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SeaBee

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  1. 16 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

    Hard to see how foreign grows paying staff $20/hour can compete with Thai grows paying staff 300bht/day.

    Eventually, indeed, but for now big California growers benefit from scale economy, experience and better climate. Thai production is not stabilized yet, far from it, and farms are failing some harvests (which is expensive). Even for California experienced growers it takes several harvests to get the production right in any new operation, plus tropical climate creates some serious challenges many have yet to overcome.

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  2. 1 hour ago, SamuiGrower said:

    This is also NOT true. I have seen valid import licenses. Many. Yes, it is illegal export it out of the US and Canada. Trust me, that in and of itself will allow the US DEA to pressure And influence Thai legislation in the coming round of regulations, that you all know is coming.

    Could you post a - names blurred - photo of any such valid import license?

  3. On 3/18/2023 at 12:00 PM, CG1 Blue said:

    I tried that same climb 3 years ago (was 50 yrs old then). I gave up half way because it was too much and I actually thought it could kill me. I later regretted giving up - but reading this story I no longer regret that decision. 

     

    I'm reasonably fit, but there's something about stairs that just saps everything out of me. I had a similar issue at the Great Wall, but managed to conquer that one. I don't think my ticker is designed to cope with steps. 

     

    RIP sir - you lived life! 

     

    Tiger Temple is all about pacing your effort, you have to take it slower than you feel like, in order to save your energy for the whole trip. People fail the climb because they go for it like they'd go on a couple stories' house stairs, but of course they run out of energy after a couple hundred steps. Then it does become difficult... Reasonable pace there is about 25 min for the climb which is just a bit slower than 1 step/second, so it's relatively easy to count. With the right pace you don't have to stop in the middle (because you don't run out of energy).

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