Word: climbers
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Number of times Nepalese climber Apa Sherpa has reached the summit of Mount Everest?a world record he achieved last week...
...hometown has opened a one-ROM fitness center that he was kind enough to let me use. The device has two stations, one at each end. The first is like a rowing machine, except you have to push as well as pull; the second is like a stair climber. After four minutes on each, my heart was pounding, my muscles felt like lead, and I thought I was going to faint. I had certainly got a workout...
...maximum altitude of 18,000 feet, attempting to take the safest routes up these uncharted mountains. They will be able to summon a helicopter in the case of serious injury, but they will be 120 miles away from the nearest village and will have to get the injured climber off the mountain and back to their base camp first...
...Yushan, Taiwan, 3,952 m Icy winds and dicey switchbacks may not be every climber's cup of Milo, but for those who reach the summit of Taiwan's tallest peak, the views of Yushan ("Jade Mountain") National Park are worth every tentative step. October to December see conditions at their best, and beds at "base camp"?the Paiyun Hostel, located a 9-km hike from the Tatachia Recreation Area, near the Jade Mountain Scenic Highway?should be booked for this time. From here, it's a two-hour haul...
...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, hot tea and - you guessed it - Fuji Film disposable cameras. Yushan, Taiwan, 3,952 m Icy winds and dicey switchbacks may not be every climber's cup of Milo, but for those who reach the summit of Taiwan's tallest peak, the Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting...