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i've been listening to Worst Idea of All Time to see if i can get into a podcast that isn't an audio drama. turns out that listening to a couple of middle-aged kiwi men slowly be driven insane by the world of SATC 2, to the point they construct an elaborate mythology around a demon that lives inside Carrie's hat, is not that much different from most of the audio horror i listen to.
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sooooo those voice hcs 🥺👉👈 (pozdrowienia z podkarpacia :* )
aw hell yeah let's get into it!
in general i imagine accents and other vocal quirks to be something of an “aesthetics“ choice kinda like paintjobs. so the more obnoxious and uh hard to understand a bots voice is the more sideeyes theyre gonna get kind of like shattered glass thundercracker the most boring/”normal” accent is an american one, which is the equivalent of a totally generic blank transformers with like a one-tone color scheme and no kibble. technically theres no discrimination based on that, but in some enviroments certain accents/quirks are frowned upon cuz theyre viewed as unprofessional, like politics. or autobot high command, courtesy of prowl (prowl) who canonically isnt that keen on individualism so, starting with my faves:
brainstorm sounds exactly like michael reeves aka the taser guy (just watch any of his videos on yt and you'll see what i mean) the mask makes everything he says sound a bit dampened so he usually speaks either a little too loud or a little too quiet, when he forgets to account for it
im fine with getaway having a new zealander accent cause after listening to it for 2 hours i conclude its a perfect fit for a cartoon villain, also his voice is high pitched and not very menacing cuz its funnier that way. i also see no reason for his vocalizer to be in the same place as his faceplate, considering he has no mouth, so whenever he speaks its like his voice is in full stereo and its pretty disorienting, esp when you dont see him
nightbeat has a thick russian accent mostly cause when i first saw him his head looked like hes wearing an ushanka and russian detectives are cool sue me.whenever hes solving a mysetry or just investigating something in general he talks to himself, but he doesnt change the tone or volume At All, so most bots assume hes either comming someone or talking to mirage, either way they leave him alone which suits him just fine
nauts! oh boy so i headcanon all camiens with Eastern european accents from various countries and nautica would have a weird mix of british and czech, shes read so many books, met so many species that she adopted some of their speech mannerisms for herself (i get the vibe shed talk like belanna torres from star trek, as in the inflections and the general pitch)
and chromia!! its just jeri ryan as seven of nine with a heavy Heavy Ukrainian accent that she plays up on purpose while talking to cybertronians (its an intimidation tactic and it works) but normally her accent is pretty soft
misfire is australian and talks with a solid 300 words per minute. somehow the other scavengers understand him perfectly. he loses track of his sentences often and just trails off while shrugging and completely changing the topic. somehow the other scavengers always know what that is supposed to mean (am i projecting? maybe) basically voice-wise he sounds like an australian  Joe Whiteford from harley poe
while were on the topic of scavengers - spinister sounds like kronk but has the speech mannerisms (and basically everything else) of caboose from rvb, theyre so similar it drives me nuts tbh
skids will always have a Scottish accent to me mostly cuz i watched that team trainwreck mtmte #2 comic dub one too many times and cant unhear it also Scottish accents are mad attractive and skids is canonically one of the hottest bots on the ll so. i imagine hes used to changing his voice a Lot since he was a spy so hes very proficient in literally any accent you can imagine
chromedome has a sliiiight polish accent that he got rid of while working with/dating prowl (prowl). also: imagine a sensitive barista with a man bun. thats what cd sounds like. often while talking hell repeat words in a more american accent which kinda frustrates rewind (who has the most painful stereotypically american accent)
speaking of rewind: hes used to people interrupting him so he always talks incredibly quickly. also due to having an active video database in his head with millions of different voices, both organic and cybertronian, keeping a “stable“ accent is very difficult so he usually just goes with the default one.
im so sorry about this but cyclonus is french. basically nobody speaks primal vernacular on modern day cybertron and french is incomprehensible on a good day. he has deep low voice, and talks very slowly. all that combined makes him sound like everything he says is an ominous prophecy spelling doom or something. he also has two modes: either talks so quietly that noone can understand him or booming thunder voice
by that same logic tailgate also had a french accent but he tries to blend in with the other autobots pretty hard and with time he speaks with a canadian-esque mix of american and french. since hes so old (like physically) his vocalizer wasnt built to be easily reconfigured so he has to put in more effort to change how he talks
ultra magnus is basically a suit of armor right? well it has its own magnus-vision so it wouldnt be unreasonable to assume it has a magnus-voice as well! the voice itself is fairly generic action hero-style with a heavy metallic/robotic effect. also has zero emphasis on words and speaks as factual as possible, cause tyrest was enamored with the vision of an “perfectly detached law-enforcer“
conversely minimus sounds like the youtuber northernlion, in that hes canadian, but he talks slowly and clearly enunciates every word. i imagine he keeps his tone carefully neutral because being out of the armor loses him his pokerface
this doesnt make much sense probably unfortunately but i never said i was eloquent or coherent, ty for giving me a chance to ramble about my favorite topic
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stillwinterair · 3 years
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One of the funnier things about Bad Batch is that having an actress who's actually from New Zealand voicing Omega makes it pretty blatantly obvious that Dee Bradley Baker can't actually do a Kiwi accent
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topfygad · 5 years
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Free Climbing the Monastery in the City of Petra, Jordan
“Get down!” the native Bedouin man shouted. “Not allowed!”
A clumsy-looking twenty-something with blonde dreadlocks and a peach-fuzz beard peeked his head over the sting of the cliff after which shortly withdrew himself.
“No no! You come down! Police are right here!”
I regarded subsequent to me—the thin policeman was sprawled out throughout your complete sofa, eyes locked shut, with a thick stream of saliva operating down his hanging chin. He wasn���t waking up any time quickly.
Two extra Bedouin males, with chiseled options, wavy, darkish hair, and Jack Sparrow eye-shadow rushed the scene. They ran to the underside of the Monastery and waited for the awkward twenty-something as he got here scampering down on two very nervous legs.
“Whaaaaat?” I heard him stutter, in that drawn out German accent we vacationers know so effectively. “What’s the issue?”
“Unlawful!” the 2 pirates referred to as out. “Give me entrance ticket. And passport!”
With a Turkish espresso in hand, I turned to verify the sofa once more. The policeman had been shaken awake by one of many locals and, in his groggy state of delirium, was struggling to determine what the hell was happening.
An older authority determine with slicked-back hair and a strong mustache stepped in and grabbed the German by the arm. I heard his poor excuses, appearing like he didn’t understand it wasn’t allowed, however the indicators that mentioned ‘NO CLIMBING’ had been simply too huge to be ignored.
The locals handed over his entry ticket and passport to the mustachioed man, and I watched with delight because the German vacationer was escorted away.
Wanting down on the Monastery in Petra
Visiting the Historical Metropolis of Petra, Jordan
Named as one of many New Seven Wonders of the World, the “rose purple metropolis” is believed to have been constructed 2,300 years in the past because the capital metropolis of the Nabataeans (historic Arabians). This metropolis of stone lies among the many Jordanian mountains in a big valley which runs from the Useless Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. It’s a half-built, half-carved red-rock metropolis surrounded by towering sandstone passageways and gorges which appear to envelop anybody strolling by them.
Based on UNESCO, the traditional metropolis of Petra “turned, throughout Hellenistic and Roman occasions, a significant caravan centre for the incense of Arabia, the silks of China and the spices of India, a crossroads between Arabia, Egypt and Syria-Phoenicia.”
Via annexation to the Romans and a big earthquake in 363 AD, commerce routes started to vary, and by the seventh century AD, the one individuals who remained within the metropolis of Petra had been the native Bedouin tribe. Petra was not even identified to the Western World till the early 1800’s when a European traveler disguised himself as an Arab and snuck into the legendary metropolis, revealing its existence to the remainder of the world.
A small boy is enveloped by the partitions of the Siq at Petra
The Monuments of Petra, Jordan
There are 23 traditionally vital websites and monuments inside the traditional metropolis of Petra. Immediately, the 2 essential monuments are the Treasury (128ft) and the Monastery (158ft), probably the most spectacular and well-preserved carvings within the park. Their kinds are Hellenistic in nature, having been influenced significantly by Greek structure.
Upon coming into town of Petra, the primary and most recognizable monument is the Treasury, the aim of which, to this present day, stays considerably of a thriller. The Treasury is topped with an urn which was as soon as believed to hide a pharaoh’s hidden treasures. The Bedouins tried to dislodge them by taking pictures down the urn, discovering nothing, however leaving bullet-holes within the face of the rock which may nonetheless be seen right now.
The second most recognizable monument in Petra (and the biggest) is the Monastery which was used for non secular symposiums. Although the Treasury can’t be climbed, the Monastery as soon as might be. Immediately, as a result of preservation efforts, climbing to the highest is prohibited…
Camels in entrance of the Treasury within the historic metropolis of Petra
Who’re the Bedouins?
In Arabic, the phrase Bedouin actually interprets to desert dweller. This group of nomads has been drifting throughout the Arabian and Syrian sands for hundreds of years, residing among the many harsh panorama of the desert since lengthy earlier than the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan ever existed.
The Bedouin tribe of Petra often called Al B’doul declare to be descendants of the Nabataeans who occupied the realm on the end result of the Roman Empire. They lived within the caves right here for greater than 170 years till 1985 when Petra Nationwide Park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage web site.
For preservation functions, and with the assistance of UNESCO, Jordan forcibly resettled the B’doul from Petra to a close-by village. Petra is now not an energetic metropolis and is now a tourism vacation spot largely run and operated by the Bedouins. The federal government gives the native inhabitants with help, schooling, and healthcare, however many nonetheless favor the normal nomadic lifestyle.
In an effort to reclaim their cultural identification, some B’doul have returned to town of Petra in opposition to authorities ordinances.
Because the Bedouins are vacationers themselves, they’re infamous for his or her hospitality in the direction of different vacationers they arrive throughout. The legendary legal guidelines of the Bedouin folks dictate that, ought to a traveler stick with them for 3 days, no private particulars are required, and the Bedouins won’t ask for even their identify. On the fourth day, nevertheless, there’s a price, and that price comes within the type of info.
Professional tip: In case you are touring to town of Petra by yourself, carry your luggage with you and make associates with the native Bedouins. They might provide to allow you to stick with them simply exterior the park, and although they could cost a nominal price, the expertise can be effectively price it.
An area Bedouin from Petra
Climbing to the Prime of the Monastery
The espresso was scrumptious and the view was much more spectacular. I used to be tucked right into a shady nook of an out of doors cafe on the base of the Monastery in Petra, Jordan. I had been sitting in my cozy purple sofa for lengthy sufficient when a wiry Bedouin man of about 30 lifted his wrinkled chin to me, squinted his darkish eyes, and shouted, “The place you from?”
“USA!” I responded. “You?” I believed I used to be being humorous.
“My mom!” he referred to as again. He was being even funnier.
I appreciated these guys instantly—they knew how you can take a joke, and so they knew how you can give it simply nearly as good.
“You wanna go up high?” Mohammad requested. I grinned.
Only a (Bedouin) man and his donkey
Simply 30 minutes earlier I had been watching as Mohammed yelled on the German vacationer. However when he supplied to take me to the highest, I didn’t communicate a phrase of it. In spite of everything, that is their turf, and so they can do as they please.
With lengthy strides, Mohammad bounded in the direction of the carved rock face of the Monastery and I adopted behind him. Once we arrived on the precise facet of it, the place there was nothing however a vertical rock wall, he scaled proper up it with out even breaking stride.
With Spiderman-like glue on his ft, he caught to the rock and leaned again down to increase his arm. I didn’t understand we’d be free-climbing 158 ft up a vertical cliff. I finished for a second, questioning whether or not or not this was actually such a good suggestion, and determined that if he might do it, I might, too.
I pretended to not see his outstretched arm and I pulled myself up behind him. Gasps echoed all through the group that had been watching on from the cafe.
I obtained this.
View of the Monastery from above
Remembering an article written by writer and pal, Bruce, entitled “Lease a Actual Man in Borneo,” I watched in amazement as Mohammad expertly scaled up the wall. He was one of many actual males that Northam talks about—the kind of man who lives within the desert, navigates the weather, and is aware of how you can climb partitions.
I fumbled my approach up, not practically as shortly as him, however with somewhat little bit of expertise beneath my belt I had a good sufficient concept of what I used to be doing. In spite of everything, I’ve been mountain climbing in New Zealand, free soloing in Thailand, and canyoning in Colombia.
About two-thirds of my approach up the rock face I reached an advanced set of holds. I stalled, not figuring out what I used to be presupposed to do subsequent. Right here I used to be, 100 ft within the air, with no seen approach up and only one doubtless approach down.
Shit.
The considered falling from a cliff, someplace deep within the coronary heart of the Center East, thundered by my mind. My coronary heart raced, and I drew an prolonged, dusty breath of air into my lungs. With out realizing what was occurring, Mohammad’s arms got here down from above, grabbed the shoulder straps of my backpack, and pulled me as much as his degree.
I regarded above me and, already, he was gone. He had scrambled the remainder of the best way to the highest and disappeared over the cliff’s edge.
He was like a spider-monkey, this one.
I, too, scrabbled the remainder of the best way to the highest, one foothold after the opposite, and as I pulled myself up over the ledge, the group under broke out in wild cheers. My legs trembled with nervousness and pleasure as I stood up straight and circled to look down over the ledge behind me. My coronary heart thudded inside my chest, sweat burned into my eyes, and I beamed.
“Over right here!” Mohammad referred to as. “You stand there. Take picture. I soar!”
Petra soar shot!
I watched on in amazement as he set himself up with a 20 foot operating begin and jumped 15 ft to the ledge under him. One slight misstep in his touchdown and he would discover himself tumbling over the sting, falling 158 ft to his loss of life.
However regardless of. He obtained this.
Mohammad stood on the sidelines, watching me act like an ecstatic youngster, operating across the round lid of the central urn which crowns the Monastery. He took a seat on the ledge and requested me to hitch. My abdomen muscle tissues tightened, and I lowered myself down subsequent to him, waving my ft on the vacationers under.
We sat for just a few moments, and he advised me tales of his brothers and the place he was from. He advised me secrets and techniques of Petra and the Monastery. He advised me concerning the time he spent the evening up right here with a woman.
After which he advised me that he’d see me down on the backside. And like that, he was gone.
A number of extra picture ops and I made a decision to not be the second vacationer to get taken away by a mustachioed man that day. I took to the closed-off stairs subsequent to the monument (the one embellished with the large ‘NO CLIMBING’ signal) and I descended.
Sitting on high of the Monastery
Whose Land is it Anyway?
My actions that day are controversial. Climbing the Monastery is forbidden, and lots of would possibly argue that I shouldn’t have accomplished it.
These folks could be proper, and as somebody who cares significantly about accountable tourism, I might be inclined to agree with them. However I provide two various arguments.
400,000 folks visited town of Petra final yr (which is definitely 50% lower than in 2010, as a result of conflicts in neighboring Iraq and Syria). If all 400,000 climbed to the highest of the Monastery, preservation efforts can be fruitless and Petra would fall into bodily decline. A number of climbers right here and there, nevertheless, make a lot much less of a distinction, particularly contemplating this monument was constructed to be climbed.
However erosion is an actual factor, and vacationers do have a approach of ruining issues.
View from the highest of the Monastery within the metropolis of Petra
Alternatively, my actions had been endorsed by the locals who’ve inhabited the land for hundreds of years. I didn’t take it upon myself to climb alone—I used to be introduced by an area, one who has climbed this monument a whole lot of occasions and one who rightfully claims this land as his personal.
I made associates with the Bedouins that day, and in return they determined to share with me one thing they treasure—a hidden gem of Petra—a view not typically skilled by exterior guests. It’s an expertise they hold near their coronary heart, solely sharing it with a few of those that select to honor their tradition and their land.
Was I disrespectful? To UNESCO, maybe. However this territory belongs to the Bedouins, and it’s our accountability to play by the principles of the locals once we are a customer in a brand new land.
Should you do that, and also you make a real effort to get to know and honor the locals, they may honor you again. And although they may not take you to the highest of the Monastery, perhaps they’ll share with you one other little hidden piece of their world.
On high of the Monastery within the metropolis of Petra
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Disclaimer: This journey to Petra was made doable by Vacationer Israel and Abraham Excursions who supplied me with this tour in change for different journalistic providers. Collaborations like this permit me to proceed bringing you the perfect content material I can, and so they by no means sacrifice the integrity of my phrases. Neither Vacationer Israel nor Abraham Excursions took half in, or condoned my climbing of the monument. This was accomplished in my spare time and with out the data or consent of the tour guides or organizers.
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gwynnew · 7 years
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'Thor: Ragnarok': Inside story on the blockbuster film's improv, cut scenes, and that rumored 90-minute run time
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Chris Hemsworth in Thor: Ragnarok. (Photo: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection)
Earlier this year, a rumor circulated that the run time of Thor: Ragnarok would be 90 minutes, making it by far the shortest of any Marvel Cinematic Universe film. Tell that to editor Zene Baker, however, and he just laughs. As Baker explained to Yahoo Entertainment, there was never a chance that the third Thor film would clock in under two hours, no matter what director Taika Waititi claimed. But even at 130 minutes (credits and two bonus scenes included), Thor: Ragnarok zips along with humor and style. In the film, the superhero god Thor (Chris Hemsworth) must stop Hela (Cate Blanchett), the Goddess of Death, from destroying his glorious home world of Asgard in a prophesied apocalypse (the “Ragnarok” of the title). Before he can get there, the Avenger is imprisoned on a strange planet, where he is reunited with the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and makes unlikely allies of a warrior known as Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), a rock creature called Korg (Waititi, in a hilarious motion-capture performance), and even his mischief-making stepbrother, Loki (Tom Hiddleston).
Before Thor: Ragnarok, a majority of Baker’s film-editing experience was in comedy, collaborating with directors like Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (This Is the End, The Interview) and Nick Stoller (Neighbors). Since Waititi also came from a comedy background, the two of them, along with co-editor Joel Negron, were well-equipped to bring out the absurdity in Thor’s Shakespearean saga. In a conversation with Yahoo Entertainment, Baker talked about putting together the Hulk-Thor fight, how the end-credits scenes came about, and what was left on the cutting room floor.  [Beware, there are minor spoilers below.]
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The Hulk (voiced by Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), and Loki (Tom Hiddleston) in Thor: Ragnarok. (Photo: Marvel Studios)
Yahoo Entertainment: This is a really fun movie. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Zene Baker: You’re welcome! [laughs]
What was your reaction to seeing the whole thing in one piece with an actual audience? Oh wow, it was invigorating. It was like seeing a whole brand new movie. Because at that point, keep in mind that we’re finally seeing it with all the visual effects in place, instead of the little placeholders that we have to sometimes put in.
I’d heard a rumor that this movie was going to be 90 minutes long. [laughs] Yeah, Taika started that rumor.
Did he really? Yes. He’s the one that started that rumor.
Was it ever going to be 90 minutes long? Hell no! Ninety minutes — I don’t even know where he got 90 minutes. That’s crazy! He’ll deny this when you interview him. He’ll be like, “Oh, yeah, my intention was always 90 minutes,” in that New Zealand accent of his.
That’s very funny. It is still a little shorter, I think, than most Marvel films. It is, yeah! I think story-wise, we’re like an hour and 54 minutes. Total run time is like 2 hours 10 minutes. But keep in mind there’s a lot of people who worked on the film, so there’s a lot of credits. And tags. You can’t forget about the tags.
How far in advance did Taika know what the tags were going to be? There’s one tag we knew pretty early on, and then another tag was like, “We should try this as a tag.” And that was fairly late in the process.
Was that the Jeff Goldblum one? I’ll let your imagination run wild.
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Jeff Goldblum as The Grandmaster in Thor: Ragnarok (Photo: Marvel Studios)
What kind of stuff had to be taken out to get that run time? There was a heavy amount of plot and humor. So there were some plot points and some little character things that, for the sake of telling a very streamlined and entertaining story, we figured were better left out, honestly.  There were maybe a couple of things explaining Val’s character a little further that we left out. [Tessa Thompson has confirmed that there was more a flashback post-battle scene that suggested she had a female partner.] Some extra things with Korg that, while they were really hilarious, in the greater context of the movie, they started to feel extraneous. And we had to ask ourselves tough questions like, “Do we need it? Nah, we don’t need it, let’s lose it and see how it plays.” And it played better.
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The scene-stealing alien warrior was played by director Taika Waititi. (Photo: Marvel Studios)
That’s a tough job. It’s very tough. Thankfully Taika, Joel Negron, the other editor, and myself — we’re not precious about the extraneous stuff. Even though it’s hard, we all seemed to be on the wavelength of, “What’s going to tell a better story?”
It’s a very funny movie. Were actors encouraged to improvise on some takes? This is my first Marvel movie, so if I had to guess, this one had more improv in the shooting than most other Marvel movies. I’m definitely from a very heavy comedy-improv background for editing, so even though this had a lot of improv, it was still much farther left than what I was typically used to with, you know, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg as directors, and Nick Stoller for the Neighbors movies. So we all get in there and we all assemble the stuff. We’re trying to put as much in front of Taika as we can without veering too far into a tangent and away from story, but we still want to try to showcase the funnier bits of the improv, because always a golden moment that might surprise everybody. So that’s kind of the idea. And then it’s just workshopping the material further down and further down.
Were there other ways in which doing Thor: Ragnarok was different than doing the comedies you’re better known for? [laughs] Definitely. The biggest change, obviously, is just the sheer immense size of a Marvel project. It’s just a really giant machine. You’ve got a lot of voices in the room. And actually you’re very thankful that the voices in the room are crazy smart. So in some ways it’s challenging due to the amount of voices, but in other ways it’s really streamlined and efficient. I was delighted and surprised at the same time.
I’d love to know what it was like putting together the Hulk-Thor coliseum fight. I assume you didn’t have the final Hulk for at least some of the process, right? True. There are tricks that we’re able to use. Thankfully we live in an age of pre-visualization, so it’s an incredible toolset. Hopefully I’m not dispelling any myths or anything! The Hulk-Thor fight, thankfully, a lot of it was pre-visualized with moving images, with little representations of Thor and Hulk and so forth. It gives you a blueprint to follow, both when shooting and when initially assembling the scene. And then when you start, I call it filling in the gaps, with real footage, you’re making new discoveries as far as, “OK well, he moves faster, he moves slower, he’s got a good joke here so let’s accentuate that joke.” It’s a giant sequence, and definitely Joel and Taika and myself were kind of very much going through that.
Watch: Mark Ruffalo on how he gave voice, and body, to Hulk in ‘Ragnarok’:
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How do you approach balancing the action and effects stuff with the humor? I’ll give a lot of credit to Taika for setting this very humorous tone through the shooting. It was a very light type of thing, and very easygoing. I think being able to set that tone is instrumental and it trickles down very much into the footage you’re going to get, so it kind of makes it easy. And blending humor with some action — this sounds dumb, it sounds like I’m bragging, but it’s always come easily for me. It just kind of works. I’ve always liked that sort of humor blended with action, so I was just very fortunate to be able to exercise that part on this movie.
This might sound like a very uneducated question in terms of what you do, but when you’re dealing with these effects shots that must cost so much money and require so many people to build, do you feel pressure to use more of those shots? Not to give too many trade secrets away, but because of the amount of people who work on each shot, you do have to sort of prioritize sequences, just to kind of keep the schedule going in a way that you’ll be able to complete everything. So have to kind of jump around to, “All right, this sequence is going to need the most work, so let’s try to workshop this one pretty early on.” And thankfully Marvel has resources in that, if for some reason we need to go back and tweak a sequence, we’re able to do that. But yeah, you do sort of have to follow a priority list: This is going to take the most resources, the most people in order for a digital effects artist to render and complete and really bring something to it, so you want to get those sequences out as fast as you can within reason to be able to tell the best story that you can. That sounds like a very rote answer but it’s actually true.
Before Thor: Ragnarok, you edited another demon-destroying-the-world film, This is the End. How would you compare those two apocalypse sequences? One is very, very R-rated and one is very, very not R-rated.
Thor: Ragnarok is now playing in theaters. 
Watch: Director Taika Waititi reveals origin of shirtless Chris Hemsworth scene in ‘Thor: Ragnarok’:
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Read more from Yahoo Entertainment:
‘Thor: Ragnarok’: Your ultimate guide to Easter eggs, callbacks, and in-jokes
Mark Ruffalo explains how he gave voice, and action, to the Hulk in ‘Thor: Ragnarok’
‘Thor: Ragnarok’: Jaimie Alexander explains why Lady Sif is MIA
Throwback Thor’s day: Let’s revisit the first live-action battle between Hulk and Thor
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topfygad · 5 years
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Free Climbing the Monastery in the City of Petra, Jordan
“Get down!” the native Bedouin man shouted. “Not allowed!”
A clumsy-looking twenty-something with blonde dreadlocks and a peach-fuzz beard peeked his head over the sting of the cliff after which shortly withdrew himself.
“No no! You come down! Police are right here!”
I regarded subsequent to me—the thin policeman was sprawled out throughout your complete sofa, eyes locked shut, with a thick stream of saliva operating down his hanging chin. He wasn’t waking up any time quickly.
Two extra Bedouin males, with chiseled options, wavy, darkish hair, and Jack Sparrow eye-shadow rushed the scene. They ran to the underside of the Monastery and waited for the awkward twenty-something as he got here scampering down on two very nervous legs.
“Whaaaaat?” I heard him stutter, in that drawn out German accent we vacationers know so effectively. “What’s the issue?”
“Unlawful!” the 2 pirates referred to as out. “Give me entrance ticket. And passport!”
With a Turkish espresso in hand, I turned to verify the sofa once more. The policeman had been shaken awake by one of many locals and, in his groggy state of delirium, was struggling to determine what the hell was happening.
An older authority determine with slicked-back hair and a strong mustache stepped in and grabbed the German by the arm. I heard his poor excuses, appearing like he didn’t understand it wasn’t allowed, however the indicators that mentioned ‘NO CLIMBING’ had been simply too huge to be ignored.
The locals handed over his entry ticket and passport to the mustachioed man, and I watched with delight because the German vacationer was escorted away.
Wanting down on the Monastery in Petra
Visiting the Historical Metropolis of Petra, Jordan
Named as one of many New Seven Wonders of the World, the “rose purple metropolis” is believed to have been constructed 2,300 years in the past because the capital metropolis of the Nabataeans (historic Arabians). This metropolis of stone lies among the many Jordanian mountains in a big valley which runs from the Useless Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. It’s a half-built, half-carved red-rock metropolis surrounded by towering sandstone passageways and gorges which appear to envelop anybody strolling by them.
Based on UNESCO, the traditional metropolis of Petra “turned, throughout Hellenistic and Roman occasions, a significant caravan centre for the incense of Arabia, the silks of China and the spices of India, a crossroads between Arabia, Egypt and Syria-Phoenicia.”
Via annexation to the Romans and a big earthquake in 363 AD, commerce routes started to vary, and by the seventh century AD, the one individuals who remained within the metropolis of Petra had been the native Bedouin tribe. Petra was not even identified to the Western World till the early 1800’s when a European traveler disguised himself as an Arab and snuck into the legendary metropolis, revealing its existence to the remainder of the world.
A small boy is enveloped by the partitions of the Siq at Petra
The Monuments of Petra, Jordan
There are 23 traditionally vital websites and monuments inside the traditional metropolis of Petra. Immediately, the 2 essential monuments are the Treasury (128ft) and the Monastery (158ft), probably the most spectacular and well-preserved carvings within the park. Their kinds are Hellenistic in nature, having been influenced significantly by Greek structure.
Upon coming into town of Petra, the primary and most recognizable monument is the Treasury, the aim of which, to this present day, stays considerably of a thriller. The Treasury is topped with an urn which was as soon as believed to hide a pharaoh’s hidden treasures. The Bedouins tried to dislodge them by taking pictures down the urn, discovering nothing, however leaving bullet-holes within the face of the rock which may nonetheless be seen right now.
The second most recognizable monument in Petra (and the biggest) is the Monastery which was used for non secular symposiums. Although the Treasury can’t be climbed, the Monastery as soon as might be. Immediately, as a result of preservation efforts, climbing to the highest is prohibited…
Camels in entrance of the Treasury within the historic metropolis of Petra
Who’re the Bedouins?
In Arabic, the phrase Bedouin actually interprets to desert dweller. This group of nomads has been drifting throughout the Arabian and Syrian sands for hundreds of years, residing among the many harsh panorama of the desert since lengthy earlier than the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan ever existed.
The Bedouin tribe of Petra often called Al B’doul declare to be descendants of the Nabataeans who occupied the realm on the end result of the Roman Empire. They lived within the caves right here for greater than 170 years till 1985 when Petra Nationwide Park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage web site.
For preservation functions, and with the assistance of UNESCO, Jordan forcibly resettled the B’doul from Petra to a close-by village. Petra is now not an energetic metropolis and is now a tourism vacation spot largely run and operated by the Bedouins. The federal government gives the native inhabitants with help, schooling, and healthcare, however many nonetheless favor the normal nomadic lifestyle.
In an effort to reclaim their cultural identification, some B’doul have returned to town of Petra in opposition to authorities ordinances.
Because the Bedouins are vacationers themselves, they’re infamous for his or her hospitality in the direction of different vacationers they arrive throughout. The legendary legal guidelines of the Bedouin folks dictate that, ought to a traveler stick with them for 3 days, no private particulars are required, and the Bedouins won’t ask for even their identify. On the fourth day, nevertheless, there’s a price, and that price comes within the type of info.
Professional tip: In case you are touring to town of Petra by yourself, carry your luggage with you and make associates with the native Bedouins. They might provide to allow you to stick with them simply exterior the park, and although they could cost a nominal price, the expertise can be effectively price it.
An area Bedouin from Petra
Climbing to the Prime of the Monastery
The espresso was scrumptious and the view was much more spectacular. I used to be tucked right into a shady nook of an out of doors cafe on the base of the Monastery in Petra, Jordan. I had been sitting in my cozy purple sofa for lengthy sufficient when a wiry Bedouin man of about 30 lifted his wrinkled chin to me, squinted his darkish eyes, and shouted, “The place you from?”
“USA!” I responded. “You?” I believed I used to be being humorous.
“My mom!” he referred to as again. He was being even funnier.
I appreciated these guys instantly—they knew how you can take a joke, and so they knew how you can give it simply nearly as good.
“You wanna go up high?” Mohammad requested. I grinned.
Only a (Bedouin) man and his donkey
Simply 30 minutes earlier I had been watching as Mohammed yelled on the German vacationer. However when he supplied to take me to the highest, I didn’t communicate a phrase of it. In spite of everything, that is their turf, and so they can do as they please.
With lengthy strides, Mohammad bounded in the direction of the carved rock face of the Monastery and I adopted behind him. Once we arrived on the precise facet of it, the place there was nothing however a vertical rock wall, he scaled proper up it with out even breaking stride.
With Spiderman-like glue on his ft, he caught to the rock and leaned again down to increase his arm. I didn’t understand we’d be free-climbing 158 ft up a vertical cliff. I finished for a second, questioning whether or not or not this was actually such a good suggestion, and determined that if he might do it, I might, too.
I pretended to not see his outstretched arm and I pulled myself up behind him. Gasps echoed all through the group that had been watching on from the cafe.
I obtained this.
View of the Monastery from above
Remembering an article written by writer and pal, Bruce, entitled “Lease a Actual Man in Borneo,” I watched in amazement as Mohammad expertly scaled up the wall. He was one of many actual males that Northam talks about—the kind of man who lives within the desert, navigates the weather, and is aware of how you can climb partitions.
I fumbled my approach up, not practically as shortly as him, however with somewhat little bit of expertise beneath my belt I had a good sufficient concept of what I used to be doing. In spite of everything, I’ve been mountain climbing in New Zealand, free soloing in Thailand, and canyoning in Colombia.
About two-thirds of my approach up the rock face I reached an advanced set of holds. I stalled, not figuring out what I used to be presupposed to do subsequent. Right here I used to be, 100 ft within the air, with no seen approach up and only one doubtless approach down.
Shit.
The considered falling from a cliff, someplace deep within the coronary heart of the Center East, thundered by my mind. My coronary heart raced, and I drew an prolonged, dusty breath of air into my lungs. With out realizing what was occurring, Mohammad’s arms got here down from above, grabbed the shoulder straps of my backpack, and pulled me as much as his degree.
I regarded above me and, already, he was gone. He had scrambled the remainder of the best way to the highest and disappeared over the cliff’s edge.
He was like a spider-monkey, this one.
I, too, scrabbled the remainder of the best way to the highest, one foothold after the opposite, and as I pulled myself up over the ledge, the group under broke out in wild cheers. My legs trembled with nervousness and pleasure as I stood up straight and circled to look down over the ledge behind me. My coronary heart thudded inside my chest, sweat burned into my eyes, and I beamed.
“Over right here!” Mohammad referred to as. “You stand there. Take picture. I soar!”
Petra soar shot!
I watched on in amazement as he set himself up with a 20 foot operating begin and jumped 15 ft to the ledge under him. One slight misstep in his touchdown and he would discover himself tumbling over the sting, falling 158 ft to his loss of life.
However regardless of. He obtained this.
Mohammad stood on the sidelines, watching me act like an ecstatic youngster, operating across the round lid of the central urn which crowns the Monastery. He took a seat on the ledge and requested me to hitch. My abdomen muscle tissues tightened, and I lowered myself down subsequent to him, waving my ft on the vacationers under.
We sat for just a few moments, and he advised me tales of his brothers and the place he was from. He advised me secrets and techniques of Petra and the Monastery. He advised me concerning the time he spent the evening up right here with a woman.
After which he advised me that he’d see me down on the backside. And like that, he was gone.
A number of extra picture ops and I made a decision to not be the second vacationer to get taken away by a mustachioed man that day. I took to the closed-off stairs subsequent to the monument (the one embellished with the large ‘NO CLIMBING’ signal) and I descended.
Sitting on high of the Monastery
Whose Land is it Anyway?
My actions that day are controversial. Climbing the Monastery is forbidden, and lots of would possibly argue that I shouldn’t have accomplished it.
These folks could be proper, and as somebody who cares significantly about accountable tourism, I might be inclined to agree with them. However I provide two various arguments.
400,000 folks visited town of Petra final yr (which is definitely 50% lower than in 2010, as a result of conflicts in neighboring Iraq and Syria). If all 400,000 climbed to the highest of the Monastery, preservation efforts can be fruitless and Petra would fall into bodily decline. A number of climbers right here and there, nevertheless, make a lot much less of a distinction, particularly contemplating this monument was constructed to be climbed.
However erosion is an actual factor, and vacationers do have a approach of ruining issues.
View from the highest of the Monastery within the metropolis of Petra
Alternatively, my actions had been endorsed by the locals who’ve inhabited the land for hundreds of years. I didn’t take it upon myself to climb alone—I used to be introduced by an area, one who has climbed this monument a whole lot of occasions and one who rightfully claims this land as his personal.
I made associates with the Bedouins that day, and in return they determined to share with me one thing they treasure—a hidden gem of Petra—a view not typically skilled by exterior guests. It’s an expertise they hold near their coronary heart, solely sharing it with a few of those that select to honor their tradition and their land.
Was I disrespectful? To UNESCO, maybe. However this territory belongs to the Bedouins, and it’s our accountability to play by the principles of the locals once we are a customer in a brand new land.
Should you do that, and also you make a real effort to get to know and honor the locals, they may honor you again. And although they may not take you to the highest of the Monastery, perhaps they’ll share with you one other little hidden piece of their world.
On high of the Monastery within the metropolis of Petra
READ NEXT: Visiting The Pyramids of Giza: Is it Protected to Journey to Egypt?
Disclaimer: This journey to Petra was made doable by Vacationer Israel and Abraham Excursions who supplied me with this tour in change for different journalistic providers. Collaborations like this permit me to proceed bringing you the perfect content material I can, and so they by no means sacrifice the integrity of my phrases. Neither Vacationer Israel nor Abraham Excursions took half in, or condoned my climbing of the monument. This was accomplished in my spare time and with out the data or consent of the tour guides or organizers.
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Free Climbing the Monastery in the City of Petra, Jordan
“Get down!” the native Bedouin man shouted. “Not allowed!”
A clumsy-looking twenty-something with blonde dreadlocks and a peach-fuzz beard peeked his head over the sting of the cliff after which shortly withdrew himself.
“No no! You come down! Police are right here!”
I regarded subsequent to me—the thin policeman was sprawled out throughout your complete sofa, eyes locked shut, with a thick stream of saliva operating down his hanging chin. He wasn’t waking up any time quickly.
Two extra Bedouin males, with chiseled options, wavy, darkish hair, and Jack Sparrow eye-shadow rushed the scene. They ran to the underside of the Monastery and waited for the awkward twenty-something as he got here scampering down on two very nervous legs.
“Whaaaaat?” I heard him stutter, in that drawn out German accent we vacationers know so effectively. “What’s the issue?”
“Unlawful!” the 2 pirates referred to as out. “Give me entrance ticket. And passport!”
With a Turkish espresso in hand, I turned to verify the sofa once more. The policeman had been shaken awake by one of many locals and, in his groggy state of delirium, was struggling to determine what the hell was happening.
An older authority determine with slicked-back hair and a strong mustache stepped in and grabbed the German by the arm. I heard his poor excuses, appearing like he didn’t understand it wasn’t allowed, however the indicators that mentioned ‘NO CLIMBING’ had been simply too huge to be ignored.
The locals handed over his entry ticket and passport to the mustachioed man, and I watched with delight because the German vacationer was escorted away.
Wanting down on the Monastery in Petra
Visiting the Historical Metropolis of Petra, Jordan
Named as one of many New Seven Wonders of the World, the “rose purple metropolis” is believed to have been constructed 2,300 years in the past because the capital metropolis of the Nabataeans (historic Arabians). This metropolis of stone lies among the many Jordanian mountains in a big valley which runs from the Useless Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. It’s a half-built, half-carved red-rock metropolis surrounded by towering sandstone passageways and gorges which appear to envelop anybody strolling by them.
Based on UNESCO, the traditional metropolis of Petra “turned, throughout Hellenistic and Roman occasions, a significant caravan centre for the incense of Arabia, the silks of China and the spices of India, a crossroads between Arabia, Egypt and Syria-Phoenicia.”
Via annexation to the Romans and a big earthquake in 363 AD, commerce routes started to vary, and by the seventh century AD, the one individuals who remained within the metropolis of Petra had been the native Bedouin tribe. Petra was not even identified to the Western World till the early 1800’s when a European traveler disguised himself as an Arab and snuck into the legendary metropolis, revealing its existence to the remainder of the world.
A small boy is enveloped by the partitions of the Siq at Petra
The Monuments of Petra, Jordan
There are 23 traditionally vital websites and monuments inside the traditional metropolis of Petra. Immediately, the 2 essential monuments are the Treasury (128ft) and the Monastery (158ft), probably the most spectacular and well-preserved carvings within the park. Their kinds are Hellenistic in nature, having been influenced significantly by Greek structure.
Upon coming into town of Petra, the primary and most recognizable monument is the Treasury, the aim of which, to this present day, stays considerably of a thriller. The Treasury is topped with an urn which was as soon as believed to hide a pharaoh’s hidden treasures. The Bedouins tried to dislodge them by taking pictures down the urn, discovering nothing, however leaving bullet-holes within the face of the rock which may nonetheless be seen right now.
The second most recognizable monument in Petra (and the biggest) is the Monastery which was used for non secular symposiums. Although the Treasury can’t be climbed, the Monastery as soon as might be. Immediately, as a result of preservation efforts, climbing to the highest is prohibited…
Camels in entrance of the Treasury within the historic metropolis of Petra
Who’re the Bedouins?
In Arabic, the phrase Bedouin actually interprets to desert dweller. This group of nomads has been drifting throughout the Arabian and Syrian sands for hundreds of years, residing among the many harsh panorama of the desert since lengthy earlier than the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan ever existed.
The Bedouin tribe of Petra often called Al B’doul declare to be descendants of the Nabataeans who occupied the realm on the end result of the Roman Empire. They lived within the caves right here for greater than 170 years till 1985 when Petra Nationwide Park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage web site.
For preservation functions, and with the assistance of UNESCO, Jordan forcibly resettled the B’doul from Petra to a close-by village. Petra is now not an energetic metropolis and is now a tourism vacation spot largely run and operated by the Bedouins. The federal government gives the native inhabitants with help, schooling, and healthcare, however many nonetheless favor the normal nomadic lifestyle.
In an effort to reclaim their cultural identification, some B’doul have returned to town of Petra in opposition to authorities ordinances.
Because the Bedouins are vacationers themselves, they’re infamous for his or her hospitality in the direction of different vacationers they arrive throughout. The legendary legal guidelines of the Bedouin folks dictate that, ought to a traveler stick with them for 3 days, no private particulars are required, and the Bedouins won’t ask for even their identify. On the fourth day, nevertheless, there’s a price, and that price comes within the type of info.
Professional tip: In case you are touring to town of Petra by yourself, carry your luggage with you and make associates with the native Bedouins. They might provide to allow you to stick with them simply exterior the park, and although they could cost a nominal price, the expertise can be effectively price it.
An area Bedouin from Petra
Climbing to the Prime of the Monastery
The espresso was scrumptious and the view was much more spectacular. I used to be tucked right into a shady nook of an out of doors cafe on the base of the Monastery in Petra, Jordan. I had been sitting in my cozy purple sofa for lengthy sufficient when a wiry Bedouin man of about 30 lifted his wrinkled chin to me, squinted his darkish eyes, and shouted, “The place you from?”
“USA!” I responded. “You?” I believed I used to be being humorous.
“My mom!” he referred to as again. He was being even funnier.
I appreciated these guys instantly—they knew how you can take a joke, and so they knew how you can give it simply nearly as good.
“You wanna go up high?” Mohammad requested. I grinned.
Only a (Bedouin) man and his donkey
Simply 30 minutes earlier I had been watching as Mohammed yelled on the German vacationer. However when he supplied to take me to the highest, I didn’t communicate a phrase of it. In spite of everything, that is their turf, and so they can do as they please.
With lengthy strides, Mohammad bounded in the direction of the carved rock face of the Monastery and I adopted behind him. Once we arrived on the precise facet of it, the place there was nothing however a vertical rock wall, he scaled proper up it with out even breaking stride.
With Spiderman-like glue on his ft, he caught to the rock and leaned again down to increase his arm. I didn’t understand we’d be free-climbing 158 ft up a vertical cliff. I finished for a second, questioning whether or not or not this was actually such a good suggestion, and determined that if he might do it, I might, too.
I pretended to not see his outstretched arm and I pulled myself up behind him. Gasps echoed all through the group that had been watching on from the cafe.
I obtained this.
View of the Monastery from above
Remembering an article written by writer and pal, Bruce, entitled “Lease a Actual Man in Borneo,” I watched in amazement as Mohammad expertly scaled up the wall. He was one of many actual males that Northam talks about—the kind of man who lives within the desert, navigates the weather, and is aware of how you can climb partitions.
I fumbled my approach up, not practically as shortly as him, however with somewhat little bit of expertise beneath my belt I had a good sufficient concept of what I used to be doing. In spite of everything, I’ve been mountain climbing in New Zealand, free soloing in Thailand, and canyoning in Colombia.
About two-thirds of my approach up the rock face I reached an advanced set of holds. I stalled, not figuring out what I used to be presupposed to do subsequent. Right here I used to be, 100 ft within the air, with no seen approach up and only one doubtless approach down.
Shit.
The considered falling from a cliff, someplace deep within the coronary heart of the Center East, thundered by my mind. My coronary heart raced, and I drew an prolonged, dusty breath of air into my lungs. With out realizing what was occurring, Mohammad’s arms got here down from above, grabbed the shoulder straps of my backpack, and pulled me as much as his degree.
I regarded above me and, already, he was gone. He had scrambled the remainder of the best way to the highest and disappeared over the cliff’s edge.
He was like a spider-monkey, this one.
I, too, scrabbled the remainder of the best way to the highest, one foothold after the opposite, and as I pulled myself up over the ledge, the group under broke out in wild cheers. My legs trembled with nervousness and pleasure as I stood up straight and circled to look down over the ledge behind me. My coronary heart thudded inside my chest, sweat burned into my eyes, and I beamed.
“Over right here!” Mohammad referred to as. “You stand there. Take picture. I soar!”
Petra soar shot!
I watched on in amazement as he set himself up with a 20 foot operating begin and jumped 15 ft to the ledge under him. One slight misstep in his touchdown and he would discover himself tumbling over the sting, falling 158 ft to his loss of life.
However regardless of. He obtained this.
Mohammad stood on the sidelines, watching me act like an ecstatic youngster, operating across the round lid of the central urn which crowns the Monastery. He took a seat on the ledge and requested me to hitch. My abdomen muscle tissues tightened, and I lowered myself down subsequent to him, waving my ft on the vacationers under.
We sat for just a few moments, and he advised me tales of his brothers and the place he was from. He advised me secrets and techniques of Petra and the Monastery. He advised me concerning the time he spent the evening up right here with a woman.
After which he advised me that he’d see me down on the backside. And like that, he was gone.
A number of extra picture ops and I made a decision to not be the second vacationer to get taken away by a mustachioed man that day. I took to the closed-off stairs subsequent to the monument (the one embellished with the large ‘NO CLIMBING’ signal) and I descended.
Sitting on high of the Monastery
Whose Land is it Anyway?
My actions that day are controversial. Climbing the Monastery is forbidden, and lots of would possibly argue that I shouldn’t have accomplished it.
These folks could be proper, and as somebody who cares significantly about accountable tourism, I might be inclined to agree with them. However I provide two various arguments.
400,000 folks visited town of Petra final yr (which is definitely 50% lower than in 2010, as a result of conflicts in neighboring Iraq and Syria). If all 400,000 climbed to the highest of the Monastery, preservation efforts can be fruitless and Petra would fall into bodily decline. A number of climbers right here and there, nevertheless, make a lot much less of a distinction, particularly contemplating this monument was constructed to be climbed.
However erosion is an actual factor, and vacationers do have a approach of ruining issues.
View from the highest of the Monastery within the metropolis of Petra
Alternatively, my actions had been endorsed by the locals who’ve inhabited the land for hundreds of years. I didn’t take it upon myself to climb alone—I used to be introduced by an area, one who has climbed this monument a whole lot of occasions and one who rightfully claims this land as his personal.
I made associates with the Bedouins that day, and in return they determined to share with me one thing they treasure—a hidden gem of Petra—a view not typically skilled by exterior guests. It’s an expertise they hold near their coronary heart, solely sharing it with a few of those that select to honor their tradition and their land.
Was I disrespectful? To UNESCO, maybe. However this territory belongs to the Bedouins, and it’s our accountability to play by the principles of the locals once we are a customer in a brand new land.
Should you do that, and also you make a real effort to get to know and honor the locals, they may honor you again. And although they may not take you to the highest of the Monastery, perhaps they’ll share with you one other little hidden piece of their world.
On high of the Monastery within the metropolis of Petra
READ NEXT: Visiting The Pyramids of Giza: Is it Protected to Journey to Egypt?
Disclaimer: This journey to Petra was made doable by Vacationer Israel and Abraham Excursions who supplied me with this tour in change for different journalistic providers. Collaborations like this permit me to proceed bringing you the perfect content material I can, and so they by no means sacrifice the integrity of my phrases. Neither Vacationer Israel nor Abraham Excursions took half in, or condoned my climbing of the monument. This was accomplished in my spare time and with out the data or consent of the tour guides or organizers.
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