One of the holes into the mountaintop.
My name is Max Karst. I am a lease-hold building developer in Seattle, Washington. That means I’m not a rich property owner. I just rent a whole old building, fix it up, and try to rent parts out for more than I pay. I like to work with tools, build stuff, figure things out, get dirty sometimes. Through a fateful set of circumstances pretty much unrelated to anything else in my life, I find myself starting this blog as a chronicle of my efforts, along with some partners, to start a small mining operation in the Lake Kivu area of eastern Congo. What? Am I crazy? Why would I think I could make this happen? Why would I want to get involved in the most sad, dangerous, corrupt part of the world? Because I perceive this as an opportunity presented to me to make a difference. This whole project, including this blog, is a life experiment, an adventure. This is my first mine and my first entry into my first blog. I learn something with every step on this winding road from the African bush to the halls of Congress. My hope is simply to have a successful business venture that also benefits all of the people who are a part of it. So here goes…
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There is a vague magic in an effort to emply village on vague map in a just wayl A pebble dropped into a raging and blood red sea, which may create some starlit nights with full bellies and dreams of peace. Worthy of the most ambitious human cleverness, to make small events succeed with justice and integrity…