Word: peakes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Calkins, science teacher in the Durango high school, points to the earthy effusions which last week oozed from Carbon's cracks. These outpourings, he reasons, rose from, depths of 2,000 or more feet, definitely indicating seismic churnings along an earth fault which extends under Durango from Ute Peak in New Mexico to the Rocky Mountains...
...Moines building was made mouse-proof throughout. On its roof Henry Wallace plays badminton with Managing Editor Donald Murphy. In Washington he walks three miles to his office before 8 a. m., lunches at his desk, goes home after 6 p. m. Summers he climbs Pikes Peak in a bee line...
Back to Purnea, the Moth brought consistently discouraging news to the Houston-Mt. Everest Expedition. Flying conditions were bad. One day low hanging clouds obscured most of the surrounding terrain, an important drawback because the expedition's scientific aim was to map aerially 250 sq. mi. surrounding the peak. Another day a great white snow plume whirled menacingly about Everest's cone. The flyers were waiting for a wind velocity not to exceed 40 m.p.h. They fell impatiently to tinkering with their ships and equipment, already at taut perfection. They had been at Purnea nine days, but precious...
Lord Clydesdale was leading as the two planes slowly climbed to 10,000 ft. He and Lieut. Mclntyre waved at each other that all was well. Thirty minutes later, Everest loomed in sight. After 9 a. m. both planes were at 31,000 ft. over Lothi, southern peak of the Everest group. "Both machines," related Lord Clydesdale, ''encountered a steady down current." At 10:05 the planes found themselves skimming the world's highest peak with a bare 100 ft. to spare...
...Everest expedition had permission for only one try at the peak. The Maharajah of Nepal, a wily Mongol, above whose small craggy kingdom the flight took place, did not want Britishers taking too many pictures over his head. To his devious mind the proposed air-mapping sounded like preparation for an invasion...