Word: kilimanjaro
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...years Crichton responded by traveling like a tramp, the anthropologist in him exploring exotic cultures hard to reach. From Malaysia to Pakistan to an ascent of Kilimanjaro to a descent with South Pacific sharks, literally, he roamed. Along the way he was a spiritual pilgrim as well, exploring psychic phenomena the scientist within him assessed carefully but many times failed to discredit. He says he bent spoons, visited a past gladiatorial life in Rome, had his aura fluffed as you would a poodle. Once, he found himself in the desert conversing with a cactus, which he insulted, only to feel...
...surrounded by weirdos who make the Addams Family look like the Waltons. Among them: Wilhelm's inamorata, the robotically hysterical Kathchen; her fright-wigged father Bertram; an overbearing uncle who, in a hilarious non sequitur, tells the story of how Hemingway sold the movie rights to The Snows of Kilimanjaro; and a dead ancestor in Boris Karloff makeup whose only advice to the living is, "Do what thou wilt...
...science was the only way to tackle the questions that kept popping into her head. After touring Europe and Africa (where she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro), Profet got a bachelor's degree in physics at Berkeley. She did not pursue a doctorate because the "regimented environment" of academia turned her off. "School isn't my kind of thing," she admits. Still, she took a job as a biology research associate at Berkeley, which gave her the time and freedom to follow wherever her restless mind...
...first four tracks are drawn from The Teardrop Explodes' debut LP, Kilimanjaro (1980). Standouts include the dementedly jazzy hit single "Reward" (which rhymes "queues" with "Howard Hughes") and the shiny creepy "Sleeping Gas." Dissonant guitar and horn solos over driving, repetitive rhythm sections are the norm here, but this stuff is too much fun to feel avant-garde...
...Calvin and his wife Marge throw a little picnic for a few of their friends near the rhino pastures. On a balmy spring evening, lightweight tables and chairs are set out under a mesquite tree, just as they would be in an African hunting camp in the shadow of Kilimanjaro. Marge, a silver-haired Texas beauty dressed for the bush in denim and turquoise, lays on a simple feast of guacamole and chicken- salad sandwiches. Calvin uncorks bottles of fine South African grand...