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Before his climb up the corporate ladder, Immelt enrolled at HBS in 1980, after a stint at Proctor & Gamble. In the intensely competitive atmosphere of HBS, Immelt seems to have held his ground...
Though he summited a few peaks with his fellow club members, his most memorable excursion was a climb up the sides of Memorial Hall one night. It was the closest he would ever get to the course his father taught on Don Quixote, he jokes...
...visited some friends at Princeton, I thought our living conditions were at least as good, maybe a little better than theirs,” says former Eliot House resident William H. Toohey ’55. “If I was concerned about anything, it was having to climb five flights my last three years...
TWENTIES. At this age, you should regularly be doing some moderate and some vigorous exercise. Basically, you want to break a sweat at least three times a week for at least 20 to 30 minutes. Don't slack off the other days of the week. Go for a walk, climb the stairsanything to elevate your heart rate a bit. Plan to do muscle-strengthening exercises at least twice a week. You can probably get away with fewer exercises that target your trunk muscles or stretch your tendons and ligaments, but avoid the temptation to ignore these altogether. Your natural sense...
...steep mountains and set up an observation point overlooking a road the Australians had dubbed Route Titanium, which large numbers of Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters were using as a way to the Pakistan border. After an eight-hour journey by truck, the men had just three hours to climb the mountain under cover of darkness. For the next three weeks, they lived off the land. The survival skills needed for such operations take years to acquire - and are the source of one SAS nickname, "the chicken stranglers." According to the patrol sergeant, his men performed superbly. "It was considered...