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Hydraulic ram pumps and Sling Pumps

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Fog Catcher PhotosThis woman <strong>and</strong> her daughter are small scalefarmers. Their sheep <strong>and</strong> pigs root <strong>and</strong> grazein the steep mountain slopes around the fogcatchers.Pachamama Gr<strong>and</strong>e means "Great EarthMother" <strong>and</strong> it is clear that the people wholive here are very close to the l<strong>and</strong>. Whilemany villagers speak Spanish, they have alsokept their original language alive.It's thous<strong>and</strong>s of feet to the valley bottom butthe sure-footed sheep don't seem to mind.Driving to this isolated location is anexperience not to be believed. The track,which clings to the mountain side, is rockstrewn, muddy <strong>and</strong> just about as wide as acompact car. There are no barriers of anykind to stop a vehicle from plunging into thevalley below! Yet local people make this tripevery day, often on horseback. After you seethe view on the way up, you can underst<strong>and</strong>why.http://www.baobab.net/ph_fog.htm (2 of 3) [1/13/2005 12:49:21 PM]

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