Cheviot (4 oz) in the Children of Time colorway Twist direction: singles = Z plied = S This means when I'm spinning, my wheel is spinning clockwise and when plying my wheel is moving counter-clockwise. Ravelry Project Page 1 ply of Wool of the Andes in 2 colors of blue + 2 plies of Into the Whirled Skein 1= 94g. 116.91 yards or 106.9 meters Skein 2= 82g  120.3 yards, 110 meters Total meters of yarn 216.9 For Stash Dash= 4 x 216.9 = 867.6 meters   Purple Spring Spin Fiber: Fluffypuf #130 Hand Dyed Roving Batt Purple/Pink. 1.4 ounces. 50% BFL, 40% merino, 10% Tussah Silk. Twist direction: singles = Z plied = S This means when I'm spinning, my wheel is spinning clockwise and when plying my wheel is moving counter-clockwise. Ravelry Project Page 2 skeins of finished yarn with Fluffypuf & Kingdom Fleece & Fiber Works Skein 1- 66g. 80.97 yards or 74.04 meters Skein 2= 66g. 79.44 yards or 72.64 meters Total Meters= 146.68 I still had singles left of the Kingdom Fleece & Fiberworks fiber, so I plied that with some mystery purple singles. Skein 3: 28g. 54.44 yards or 49.78 meters Meters for Stash Dash- 49.78 x 4= 199.12 Total Meters for Stash Dash for all 3 skeins = 795.84   Note: Some links are listed as Amazon Affiliate Links. If you click those, please know that I am an Amazon Associate and I earn money from qualifying purchases.   On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins   Mini Skein Hexagon Blanket Pattern: Basic Crochet Hexagon Pattern & Tips from Make Do and Crew Website & YouTube Tutorial Hook: F (3.75 mm) Yarn: Mini skeins from 2022 agirlandherwool Advent Calendar, 24 Days of Cheer Swap minis + other scraps/swap yarn Ravelry Project Page I've been closing the end of each hexagon with this join- link to Instagram post 4 rounds per hexagon. 3.75 inches each. Likely need over 300 Twin sized blanket is 60x80 inches. 17x22 hexis- 374. Learned double magic circle from this YouTube video. The trick is to know how to pull both loops to tighten the loop. As of 7/25/23- 51' wide by 58" long. (13 x 17 hexis)   Silver Spoon Socks Yarn: A Whimsical Wood Yarn Company Pixie Toes Socks in the Silver Spoon Up My A$$ colorway Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm) Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry ) Ravelry Project Page Progress: on the foot of the first sock.   3 Christmas Stockings   Pattern: Christmas Stockings to Knit and Crochet from Family Circle Magazine. Available in this web archive link. I've also saved it to my podcast Gmail Google Drive in case it disappears! web.archive.org-Christmas Stockings to Knit and Crochet from Our Archives.pdf Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver in Cherry Red, Hunter Green and White Hook: G (4.0 mm) Ravelry Project Page Progress: I have 3 of the 4 front/back panels I need for the frist 2 done. The forth is onto the leg. I am going to crochet up 2 more and then iron them, and start seaming them.   Rainbow Crochet Crop Pattern: 100% improvised. Yarn: Lion Brand Re-up. Colors: Ecru, Red, Orange, Sunflower, Lime, Aqua, Lilac and Raspberry Hook: E (3.5 mm) Ravelry Project Page Wide, oversized crochet top that I completely improvised on the go. Thought I'd do all granny squares but didn't think I'd have enough yarn. Originally finished in June 2022, but it was too short and I only wore it once. Had hdc rows in rainbow colors at the bottom. Ripped all of that back and instead of doing 1 round of each color, I did 2. Extending beyond blue to include purple and pink.   My Little Unicorn Socks Yarn: Andre Sue Knits Sock Blank in the My Little Unicorn colorway Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm) Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry ) Ravelry Project Page Gray background with white and pink unicorns that look like My Little Pony. My inner 80's child loved this one.   From the Armchair The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston. Bookshop Affiliate Link. Amazon Affiliate Link. Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica. Bookshop Affiliate Link. Amazon Affiliate Link. Recommended by Dan's cousin Melissa Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica. Bookshop Affiliate Link. Amazon Affiliate Link.   Note: Some links are listed as Amazon Affiliate Links. If you click those, please know that I am an Amazon Associate and I earn money from qualifying purchases.   Some Years Later Mom sent 2 socks to be repaired. Her Knit Picks Felici Zen Socks had a hole in the foot. It was easy to repair with a bit of yarn. I washed them and they're ready to give back. I only finished these in May 2022, right before Mother's Day so these haven't held up very well. Click here for my Ravelry Project Page. I also did a blanket repair on a knitted blanket a friend's mother asked me to fix. I was assuming it was crochet, so the fact that it was knitted was a surprise. The section that was torn was part of a very long strip of knitting that was knit on the bias, so it was a little tricky but it was in garter stitch and I did a good job of pulling the stitches back up. Its not 100% invisible, but I'm happy with it. I have it washed and ready to return.   Crafty Adventures   Resin adventures with Gayle & Meagan for their Bucket List with a Twist. They made us aprons to wear while working that Bucket List with a Twist!   KAL News   Splash Pad Party 23: May 26-July 31, 2023 Sign up using this Google Form. To confirm you're signed up, check the Stats/Registration Spreadsheet here. Click here for the full list of Sponsors with all the links you need to their websites & social media. Many of our Sponsors are offering coupon codes. Find them here- Google Doc or Ravelry Thread. Tune in to hear if you won a participation prize. End of the event winners will be announced in Episode 260   Events   Stash Dash, hosted by Leslie & Laura of the Knit Girllls Video Podcast starts May 26th and runs through August 31, 2023. Check out details in the knit girllls discord My total as of this episode: 8,140 meters You can check out my Stash Dash 2023 Progress on this Google Sheet. Legacy Fiber Artz Knit Your Stash MAL- check out the details on the Treehouse Fiber Arts website Runs May 29- September 4, 2023 #legacyfiberartzknityourstashMal and #flashyourstash Crafty Bingo- Craft Cook Read Repeat Podcast May 26-September 4, 2023 Grab the Bingo card over on their Instagram feed The Grocery Girls are hosting Hot Granny Square Summer MAL. Check out details in their Ravelry Group & in Episode 183 on their YouTube Channel. Summer Sock Camp hosted in the Crazy Sock Lady Ravelry Group 5/26- 8/31/2023 Vermont Sheep & Wool: Sept 30 & Oct 1 at the Tunbridge Fairgrounds Check out some West Coast (US) Events on the Seattle Knitters Guild site (thanks Kristen- kips206)   Life in Focus After 3+ years I got Covid. Mom's July MRI & CT Scans show that the cancer has not grown/changed! Great news!   Ask Me Anything Tune in to hear my answers to these questions: AnnahB wants to know how many UFOs I have. (12 somewhat active + hibernations) MaysMomNH- How your Mom is doing. Elisa.Knits- How you pick yarn for sweaters and cardis please. Nali_Knits- what motivates you to keep knitting/podcasting after so many years? KGZKnits- Can we watch instead? Red-Christina- trying to knit men's cardigan for my grandpa- any suggestions? Classic Cardigan by Tin Can Knits. $8 knitting pattern on Ravelry or Tin Can Knits website. Slade by Michelle Wang (for Brooklyn Tweed). $10 pattern available on Ravelry; $9 on Brooklyn Tweed Website. Reading Cardigan by Jared Flood. $16 knitting pattern available on Ravelry & for $15 on Brooklyn Tweed website) DogMomKnits- Fall Knitting Plans- Pigskin Party (if there will be one) info? There will be a Pigskin Party. I'll be planning it very soon!   On a Happy Note After a day of resin crafts and pool time, Mom, Dad, Gayle, Meagan, Liz and I headed out for ice cream and then back for 2 round Tock match (Meagan & I won one, Gayle & Liz won one). I went to Minute Clinic to confirm I had Covid, but mostly to see if I also had strep throat, and was treated by my childhood bestie, Maribeth! Grateful for my own craft room with a comfy chair in a cool part of the house. Perfect for isolating and making sure Dan didn't get sick. I did go outside a bit on the weekend days. Dan brought up my wheel. I still spent a lot of time lying down between projects but it was nice to get out. I missed our nephew's 16th birthday pool party, though, so that was a bummer. Jeff was able to get an extra ticket for me to join he and Riley to see Lainey Wilson at the Mohegan Sun casino on Friday night! We had dinner, loved the show, got a cool Watermelon Moonshine Stanley Tumbler, and then I slept over at their house. Hung out with Riley & Millie in the morning, singing Hamilton as Riley made us homemade waffles.   Quote of the Week   The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving. –OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, SR ------   Thank you for tuning in!   Contact Information: Check out the Down Cellar Studio Patreon! 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En este episodio Yannina Thomassiny entrevista al maestro Kike Pinto. Un hombre dedicado a la música y a la medicina desde hace ya muchísimo tiempo. Nacido en Lima en 1956, de padres migrantes de los Andes del Perú. Ha dedicado gran parte de su vida a estudiar la música tradicional Andina y Amazónica. La selva y los Apus son su segundo hogar. Ha caminado con las comunidades de San Pedro de Casta, departamento de Lima y Japu, Nación Q'ero, departamento de Cusco. Participó en ceremonias y aprendió a componer y cantar canciones para el culto al Agua (Walina) y otros géneros de su Música Tradicional (Wayri Ch'unchu, Pukllay, etc.), así como de su amorosa relación con los Apus y la Pachamama. Con representantes y maestros de pueblos nativos amazónicos aprendió a componer y cantar canciones ceremoniales (Ikaro) inspiradas por estados ampliados de conciencia y por las Plantas Maestras. Además de componer canciones populares (La Canoa, Waynu, Marinera, Yaraví, etc.), cantadas por diversos intérpretes de la música tradicional andina y componer música para danzas y rituales tradicionales. Ha creado una vasta colección de instrumentos musicales, con los cuales fundó, en la ciudad de Cusco, el Instituto de Cultura y Museo de Instrumentos Musicales Andinos y Amazónicos “Taki”, abierto al público por 15 años en esa ciudad. Es expositor, conferencista y concertista del equipo de National Geographic en el Perú, como experto en la Música Andina y Amazónica tradicional. Kike hace los despachos andinos más hermosos del mundo porque entiende el concepto del Aini- reciprocidad y enseña a las personas a vivir su vida en esta Filosofia.  Me encuentras en Instagram como @cassetteart @sabiduriapsicodelica  Encuentra a Kike como: @kikepintocardenas Hotel Ikal: @ikal_tulum_hotel Restaura: @restaura_experience

Kerri Hummingbird, She is the #1 international best-selling author of "The Second Wave: Transcending the Human Drama" She is a Medicine Woman, Mother and Mentor, and the Founder of Inner Medicine Training, a Mystery School that shares potent ancient traditions from the Andes and Himalayas for owning your wisdom and living your purpose.   Website: kerrihummingbird.com/innermedicine #voicesofcourage #kendfoster #KerryHummingbird Visit us: voicesofcourage.us See the full podcast video: https://youtu.be/a81w0stNFjE

Taylor tells Josie about "En Tus Tierras Bailaré", a musical love ode to Israel performed by three of Latin America's most infamous YouTube stars—Delfín "Hasta el Fin" Quishpe, La Tigresa del Oriente, and "La Pequeña" Wendy Sulca. Plus: Tonka the celebrity chimp, his allegedly fake death, and Scottish actor Alan Cumming's quest to bring the sordid truth to light.

This podcast hit paid subscribers' inboxes on July 19. It dropped for free subscribers on July 22. To receive future pods as soon as they're live, and to support independent ski journalism, please consider an upgrade to a paid subscription. You can also subscribe for free below:WhoRicardo Margulis, General Manager of Valle Nevado, ChileRecorded onJuly 3, 2023About Valle NevadoClick here for a mountain stats overviewOwned by: Majority owned by Mountain Capital PartnersLocated in: Lo Barnechea, ChileYear founded: 1988Pass affiliations:Base elevation: 9,383 feetSummit elevation: 12,041 feetVertical drop: 2,658 feetSkiable acres: 2,200 lift-served (20,000-plus additional acres served by helicopter)Trails: 44Average annual snowfall: 276 inchesLift fleet: 16 lifts (1 gondola, 1 high-speed quad, 1 fixed quad, 1 triple, 2 doubles, 1 T-bar, 6 J-bars, 3 carpets)Why I interviewed himThe Storm is firmly anchored in North America. Built on 4 a.m. alarms and winding explorations of the Whites and the Greens and the Adirondacks and the Catskills and the Poconos and the Berkshires. Flights west to the Rockies and the Wasatch and the Sierras. Born on bumps rising from the Midwest flats.That domain will always be the core of this thing. Two years ago, I blew out of the Northeast to expand coverage to the entire United States. This year, I began folding in Canada. I can't go any farther. I don't know how many ski areas there are on planet Earth, but an educated guess is a minimum of 10,000, with more than half of those being in Europe. If I live to be 1,000 I might get there. But I won't so I need to fence the yard.However. Just because I live in and focus on North America does not mean my interests stop at the oceans. The world's vast and varied ski cultures are worth considering, as outlets to disrupt our biases, as wells of supreme adventure, and as crucial links in the story of skiing, which fuels the evolution of our domestic obsession in crucial, often unseen ways.But I have to pick my spots. This podcast is built less on novelty than on perspective and completeness. There are only so many far-flung spotlights that my listeners will tolerate, just as there are only so many episodes on ropetow bumps or the Midwest or even mighty New England that they can handle (this rule does not apply to the West). So where, in this whole wild world of endless skiing and endless snow, do I focus?My first entry in this very occasional international series landed almost two years ago, when I hosted the longtime general manager of Mt. Buller, Australia on the podcast. Why Mt. Buller? Well, frankly, they reached out to me and asked. But the ski area also hangs onto a strong North American connection: it is a longtime Ikon and Mountain Collective partner. If my readers are planning a Southern Hemisphere run over our summer, they likely scan the Epic and Ikon rosters before they do anything else.Enter: Valle Nevado. It is the only South American option for skiers clutching a North American ski pass. Vail's Epic Pass, believe it or not, gives you nothing in Argentina or Chile – the only serious ski destinations on the continent. But Ikon, Mountain Collective, and, now, Mountain Capital Partners' Power Pass all give you between two and seven days at the Chilean resort.Not that skiers don't have other options. Lift tickets to Las Leñas, Argentina's second-largest ski area, are just $66. Catedral Alta Patagonia, the nation's largest, sells a ticket for a pricier but still reasonable $108. El Colorado, right next door to – and connected with – Valle Nevado sells a daily lift ticket for around $73. Unlike large parts of U.S. American skiing, you can still ramble without a pass through the Andes (though I expect both Vail and Alterra to eventually acquire or partner with more ski areas throughout the continent).But “free” lift tickets are a powerful draw, even for many travelers with the means to voyage to South America for a ski trip. And a lot of North Americans are going to end up at Valle Nevado for as long as it retains its trio of U.S.-based pass memberships. It's a place that, when I'm considering what matters to my readers and my listeners, fits right in.What we talked aboutA strange snowstorm to start the Chilean ski season; the best time of year to ski Chile; target closing dates; “in 2020, Chile was closed”; the first normal summer for international visitors since 2019; the Valle Nevado origin story; enter Mountain Capital Partners; the MCP way; MCP's investment priorities; the prevalence of surface lifts at Valle Nevado (and South America in general); why Valle Nevado would rather install a new lift in a new place than upgrade a surface lift to a chairlift; where the resort could potentially expand; the resort's massive heliski operation; 7,000 feet of vert!; a ski circus at the top of the Andes; how you can ski La Parva and El Colorado if you're a Valle Nevado hotel guest, or if you show up with an Ikon, Mountain Collective, or Power Pass; why Valle Nevado joined so many U.S.-based megapasses; whether Valle Nevado will renew with Ikon and Mountain Collective when its contracts expire; Valle Nevado's evolving position on the Power Pass; staying at the village; why international visitors shouldn't rent a car; the wild, 8,000-foot-elevation access road up from Santiago; why the road is safer than it looks; and snowmaking past, present, and future.Why I thought that now was a good time for this interviewIn January, Mountain Capital Partners, the under-the-radar but aggressive Southwest operator that is rapidly growing its U.S. portfolio, announced its intention to acquire a majority stake in Valle Nevado. They closed on the deal in April. It was the first acquisition of a South American ski resort by a North American ski company (at least that I'm aware of; I'm sure there's some newspaper clipping from 1946 about the eccentric Hayward “Skip” McSteeljaw, owner of Mt. Buckaroo, New York cowboying a remote Argentinian peak at which to pass his summers).This was a big deal. By beating Vail and Alterra to the continent, MCP signaled that the company intends to compete at an international scale. Prior to this purchase, MCP ran one of the most important regional ski passes in the United States. But no one seriously considered it a competitor to the Epic or Ikon passes outside of its immediate markets. Perhaps they still don't, but perception matters. And by reaching outside of its Southwest home turf with a crown-jewel purchase that trumps its current alphas – Arizona Snowbowl and Purgatory – in international prestige, MCP has evolved from a slick local operator to an ambitious and aggressive growth machine that could be a serious contender when and if North America's remaining megaresorts – Jackson Hole, Telluride, Taos, Alta, Whitefish, etc. – hit the market.MCP also introduced a unique problem to the rapidly evolving U.S. megapass market: what happens when a small conglomerate with its own multi-mountain pass purchases an Ikon Pass partner? Ikon has so far tolerated some crossover with competing passes – all but four of Mountain Collective's partners (Sugar Bowl, Grand Targhee, Le Massif, and Marmot Basin), are also on the Ikon Pass. Aspen's four mountains have their own pass, as do Boyne's three New England Ikon Pass partners: Loon, Sunday River, and Sugarloaf. Alterra surely loses some market share to Mountain Collective, but the pass is run out of Aspen, which partly owns Alterra.The Power Pass presents a different test case: will Alterra tolerate internal competition from a regional pass that competes directly with Ikon in the Southwest? The answer, for now, seems to be “probably.” Valle Nevado's contract with the Ikon Pass lasts through 2025. Alterra and Mountain Collective both gave the resort permission to join the Power Pass, Margulis said, starting with the current ski season. Alterra either doesn't view the Power Pass as a serious threat yet, or is not eager to let go of its only South American resort partner. For North American skiers, a trip to Chile – which sits in the Eastern timezone – is a lot easier logistically and financially than a run to New Zealand or Australia, which are so remote that it's already February 2029 there.The other side of this question is just as interesting: will rowdy and rabidly independent MCP have any interest in retaining Ikon or Mountain Collective membership? A big part of the company's identity, after all, is not being Vail or Alterra, or even Boyne or Powdr Corp. How do they take Alterra's money without compromising some of their double-bird-to-the-system rep? It probably depends on how big the check is. Margulis tells us in the podcast that Alterra transferred around $300,000 into Valle Nevado's bank account last year. If each Ikon redemption equaled $50 (an estimate based on nothing, I'll admit), that would equal 6,000 visitors. Not a lot in the context of how many Ikon Passes Alterra sells each year (which is probably approaching or past 1 million, a number that's based on deep sources), but a substantial bonus for a resort that's seated at the end of the earth. MCP is unlikely to replace that number with Power Pass visits, so what to do?I get into all this with Margulis in the podcast. He is a thoughtful, diplomatic leader, and he endorses all parties without committing to any of them. But one thing is clear: the pass roulette playing out in the Andes over the next few years is a wargames scenario likely to repeat at one or more key North American resorts over the coming decade. This is World War Skiing, the First Battle. There will be alliances, betrayals, surprises, surrenders. As usual, America is right in the middle, and it's too soon to tell if that's good or bad for everyone involved.What I got wrongI noted that Valle Nevado was on its “fifth season” as an Ikon Pass and Mountain Collective partner. The ski area actually joined Mountain Collective following its 2014 ski season, making 2023 the ninth season of membership on that coalition. The resort joined Ikon in November 2018, making 2023 the fifth numerical summer for Ikon Pass holders, though the third or fourth in practice. Chile was closed to international visitors for the 2020 and '21 ski seasons, and the resort did not open at all in 2020, meaning that, practically speaking, this is the third year that most Ikon Pass holders could really use their pass at Valle Nevado.Why you should ski Valle NevadoUntil you've seen it, you can't possibly understand the drama. Imagine if the Rockies mainlined ‘roids like a 1990s baseball slugger. Or got really pissed off and went Incredible Hulk. Or they went U.S. American homeowner and built an extra vertical wing atop their peaks. As I wrote when MCP announced the Valle Nevado acquisition in January:Colorad-Bro can be an insecure animal. One of his favorite pastimes is telling people from other states that they don't have real mountains. Just hills in Vermont, he'll say. We have mountains in Colorado, he says proudly. As though he chiseled them himself from the Earth's crust.I wonder what Colorad-Bro does when he meets someone from Chile or Argentina, both of which sprawl from the peak of Aconcagua. At 22,838 feet, it's 8,399 feet taller than Mount Elbert, the highest peak in Colorado. That's like stacking Copper and A-Basin and Keystone on top of Elbert – and still looking 140 feet up to the top. This must make Colorad-Bro sad.Valle Nevado doesn't reach those heights, but with a base at 9,383 feet, it sits higher than most North American ski areas. The terrain is entirely above treeline, enormous and exposed, a snow basket at the top of the world.Admittedly, Valle Nevado's lift-served numbers are modest compared to the North American skyscrapers: 2,200 acres and 2,658 vertical feet. That's about the size of Discovery, Montana or Kirkwood. And above-treeline skiing always feels smaller to me. This may seem paradoxical, as no trees equals more terrain, but one glade run at a small ski area like Berkshire East can feel larger than a whole open bowl, as each line feels distinct in a way that un-treed skiing never can.Valle Nevado, however, must be considered in this context of its interconnected neighbors: 1,100-acre El Colorado and 988-acre La Parva. They cannot be skied on one lift ticket, but maintained and signed trails run between both resorts and Valle Nevado. That gives skiers 4,288 acres to play in – more than Mammoth (3,500 acres), Northstar (3,170 acres), or Winter Pak (3,081 acres), and roughly the size of Mt. Bachelor. If you're really balling, the heli runs – some up to 7,000 vertical feet – are right there too.And then there's all the rest of it: Chile, vino, Santiago, that surreal road up from the flats, the passport stamp, winter-in-summer, the food, the parties, the international stir. Oh and this:Podcast NotesOn Mountain Capital PartnersMountain Capital Partners has been the fastest-growing U.S. ski conglomerate over the past year, adding three new ski areas: Willamette Pass, Oregon (as operator); Valle Nevado; and Lee Canyon, Nevada. Here's how the company's current roster stacks up:The company has basically guaranteed that it's not finished empire-building – April's Lee Canyon announcement noted that “future resort investments are being explored and will be announced at a later date.” Untethered by the attributes that define Vail and Alterra's purchases – either a mega-mega or big-city-adjacent – MCP could land its ship just about anywhere.On the Power PassMCP has collected all of those resorts on its Power Pass, an outstanding product that, like Ikon and Epic, also delivers days at non-owned resorts:Sadly, the Power Pass site has no mention of days at Copper Mountain, which last season was included on the top-tier pass.On La ParvaBase elevation: 8,704 feetSummit elevation: 11,722 feetVertical drop: 3,022 feetSkiable acres: 988Trails: 40 (18% expert, 43% advanced, 20% intermediate, 20% beginner)Average annual snowfall: 118 inchesLift fleet: 15 lifts (2 quads, 2 triples, 1 double, 10 surface lifts)On El ColoradoBase elevation: 7,972 feetSummit elevation: 10,935 feetVertical drop: 2,963 feetSkiable acres: 1,100Trails: 98 (34% expert, 32% advanced, 17% intermediate, 17% beginner)Average annual snowfall: N/ALift fleet: 19 lifts (3 triples, 1 double, 15 surface lifts)On Les ArcsMargulis mentions Valle Nevado's connection to Les Arcs, France. This doesn't have much to do with the actual story, but I thought we would all appreciate looking at this trailmap:Les Arcs is actually four interconnected ski areas. Here are the combined stats, in case you're wondering:Base elevation: 3,937 feetSummit elevation: 10,583 feetVertical drop: 6,646 feetSkiable acres: Who knows. Euros measure their resorts in kilometers of slopes, and Les Arcs covers 425 “KMs,” whatever that meansLift fleet: 52 lifts (8 “gondolas etc.”, 27 chairlifts, 17 surface lifts)On that wild access roadIf I rode up from Santiago to the ski resorts floating on the western edge of the Andes mountains today, I would come away with videos and photos of the wild endless switchbacks. But the last time I ascended the route – from a Santiago ski shop to El Colorado – was in 2005, before the Pet Rectangle redefined and ruined our collective lives. So all I have are my memories: a suicidal minibus driver charging uphill with little regard for life or the consequences of high-speed mountainside collisions. No guardrails. Passing on blind curves. Like we were filming some South American Bourne movie. But we weren't. We were just going skiing. Dear Lord.Margulis tells me the highway is much safer now, and who knows if I'm even remembering it correctly, as I'd spent the previous two days in a borderline hallucinatory state brought on by Argentinian lettuce. It was a weird week.The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us.The Storm publishes year-round, and guarantees 100 articles per year. This is article 62/100 in 2023, and number 448 since launching on Oct. 13, 2019. Want to send feedback? Reply to this email and I will answer (unless you sound insane, or, more likely, I just get busy). You can also email skiing@substack.com. 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