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Into Tibet. Days before, a sudden gust of gale-force wind at the 25,000-ft. level had blown away their tents and spare oxygen bottles, knocked two members of their support party 100 ft. down Everest's flank. Hornbein and Unsoeld were dangerously low on supplies. The climbers had to pick their way around huge outcroppings of rock. Now and then, searching for a foothold, they disregarded passport restrictions and stepped across the Nepalese border into Communist Tibet. No one expected them to go all the way-just to climb as far as they could...
...themselves do the talk ing, passing out friendly tips to the chairborne clods at home (wade like a silent Indian, watch your shadow, keep your hooks sharp). One man, using what looks like two-ton test line, demonstrates his fantastic casting skill by flicking successfully into a 50-m.p.h. gale...
...Most of the men said, "I certainly hope so" or "I'll do my best." Said Jim Whittaker: "Yes, I will." He did-but he lost 30 Ibs. during the six-week-long climb. On the final day, the temperature was a numbing -30°F. Gale-force winds lashed Everest's face as Whittaker and Gombu said goodbye to Expedition Leader Norman Dyhrenfurth at 28,100 ft. and began to work their way to the summit, 928 ft. above. It was, said Dyhrenfurth, "a miracle" that the two men made it. Whittaker and Gombu stayed...
...regulation has produced a number of unplanned side effects in Lamont. The characteristic odor has become part of the Harvard experience. The entire fifth and sixth levels are afflicted with an audible and tactile rumble, which sets scores of those little panes in the light fixtures rattling. A cold gale often blows out of the vents in Woodberry poetry room. Most distracting, however, is the fifth floor's persistent ethereal squeak...
...Crimson has 'Cliffies on all four boards--news, editorial, business, and photography. Several Radcliffe undergraduates have become executives: Judith A. Blitman '61 was photographic chairman, and Mary Ellen Gale '62 was assistant managing editor...