The Donald as they like to call Donald Trump wants to create a $2 billion playground golf course in Aberdeen, Scotland, home of golf. He got environmentalists and one very stubborn farmer, to stand in his way.

Trump wants to bring his New York style development plans to an environmentally sensitive stretch of coastline, a legally protected site of scientific interest and wants to develop the world’s greatest golf course. His argument is that “people won’t play a course if it is environmentally harmful. They don’t like it, they don’t feel good about it and they won’t play it”. Do I really have to bet my money on that lie?

Just for the record, the local farmer who refused to sell his land, rejected on a $690,000 offer. Is he holding out for more?

It’s a tough call to choose between the land of scientific interest that is home to some of the country’s rarest wildlife, including skylarks, kittiwakes or badgers and the two golf courses, 900 timeshare apartments, 450-bed hotel and 500 luxury homes. Right?

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Yuichioro Miura, a 75-year-old young man from Japan managed to climb the world’s largest peak, Mount Everest. His health and the age did not deter him from taking on that adventure.

Image via Snow Dolphins

Since China wants to bring the Olympic torch on the Everest, no one was allowed to climb the mountain and Miura was delayed a few days. Determined and aware that he’s able to do it, he started climbing on May 20, from his 17,400 feet high base camp accompanied by his doctor. After three days and 10,000 feet higher, he reached the peak.

Though Yuichioro Miura was an adventurer and a great skier who knew what to expect while climbing the Everest, he still had to undergo a very rigorous training schedule. Despite the fact that he had heart condition since childhood, doctors agreed that he’s looking like a 40 year old and allowed him to accomplish his long wish of climbing the highest peak in the world.

However, Miura is unhappy that he’s not the oldest person ever to win the Everest because Nepalese, Min Bahadur Sherchan managed to do it one day earlier. Sherchan is going to be 77 years old soon.

Haile Gebrselassie a 34 years old Ethiopian runner, the guy that managed to break over 25 world records and won numerous Olympic and World Championship titles, has recently declined going to the Beijing Olympics because of air pollution.

The marathon champ who suffers from asthma told Reuters in a phone interview:

“The pollution in China is a threat to my health and it would be difficult for me to run 42 kilometers in my current condition.”

He will race on track though, probably in the 10,000 meter race.

Though Beijing has 17 million residents, 3 million cars and sandstorms from time to time the authorities said they’re are taking all the measures to ensure a cleaner air by the time the Summer Olympics start. I sure hope they get it done because I’d enjoy a good run.

via GreenDaily (photo by minuano12)