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While working at a summer resort in Rye, N.H., he met his future wife, Paula Miller, and was married...
...first unlucky outdoorsman to have to resort to a quickie self-amputation. In 1993 Bill Jeracki cut off one of his legs after becoming trapped under a boulder in Colorado during a fishing trip. "I cut through the knee joint like you separate your chicken," he says. "It's all soft tissue. It took maybe 15 or 30 minutes." But Jeracki is stunned that Ralston endured days of pain. Jeracki didn't expect to make it through the night; he waited only three hours before slicing himself...
Global insecurity and other travel concerns haven't slowed the long-distance wedding march. Couples are saying their "I dos" in Europe, Mexico, Hawaii and California's wine country, but the most popular destinations seem to be Florida and the Caribbean. Resorts and wedding planners in both areas report growth rates of 40% to 80% over the past two years. The Westin St. John Resort & Villas was host to 176 weddings in 2002, more than double the number in 2001. Little Palm Island Resort & Spa, off the Florida Keys, welcomed only 12 weddings in 1997 but had 153 last year...
...scuba divers Stephanie Dowling, 29, and Chad Eschmeyer, 28, of Scottsdale, Ariz., plan for their May 2004 wedding in the Virgin Islands to include a day of snorkeling and diving. They originally anticipated 15 guests. Now 50 guests, many of them fellow divers, are scheduled to stay in a resort the couple selected over the Internet for a week of activities, including celebrations of Cinco de Mayo, the Mexican festival the two celebrate in their native Southwest. "Surprisingly, many of my friends have never been to a destination wedding," says Dowling, who was inspired by another friend's wedding...
Gross has said that he will use the carrot rather than the stick to battle the problem, saying that he hopes to offer more social opportunities and spaces for students so that they would be less likely to resort to alcohol in their leisure time...