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6 months agoExcept those small islands near Alaska are natural, and have always been there, (On a human timescale, anyways) and were part of the original Alaska purchase. The one China uses to claim a whole sea was completely artificial, and built for the sole purpose of claiming new areas.
Failing to climb is not the same as falling off. I could safely go down a rope any day. But climbing more than a foot? Not happening.