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The team struggled against bad weather and a shortage of supplies. (Some resupply efforts were less than ideal as goods were dropped into a swamp from a helicopter traveling at high speed, leaving broken crates, wet sleeping bags, etc.) Though replica breitling Navitimer Heritage watches Zangrilli and his crew made a valiant attempt at rescue, poor weather forced the team to turn around 300 meters from the victim. Extreme conditions would have jeopardized the teams safety had it continued. A sad ending, but a necessary decision in what was an undeniably bold and courageous effort. To hear a summary of Fabrizios summer in his own words, check out fabriziozangrilli.blogspot.--Aileen TorresPhoto by Fabrizio Zangrilli

I just returned from Thailand where I spent two weeks working with Trip Jennings, one of the athletes feature in this month’s Adventure Issue, on his Elephant Ivory Project. The 27-year-old filmmaker is using a mix of science and adventure to slow replica iluxury watches poaching. We were in Bangkok, one of the world’s biggest illegal ivory hubs, to kick off the year-long project. Poachers in Africa send raw ivory to Thailand, where sculptors turn it into art in Thailand and then send it to markets in China and Japan. It’s a hot, though highly illegal, commodity in Bangkok, and we were trying to find who was buying it and where.

The tusks Zambia and Tanzania want to sell were presumably harvested from elephants that died of natural causes or were killed during control efforts. The replica Patek Philippe watch concern is that even if Zambia and Tanzania sell their $18.5 million worth of legal ivory stockpiles and put it toward conservation, as they’re proposing, more supply will increase international demand and equal more poaching. That action will not be confined to Zambia and Tanzania, but may well spill into neighboring countries who share herds but not interests. Congo, Ghana, Kenya and handful of other African countries want to extend the ivory ban until 2027. CITES is scheduled to address the issue on Saturday. Keep your eye on the Elephant Ivory Project for updates. The decision will have a huge impact on the health of Africas elephants.--Kyle Dickman