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...Pakistan Expedition Takes Dizzying Toll In one of the deadliest episodes in mountaineering history, 11 climbers died on K2, the world's second highest peak. Falling ice severed their ropes, killing several and forcing others to either continue their descent without assistance or wait for rescue in perilous conditions. Both decisions proved fateful. With its 28,250-ft. (8,600 m) summit, steep ascent routes and rough weather, K2 is often considered the world's toughest climb...
...woman, made it her priority to ensure that he could work undisturbed. His sons helped too. There were letters to answer, writings to translate. Even a non-Russian-speaking guest could chip in. On a summer visit, I was dispatched to pick raspberries for dessert. We ate them with ice cream. The Solzhenitsyns spoke Russian at home, but they were good Vermonters; they kept Ben & Jerry's in the freezer...
...deep midwinter of 2002, FBI divers cut holes in the ice and then searched several ponds near a Fort Detrick, Md., biodefense lab for evidence in the anthrax investigation. It was an expensive, cinematic strategy that would ultimately lead nowhere, but no one knew that then. Except perhaps for the older man who stood off to the side handing out coffee and sandwiches. In addition to being a respected scientist, Bruce Ivins was a Red Cross volunteer, manning the canteen. He was known as reliable and cheerful, and he had been asked by the Frederick County, Md., chapter to take...
...will be little sleep through the naming of his Vice President, the Democratic Convention and the final two-month sprint to Election Day. And surely the Obama campaign won't mind some relaxed snapshots of the candidate partaking in typical summer-vacation activities - bodysurfing, playing with his girls, eating ice cream - especially at a time when the GOP is doing its best to portray him as an aloof, out-of-touch celebrity more concerned with European crowds than with average Americans...
...Pizza Hut and is now Robata Grill, a Japanese BBQ joint. Only Grace's Inn, a hot-plate diner full of favorite local dishes like chicken katsu, remains, though it has moved down the street a few blocks. One place Obama is likely to have patronized is Waiola Shave Ice, with the best frozen treat on the island, still popular with locals and students alike...