Word: climbed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Approaching his destination confronted by weather conditions that he had not been led to expect, and flying a plane that was not equipped with de-icing devices, Captain Norris asked for and got permission to climb to 15,000 ft. At 11:21 a.m., he said that he could see the south shore of Lake Tahoe. Eight minutes later, he radioed: "Flight 901A . . ." Then his radio went dead...
...Norris, finding himself in a blizzard as he started to land, abandoned his authorized approach and headed eastward at 9,000 ft. toward what he hoped would be clear sky. "Then, either because they believed they had sufficient altitude to clear the terrain or because they were unable to climb higher due to structural ice, the aircraft leveled off," said the CAB. "At that time they struck the first trees and were unable to avoid the final impact with the mountain...
...footing is slippery enough on a dry day at sea level, but Washington's Republican Governor Daniel J. Evans, 39, wanted it higher and slipperier. Square-jawed Sportsman Evans took up crampons, ropes and ice ax, fulfilled what he called a lifelong ambition by making the icy, difficult climb to the summit of the state's highest peak, 14,408-ft. Mount Rainier. Guided by a park ranger and Veteran Mountain Man Dee Molenaar, the Governor made the round trip from a 10,000-ft. overnight camp to the tip in a creditable eleven hours and issued...
...WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS (ABC, 5-6:30 p.m.). A climb up the Matterhorn in Switzerland and water-skiing at Pine Mountain...
...wander with eyelids sewn shut; the gluttonous gaze at inaccessible fruit. As Dante and Virgil ascend, they meet famous figures of the Middle Ages engaged in the agonies of atonement-among them Pope Adrian V, King Philip the Fair, the poets Guido Guinizelli and Arnaut Daniel. At first the climb is cruelly difficult, but as Dante ascends it becomes easier. Both as a man and a poet, he visibly grows as he goes. In I'lnferno the verse is harsh, immediate, brilliant; in Il Purgatorio it becomes progressively more rich and reflective...