………………………………
the center — with its administrative buildings, barracks, corrals and an enormous tent for visiting troops —
is set on 47,000 acres
of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest,

where serrated peaks above 10,000 feet are the
perfect terrain to teach high-altitude combat skills.

___________________________

________________________________

Marines’ beasts of burden are again leading the pack.

Tue 07 Jul 2009 (07-07-2009)
By Tony Perry los angeles times,

Lance Cpl. Chad Campbell tugs on the lead rope of his pack donkey, Annie, as a fellow Marine pushes from behind. The two men are taking part in a course on pack animals at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest near Bridgeport, Calif.

> > > Audio slide show

Multiple Page View
Reporting from Bridgeport, Calif.– With 75 pounds of military gear cinched on her furry back, Annie was stubborn the whole way.

The two Marines assigned to her pushed, pulled and sweet-talked her up the steep, twisting trail on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada.
…………………….
___________________________

A ex Stanford biologist has uncovered mountains of evidence that stress causes mental and physical illness, his name is Bruce Lipton, and he has plenty of free info on the web. The repression and meanness of the cops is a major reason that the suicide rate is so obscenely high in Humboldt despite all the natural beauty, but the mental illness manifests itself in other ways, feeds the meth use, gives hard drug users good reasons not to quit – if life is always nasty, what’s the use? In short, it adds nastiness to Humboldt.

Despite this, the rich pour their money into the black hole of hatred to create a community that spirals into ever increasing anger.