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...Mount Fuji, Japan, 3,776 m "He who does not climb Mount Fuji once in his life is a fool; he who climbs it twice is also a fool," so a Japanese saying goes. But in fact it's not as difficult as the proverb would have you believe. If arriving from Tokyo or Osaka, begin your ascent at Fujinomiya 5th station?a convenient trailhead?and bank on a five-hour trek to the top. Rest huts along the way sell noodles and will rent you a lumpy futon for a quick nap. There are also vending machines selling beer...
Mention mountain climbing, and most people envisage an exhausting clamber up sheer rock faces or dangling from a nylon rope in all weathers. That's absolutely true of some peaks, but Asia also offers less taxing alternatives. You don't need a Sherpa's lungs to scale some of the region's best-loved mountains, and you can get to the foot of many of them by public transport. Some even have comfortable trailhead accommodation. Preclimb points to remember: carry plenty of drinking water to ward off dehydration at higher altitudes; pack warm, waterproof gear; take it easy...
...moved further down the income bracket to some earning as little as $50,000 a year, projects the Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan research group whose estimates are widely accepted. Put another way: 3 million taxpayers will fall victim to the AMT this year; that number is scheduled to climb to 19 million as soon as next year and to 30 million--one-third of all taxpayers...
...issued a 93-page report detailing 74 deaths in the U.S. and Canada of people who had been hit with a Taser, and calling for a moratorium on the weapons until more independent medical-safety studies were conducted. Yet after a brief stall, Taser's stock continued its upward climb, hitting an all-time high...
...still trying to come to terms with being a third-generation survivor. I’ve grown up listening to my second-generation father arguing with my first-generation grandparents about whether I can climb to the top of the jungle gym, or pet a dog, or know about The War at all. With survival comes an extreme over-protectiveness of one’s children, and by extension, one’s grandchildren. My grandparents don’t want me taking risks, but my father doesn’t want me to grow up fearful of the world...