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...Matterhorn, Switzerland's best-known mountain, is also one of its hardest to climb, requiring peak fitness and experience using crampons and ropes at high altitudes. That didn't deter Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, 58, the chief executive of Nestle, who has been mountaineering in the Alps since he was a child. He fulfilled a lifelong ambition last summer by reaching the 14,692-ft. summit. "It was just perfect," he says, his eyes sparkling at the memory...
...during a summer vacation from business school in Vienna, Brabeck traveled to Pakistan with a group of friends to climb Tirich Mir, the highest peak in the Hindu Kush. They drove through Turkey and Afghanistan in a secondhand van and slept in tents their mothers had sewn. The expedition turned into a disaster. In bad weather two of the team, including Thomassen, fell off an ice wall to their deaths. Brabeck survived because he had returned to base camp the day before the tragedy: there had been only enough food for two, and he lost the poker game that...
...master plan is quickly adopted on a global scale, the world can safely cope with a peak in oil production and create a more sustainable and enjoyable economy at the same time. If we ignore these changes and peak oil does occur, the unforeseen consequences could create a far darker world...
...supply comes from only five key but aging giant oil fields. Each of those aging fields is exposed to a potential production decline. The implications of this risk are enormous, since 35 years of intense exploration in the kingdom has unearthed only one significant new oil field, Shaybah. Its peak production is less than 3% of Saudi Arabia's oil output...
...most revered institution; every 18-year-old male is required to complete an army tour. Because Turkish soldiers are widely upheld as heroes, the former hostages were vilified by the public for not choosing death over the dishonor of capture by the enemy. With nationalist fervor at a peak, some right-wing pundits accused them of being Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) moles. One was of Kurdish origin, others pointed out. Justice Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin said he could not "accept the fact that they went with the terrorists that night. Our soldier is prepared to die if necessary when...