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...upon the mountain's ridge, he untethered himself, rushed the summit and yodeled a Tarzan yell. "I was told all the way I wasn't gonna make it," he says. "Shoot, I walked everyone to the ground." Bounding down the mountain afterward, disregarding his aching legs, Bass resolved to climb the highest point on each continent. Four years later, he became the first person in history to complete the Seven Summits, which include Everest; this spring Bass, now 73, returned to Everest in an attempt to become its oldest summiter...
Feeling The Heat EUROPE As the mercury continued to climb to record-breaking levels across Europe, there was no respite in sight for the Continent's sweltering citizens. Forecasters predicted the hot weather - blamed on strong rains in sub-Saharan Africa - would continue to the middle of the month at least, and possibly into September. With temperatures regularly nudging - and, in some places, exceeding - 40°C, Europeans faced renewed misery. Train tracks buckled, hundreds of thousands of farm animals died and crops either wilted in the heat or ripened prematurely. Although the fires that ravaged countries from Portugal...
...Alps passage of the Tour de France is punishing enough. But American cyclist TYLER HAMILTON went on to tackle the climb of the Pyrenees while continuing to nurse a broken collarbone. Allowed only limited pain medication, Hamilton grimaced through the injury, advancing to fifth overall in pursuit of four-time tour winner Lance Armstrong...
Sohu, which started in 1996 as the first Chinese-language search engine, surprised critics by turning profitable in the third quarter of last year. For the second quarter of 2003, it posted a stunning $7.5 million profit on $19.3 million in revenue. But the climb has not always been smooth. During the shake-out following the dotcom crash, shareholders questioned the company's heavy dependence on banner-ad revenue. Hostile board members and disgruntled investors wanted professional management to replace him. Zhang says his nonconfrontational style helped him hold on, but the experience "was the worst sort of psychological torture...
...death business experience: "The temperature was subzero, with winds threatening to blow my tent over, and I was constantly out of breath. But as bad as it was, I'd sooner do it all again than repeat what I went through after the bubble burst." Is he out to climb more mountains? Undoubtedly; he's not afraid of heights. --By Kaiser Kuo/Chengdu