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AI6YR Ben"Carrying excess water weight without hydrating sufficiently and lacking knowledge about water filtration options.Not seeking assistance from other hikers. Although others offered to help with their gear, the hikers declined, and could have also considered hiking down and arranging for gear retrieval later by a paid guide service.What went wellStaying together instead of splitting up.Stopping when exhausted, rather than continuing and making the rescue more complicated." 3/x <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/SearchAndRescue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SearchAndRescue</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/SAR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SAR</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Whitney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Whitney</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/MtWhitney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MtWhitney</a>

AI6YR Ben"Inyo SAR mobilized at 10:00AM and reached the hikers by 1:40PM. After resting in the sun and allowing their shoes to dry, the hikers felt well enough to begin their descent. Accompanied by SAR, they reached the trailhead by 3:15PM. We appreciate the assistance of Good Samaritan Bridget, who helped carry some of the hikers' gear." 2/x <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/SearchAndRescue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SearchAndRescue</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/SAR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SAR</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hiking</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Whitney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Whitney</a>

Chuck DarwinMuch to the consternation of his Federalist Society colleagues, Leo had also begun cannibalizing the organization’s own deep-pocketed donors to help finance some of his more personal initiatives — and those of his friends. In 2010, he co-founded along with Ginni Thomas an organization called "Liberty Central"; Thomas was the wife of his good friend Justice Clarence Thomas and they used a $500,000 donation from Dallas real estate billionaire <a href="https://c.im/tags/Harlan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Harlan</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Crow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Crow</a>, also a donor to the Federalist Society. The group billed itself as “America’s Public Square,” promising to preserve freedom and reaffirm the core principles of the Founding Fathers. The following year, he joined the board of "Chicago Freedom Trust", which had been set up by manufacturing billionaire <a href="https://c.im/tags/Barre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Barre</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Seid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Seid</a> as a pass-through to anonymously channel funds to initiatives he wished to support and to take advantage of the recent <a href="https://c.im/tags/Citizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Citizens</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/United" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#United</a> ruling shielding big donors from disclosure. Leo met Seid through <a href="https://c.im/tags/Eugene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Eugene</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Meyer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meyer</a>, president of the Federalist Society, who envisioned the wealthy manufacturing tycoon as a potential donor to the law society. Instead, Leo cultivated him as a funder of his own dark-money network. The move brought Leo into contact with other central figures of the conservative dark-money world — like <a href="https://c.im/tags/Whitney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Whitney</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ball</a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Adam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Adam</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Meyerson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meyerson</a>, the main actors behind <a href="https://c.im/tags/DonorsTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonorsTrust</a>, who were responsible for anonymously funneling hundreds of millions of dollars to various conservative grassroot groups, including some linked to the far right. He also used his influence there to divert funds to Opus Dei, with the pass-through soon becoming a regular donor to the Oakcrest School. As Leo’s access to the world of dark money grew, his Opus Dei friends the Corkerys became critical as a front for the tens of millions of dollars streaming through Leo’s hidden network of nonprofits. Neil and Ann had provided crucial cover for him during the campaign to secure the confirmations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito in 2005, hiding the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent to influence public opinion. As more dark money poured in starting in 2010, they began to do the same again through various nonprofits such as the "Wellspring Committee" and the "Judicial Crisis Network". Their importance only grew following Scalia’s death, as Leo pumped his network for ever larger sums. In the weeks after Scalia’s death, the Corkerys began opening the purse strings in what would eventually become a 🔥$17 million campaign to stop Obama from replacing Scalia and instead ensure a reliable conservative filled the vacancy. It was just the start. Over the next five years, Leo and the Corkerys would oversee the transfer of almost 🔥$600 million of dark money to right-wing causes. Their hidden ecosystem would eventually enable a conservative takeover of the Supreme Court that would disassemble hard-won civil rights and turn back the clock on issues close to their hearts — on abortion, on affirmative action, and on vast swathes of what they saw as a progressive agenda.

IkeI'm writing a follow up for each of the interests I tagged in my <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Introduction</a> post to help "find my tribe". ---I'm an amateur <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/mountaineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mountaineer</a> and <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/hiker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hiker</a>.Alignng my mind, body, and spirit in nature is where/how I find renewal, internal strength, and inspiration.I've summited Mt. <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/Whitney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Whitney</a>, <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/HalfDome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HalfDome</a>, and Oregon's South Sister, among many other challenging though less prominent summits. I failed a summit of Mt. Shasta.I'm eager to attempt more, including a return to <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/Shasta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Shasta</a>, and <a href="https://pkm.social/tags/Ranier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ranier</a>.

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