Word: intrepidity
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Surfers speak of Mavericks with awe and dread. The surf break was discovered in the 1970s, when a few intrepid teenage surfers from Half Moon Bay, led by Jeff Clark, thought it might be possible to ride the giant waves without ending up on the rocks. They survived. "It isn't like Hawaii, where you just ride it straight down to the foam. At Mavericks, you have a long ride - over a minute - and you find yourself dancing with the massive power of nature," says Clark, now 52. For years, Clark tried to spread the word that Mavericks existed...
...remains the stubbornly unconquered Eiger Nordvand (or North Face), the “last problem of the Alps.” The Eiger’s other nicknames include Ogre, or more pertinently, the Death Wall. Inexorably drawn to face their greatest challenge yet. The film’s intrepid heroes are the sprightly, fearless Andi Hinterstoisser (Florian Lukas), and his climbing companion, the brooding Toni Kurz (Benno Furrmann). For this duo, to conquer the Eiger’s North Face is to conquer the world. They are cheered on by Luise (Johanna Wokalek), an amateur photographer and their childhood...
...fierce intellectual, an intrepid scholar, a wicked wit and an uncompromising radical, Mary Daly was the first feminist philosopher and theologian. Daly, who died Jan. 3 at 81, taught at Boston College for 33 years, and her outspoken views gave the school's Jesuit administration indigestion nearly every day. An eloquent critic of patriarchal organized religion, she barred men from her feminist-ethics classes--citing how their presence could change the dynamics of discussions--yet was willing to tutor them privately. And though she was the recipient of doctorates in religion and sacred theology, she left the church and confronted...
...those of you who spent last year in high school or under a rock, Matthew M. DiPasquale ’09 tried to rectify this, venturing out naked on the Weeks Footbridge with only a self-timed camera (or an incredibly, incredibly intrepid photographer) and a desire to deliver the pale nakeds to the masses, artsy HBomb be damned. I loved the ensuing magazine, if only for his hilarious self-interview and his AP test score boasts, for me two porno must-haves...
Harvard students weren't the only visitors on Yale’s campus last weekend. Fox Sports Network sent an intrepid reporter to the annual Harvard-Yale game and produced what strives to be a racy video segment documenting the academic (but somehow sexy?) prowess of Harvard and Yale students...