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DIED. ALEX LOWE, 40, perhaps the greatest American mountaineer in recent years; in a massive avalanche on Tibet's Shisha Pangma, the world's 14th highest peak. Lowe climbed the nose of El Capitan in 10 hrs. and made the first solo ascent of the north face of Wyoming's...
The pursuits that are becoming more popular have one thing in common: the perception that they are somehow more challenging than a game of touch football. "Every human being with two legs, two arms is going to wonder how fast, how strong, how enduring he or she is," says Eric...
I am sure they felt no Zeitgeist in them when they labored up the last snow slope to the summit. They were both very straightforward men. Tenzing was a professional mountaineer from the Sherpa community of the Everest foothills. After several expeditions to the mountain, he certainly wanted to get...
Many companies are asking their current workers to turn part-time recruiters by offering bonuses and sometimes other perks to those who bring in hirable candidates. At SRA International, a Virginia computer-software firm, any employee who finds a new worker gets $1,000, plus a chance in a company...
Climbing Mount Everest is no mean feat. Climbing Mount Everest with only one foot borders on lunacy. TOM WHITTAKER, a mountaineer who lost a kneecap and a foot in a car accident in 1979, is in the Himalayas right now on his way to the top. No, he's not...