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...worst alpine disasters in recent memory. On the night of May 10 a storm swept the summit's fearsome "Death Zone" with snow, bitter cold and hurricane-force winds. Within 24 hours, eight of the more than 30 climbers on the peak were dead, among them Hall and Scott Fischer of Seattle, who was also running a commercial tour...
Communications breakthroughs increased the impression that Everest was accessible to nearly anyone. Climbers call home from the summit using satellite phones. They send E-mail. Over the past two months, socialite-alpinist Sandy Hill Pittman has been describing her ascent with Fischer's group on the Internet and throwing in remarks about books and recipes. One of her cyber correspondents inquired as to whether there were "any permanent markers at the summit. Flags, or plaques, or anything like that? A gift shop, perhaps?" Pittman didn't tell her new friend that the most enduring mementos on Everest's higher reaches...
...could enhance man's understanding of nature and reconcile theology with science in many ways. It can be shown that even in mathematics, the number of problems that can be formulated is indefinite. There are always questions left to be answered, and there is always room for God. PETER FISCHER Bremen, Germany Via E-mail...
...Brush; LP: Fischer. PENN, 8-1 at Soldiers Field R H E Penn 130 004 0 -- 8 8 0 Harvard...
...Much like the Patriot missiles in the Gulf War, this equipment will help make Israel more secure ." However, the effectiveness of this initiative remains to be seen. "I suppose it will be marginally helpful, but there is not much you can do to combat suicide bombers," TIME's Dean Fischer predicts. Meanwhile, at a campaign stop in New York Bob Dole said Congress might cut aid to the Palestinian Authority if Arafat's government can not combat terrorist attacks. The White House dismissed Dole's threat as campaign rhetoric, and experts say it would be ineffective. "That would be counterproductive...