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Junior Ian M. Carswell finished seventh in the 5,000-meter run at the NCAA Division I Championships Saturday in Eugene, Oregon...
...first to die may have been Yasuko Nambo, 49, one of Hall's clients from Japan; her frozen body was discovered the next morning, 365 meters above the South Col, the valley between Everest and its neighbor Lhotse. Another guide, Andrew Harris, came within yards of the camp before apparently walking right off the 8,500-meter Lhotse face. Fischer, a vastly experienced climber known as "Mr. Rescue," lagged behind his clients, perhaps to help stragglers. Searchers found him two days later high above the South Col. In the same area they found Taiwanese climber Makalu Gau, half buried...
Kirshner, who is chair of the Astronomy Department, has been trying to raise money to purchase a 20 percent share in the twin 6.5-meter Magellan telescopes being built at The Carnegie Foundation's Las Campanas Observatory in Chile...
Only a few observatories have mirrors over 6.5 meters, and Magellan's inclusion of two identical mirrors enhances its field of view, resolving power and total viewing time. Presently, the largest observatory in the world is the 10-meter Keck twin telescopes on Mauna Kea in Hawaii...
Senior Darin Shearer turned out a strong performance by taking second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a close sprint against Columbia's Casey O'Shea. His time of 8:45.02, a personal best, will automatically qualify him for Nationals...