2/27/2006: Wheat mountains

Undertoad · 02-27-2006, 11:27 AM

Here we see a hiker attempting to reach the second peak of the Wheat Mountains, a minor range in Bhutan.

No, it's actually mountains of grain! The backlighting of the climber gives it away: this is a massive grain shed, and the climber is actually the site's manager. This grain is Australian, and it waits to be exported.

It turns out Australia sends off about 2/3rds of its wheat crop. It's sent to just about every major nation on the Indian Ocean and the south Pacific. The Aussies are feeding the world!

And the world is eating grain that some guy climbed all over.

02-27-2006, 11:27 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	2/27/2006: Wheat mountains Here we see a hiker attempting to reach the second peak of the Wheat Mountains, a minor range in Bhutan. No, it's actually mountains of grain! The backlighting of the climber gives it away: this is a massive grain shed, and the climber is actually the site's manager. This grain is Australian, and it waits to be exported. It turns out Australia sends off about 2/3rds of its wheat crop. It's sent to just about every major nation on the Indian Ocean and the south Pacific. The Aussies are feeding the world! And the world is eating grain that some guy climbed all over.

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