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Anyone who has ever been atop Mt. Adams in New Hampshire's Presidential Range knows that there is something about the mountain that regular worshippers and first-time climbers alike can feel as they near the summit of the 5798 ft. peak...
...organizations have claimed Adams to be everything from a "base for interterrestial visitors" to the cosmic center of the universe. And individuals who have ventured to the top have one after another described strange experiences or divine revelations which came to them via their conquering of the second highest peak in the White Mountains--nearby Mt. Washington...
...only six miles over the horseshoe range from Washington to Adams, but the differences between the two mountains are immense. Adams, the opposite pillar of the horseshoe, presents a striking contrast to Washington. The steep and ragged upper reaches of the mountain culminate in a peak of one large rock which is unreachable except by foot. Only one trail, an offshoot of the Appalachian Trail, which skirts the peak, leads to the summit of Adams. Most hikers climbing over the whole range stay on the main trail so it is rare to meet other parties on the summit even...
...about Adams come from the mystics and the UFO enthusiasts who worship the mountain. At Madison Spring Huts, an Appalachain Mountain Club hut located on the adjacent Mt. Madison, one of these groups has posted a series of pictures which shows typical flying saucer-like objects hovering over the peak of Adams...
...Business. At the peak of his career, Stewart, 28, would seem to have everything a rock-'n'-roll musician could aspire to. Certainly he has everything he dreamed of ten years ago when he was a $25-a-week soccer player and part-time gravedigger in the suburbs of London. Yet, at the end of his U.S. tour, while relaxing by the pool of Los Angeles' Beverly Wilshire Hotel, he confided to TIME Correspondent David DeVoss: "I'm so tired I really don't care." There was bitterness in his voice when he said: "This...