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...workday with aperitifs at the candlelit Liquid (which is, believe it or not, Bangalore's first outdoor bar), then head to Ista's Northern Indian-style restaurant, Zaman, for meals prepared in the Awadhi tradition - known for its slow cooking and elaborate spices. Sister property Ananda may have those mountain views, but Ista's chefs hit more than a few peaks of their...
...Everest, Noguchi noticed that the growing ranks of fellow mountaineers left piles of discarded climbing gear and trash?much of the rubbish bearing Chinese, Korean or Japanese labels. When a European climber noted in passing that "Japan is a developed country, but without any manners," Noguchi decided something had to be done. Returning to Everest in 2000, he climbed the mountain four times over the next four years with an international team that cleared nearly eight tons of waste from its slopes, including more than 400 discarded oxygen containers. Local Nepalese villagers didn't see the point of the project...
...Japanese take their trash collection seriously. Pity the poor gaijin who mixes his combustibles with his noncombustibles. But that conscientiousness is often left at base camp when Japanese climb Mount Fuji. One of Japan's most revered natural wonders, the 3,776-m mountain may also be one of its dirtiest. The 200,000 or so visitors who climb Mount Fuji every high season leave behind panoramic piles of refuse on the peak, while overworked toilets along the climbing trail overflow with excrement...
...Fortunately for Fujisan, as the Japanese call the mountain, it's on the route of the best alpine garbageman in the world. His name is Ken Noguchi, and he is an unlikely candidate for such unglamorous work. The son of a wealthy Japanese diplomat and an Egyptian mother, Noguchi grew up as something of a wild child; he says his family was too busy to pay attention to him. His anxious father sent him to boarding school in England when he was 12, but Noguchi was just as lost there. "I was a dropout," he says. "What I sought...
...scrimmage,” Crimson coach Tim Murphy said. “I was scrambling for a bit there.” But even the line could not be held fully responsible. Give credit to the Lehigh defense, which shifted the story line from Dawson to his containment. Mountain Hawks coach Andy Coen named the back as the highest defensive priority prior to the matchup, and could foresee his weaknesses. “We have to tackle well,” Coen said before Saturday’s game. “He’s obviously a very fast...