Word: mountainous
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...remarkable because the twelfth child of an Alpine hotelkeeper was so late in showing an interest in the sport. He grew up determined to become a doctor; he never set foot on skis until World War II, when he divided his time between the air force and the maquisards-mountain-based Resistance fighters. While in uniform, he learned to ski so well that at war's end he was asked to take over training the army's Alpine ski troops. There he stayed until 1959, when a desperate French ski federation tapped him to be coach of France...
While the Chinese mind is earthbound, it is strongly drawn to magic. It sees the world inhabited by a multitude of spirits. Before a house or a temple is built, its location must be carefully considered in relation to mountain or water spirits. Children sometimes dress in striped tiger clothing to ward off evil influences. It is unlucky to meet a bald-headed man on the way to a mah-jongg party and dangerous to help a drowning man, because evil spirits might drag the rescuer down too. The aggregate of thousands of such superstitions is not transcendental or spiritual...
Climbers have been scaling Mount McKinley ever since 1913, but North America's tallest peak is still one of the most forbidding mountains in the world. From the floor of the Susitna River valley, 1,500 ft. above sea level, the mountain sweeps to 20,320 ft. above central Alaska in a single cascade of rock and ice. In summer, McKinley is merely inhospitable; in winter, it is deadly. For one thing, it is among the coldest places on earth. Actual temperatures range to as low as-100°. Until Feb. 28, no one had climbed Mount McKinley...
Zero Visibility. After laboriously working their way up the mountain, the remaining seven climbers reached the 17,300-ft. level by Feb. 26. One day later, all seven tried a 3,000-ft. dash to the summit. They were forced back by "white-out"-zero visibility, caused by fog against the snow. Next day, three of the party-Art Davidson, Ray Genet and Dave Johnston-struck out again for the top, finally made it at 7 p.m., paused just long enough to bury Batkin's cap and started back down, only to run into a raging storm...
Radcliffe retained its crown in the Women's Intercollegiate Ski Conference Saturday with a victory in the Boston University alpine races, held on Cranmore Mountain in New Hampshire. Radcliffe's total time in the championship event, the 40-gate slalom, was 271.3 seconds...