From Outside.
It seems like a million years ago that I actually wanted to write for Outside. I wonder if -

who knows?
who can say?
its kinda like the fly in amber and its musings. Still, I'd rather call myself a witch and strike for some approximation of freedom.

How come most of the world's cultures enjoy eating goat, but Americans don't?I happen to love goat, so much so that I've taken to tugging one along on almost all my expeditions. These hardy ungulates can trek for days, provide spirit-lifting protein when you need it most, and, as it turns out, carry a king-size duvet with ease. When my vegan climbing partner Rupert mockingly calls me Goat Boy, I explain that the numbers, and history, are in my corner: Outside of Western Europe, the U.S., and Canada, goat is an extremely popular meat, and it's been that way for a while—the goat was domesticated about 10,000 years ago, making it among the earliest barnyard critters. But because goats can tolerate a nomad's lifestyle and eat all kinds of low-grade weeds, they earned a historical reputation for being trashy—foolish snobbery that kept the delicious creatures from getting a hoof-hold on menus from London to L.A. That's changing, though: Goat-meat imports have more than tripled in the past decade. According to Stephanie Mitcham, author of Meat Goats: Their History, Management and Diseases, this is due to demand from immigrant communities, health freaks banking on the low-fat goodness, and the introduction of plumper varieties, like the South African Boer. Chew on that, Rupert.