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...climb to the top of Adams or any of the other six Presidentials which jut above the timberline is tough and risky enough to bring die-hard climbers back year after year. But Adam's attraction just begins with its Himalayan similarities. Ask any climber who knows the range well and chances are he'll describe Adams as a mountain which hikers worship: Washington is too commercial and can be reached too easily, Clay and the lesser known peaks are too non-descript. Madison and Monroe have large Appalachain Mountain Club Huts on their sides, and Jefferson is too much...
...arrived here this afternoon in a blizzard," entry after entry in the log begins. "The cabin was completely buried and we had to climb in one of the rafter windows...'" they continue. With slight variations on the theme, the winter climbers go on to describe subsequent attempts and successes at reaching their ultimate goal--the summit of Mt. Adams. One particularly intriguing entry several years ago described the adventures of a party of February hikers. They had planned to use Crag as a base camp and to make daily climbs to the top of Adams and to the smaller peaks...
...After climbing into the windows of Crag and sleeping huddled around the stove, the party, except for one who had received mild frostbite the day before, left at the crack of dawn in sub-zero temperatures to conquer Adams. Although the sky was clear on their side of the range, the clouds sweeping up the eastern slopes quickly locked in the mountain as they neared the final thousand feet of their climb. The ensuing blizzard completely obliterated any landmarks which they could have followed and any chance that they could reach the top. Now they only wanted to get safely...
First Hop. American motorists felt the first pinch at the pump last week when gasoline prices rose between 1? and 4? per gal. By winter's end the price is expected to bound up to 50? per gal. v. about 40? now. Home heating fuel could climb as high as 40? per gal., almost double its current level, and jet fuel, kerosene, propane and other petroleum products will rise proportionately. Officials of the Cost of Living Council estimate that increases in the price of oil imports alone will inject about $5 billion of pure inflation into the economy, substantially...
Echoing this view, Economist Milton Friedman, a leading conservative, said that there is a "good chance" of a recession next year. Consumer prices, Friedman contended, would probably continue to climb 6% or 7%, only slightly less than the thoroughly oppressive level of 8% estimated for this year. The Government announced last week that living costs rose at an annual rate of 3.6% in September, a steep drop from the explosive 22.8% increase in August. Even so, Assistant Secretary of Commerce Sidney Jones declared that inflation is "still awful...