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According to Robert H. Bates, who has scaled K2, the world's second highest mountain and who is a graduate member of the Club, "The climbing we get in Huntington Ravine is as severe as anything I have seen in the Himalyas on K2...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mountaineers to Scale Icy Peaks | 11/27/1942 | See Source »

Some new answers were on the way. The initials were K2, PC and PT. With enough of these the U.S. could absolutely dominate all of the nearby Atlantic, and the main Atlantic Fleet could concentrate on the farther reaches. Kas are blimps, nonrigid airships, capable of patrolling an area of 2,000 square miles of ocean every twelve hours. When the U.S. gets enough blimps nosing out of bases up & down the Atlantic Coast, no submarine will dare venture in daylight within blimp-range along the entire coast. The U.S. Navy, never a small operator, planned a total...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: Answers on the Atlantic | 4/13/1942 | See Source »

Kanchenjunga. For their peak, one of the giant pickets in the fence which separates India from Tibet, the party claims an altitude of 28,150 ft. They rank it next to Everest, world's undisputed highest. In this they differ with the Royal Geographical Society, which ranks K2 (Godwin-Austen)' second with its 28,250 ft., Kanchenjunga third. To negotiate this frigid, wind-beaten giant they will establish six camps spaced along the peak's last 10,000 ft. Husky Sherpas porters will strap 68 Ib. packs on their broad shoulders, grease their faces to ward off the erosive wind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Virgin Kanchenjunga | 5/26/1930 | See Source »

...Brown, 2 Sever 24 Mr. Wexler, 3 Sever 35 Mr. Fox, 4 Sever 35 Mathematics C, I sects 1, 2, 3, 4 Memorial Hall Mathematics 4 Sever 36 Mineralogy 2 Mineralogical Lab. Music 6 Sever 18 Philosophy A Prof. Eaton, E1 Emerson D Mr. Kraushaar, K1, K2 Emerson D Mr. Kerby-Miller, S1, S2, S3 Emerson D Mr. Morgan, M1, M2 Emerson D Physics 7 Sever 17 Semitic 6 Andover C Semitic 16 Sem. Mus. 3 Zoology 4 Sever 6 2 o'clock French 14 Sever 5 Fine Arts 3b Robinson Hall German B Sever 5 Semitic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Final Examinations | 5/25/1929 | See Source »

...Brown, 2 Sever 24 Mr. Wexler, 3 Sever 35 Mr. Fox, 4 Sever 35 Mathematics C, I sects 1, 2, 3, 4 Memorial Hall Mathematics 4 Sever 36 Mineralogy 2 Mineralogical Lab. Music 6 Sever 18 Philosophy A Prof. Eaton, E1 Emerson D Mr. Kraushaar, K1, K2 Emerson D Mr. Kerby-Miller, S1, S2, S3 Emerson D Mr. Morgan, M1, M2 Emerson D Physics 7 Sever 17 Semitie 6 Andover C Semitie 16 Sem. Mus. 3 Zoology 4 Sever 6 2 o'clock Fine Arts 3b Robinson Hall German B New Lect. Hall Semitic 1 Sem. Mus. 3 FRIDAY...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Final Exam Dates Are Printed For First Time Below | 4/26/1929 | See Source »

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