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After climbing three more, Kangchenjunga (28,169 ft.), Gasherbrum II (26,361 ft.) and Broad Peak (26,401 ft.), it seemed that he had exhausted the possibilities. Or had he? "It was in 1982," he says, "after my hat trick, after the first time I was able to climb three mountains in one season, that I understood it was easy, or at least it was possible, for one human being to climb all the highest mountains in the world, all 14 eight- thousanders, in a lifetime...
...secret of his mountaineering successes is that he travels light, as he might to climb an Alpine peak. The legendary pinnacles are, to him, small ascents stacked one on top of another. He scales the earth's greatest heights by what he calls "fair means," avoiding the rope networks, high-mountain camps and bottled air that were part of the historic eight-thousander sieges, which frequently involved ten or more climbers supported by dozens of Sherpas. The minimalist technique has attracted thousands of imitators. Says Swiss Mountain Guide Erhard Loretan, 27, who, with his countryman Jean Troillet, 38, raced...
Saturday marked Gompers' return to competition after a two-week layoff. "It was only my second meet because I'm gearing up for nationals which are six weeks away, and you can't peak at the end of the season if you are racing every weekend," he explained...
...peak of affirmative action ended in the'70s. Colleges just are not making a substantialeffort to attract minorities anymore," Wilsonsaid...
...Western powers agreed to reduce the value of the dollar in concert, and thus try to undercut the U.S. trade deficit. In fact the dollar had already begun to decline, starting in February 1985, but the Plaza pact marked a commitment to continue the trend. From its February peak, the dollar fell by some 30% against other major currencies within 18 months...