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...There are two ways to approach a trip like FATAWE,” he said. “One, you can have it be very decentralized, hoping that everything will work out or two, you can try to provide high-level coordination such as helping with logistics, gear rental and providing information on how to be safe. In both cases, people are responsible for themselves, but in the latter case, they will be better prepared...

Author: By Margaret W. Ho, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Scale 40 Peaks Over Weekend | 5/4/2004 | See Source »

...cover costs, Michalow secured a $320 grant from the Undergraduate Council and finagled rentals from MIT, the University of New Hampshire and Dartmouth, as well as the Square’s own Eastern Mountain Sports, which he said gave the students around 80 percent off of gear rentals...

Author: By Margaret W. Ho, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Scale 40 Peaks Over Weekend | 5/4/2004 | See Source »

...American Chopper, MTV's Pimp My Ride and several others turn junkers into sleek street machines and motorcycles into works of art, and in the process tell us how people (mostly men) express and define themselves through their stuff. They're Queer Eye, the shop-class version: the Gear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Wheels, My Self | 5/3/2004 | See Source »

...these shows, you have heavy metal and rap, not dance-club remixes. Tattoos and piercings, not Dolce & Gabbana. Metalworking, not wine pairing. If there is such a thing as the opposite of metrosexual, the Gear Eye shows are it. Most important, where Queer Eye is about growing up--becoming urbane and understated--the Gear Eye shows are about nurturing your inner third-grader. On the likes of Discovery's Monster Garage and TLC's Overhaulin', cars get tricked out into roaring, smoke-spewing beasts that resemble something out of a 6-year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Wheels, My Self | 5/3/2004 | See Source »

These stories are Cinderella for boys, in which the stars are the lucky pumpkins that get turned into kick-ass coaches. But Gear Eye shows can also have heart. On American Chopper, Paul Teutul Sr. and his two sons (Paul Jr. and Mikey) run a custom motorcycle shop. But the real story is the relationships in the most foulmouthed yet loving TV family since the Osbournes. Watching Chopper, you learn a little about bikes and a lot about how men express love with outbursts and power tools. When the Teutuls squabble over deadlines and designs, they're really wrestling, like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Wheels, My Self | 5/3/2004 | See Source »

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