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...ridges and valleys in his path. Two hundred years have not made the descent any kinder; it remains a knee-jarring scramble down to where the Grose River jostles between boulders, and, just as Caley's men did with homemade twine, the team has to lower its packs on rope where the rock face is steepest. The cool Grose waters provide only short relief before a lung-bursting ascent to the top, where Caley and his men tried to quench their burning thirst with native currants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wild Blue Yonder | 11/23/2004 | See Source »

That’s when Brandon Roy, 19, a total stranger who awaited his friend’s turn on a nearby rope swing, came to help...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Near-Tragedy Can't Stop Carr | 11/19/2004 | See Source »

...then, at the end, something unexpected happened. Dozens of vets made their way to the rope line to shake Kerry's hand and deliver a message. "What are you waiting for? You gotta fight back!" Again and again they told him the same thing. He had to say something, take the fight to Bush, stop coasting. You are losing this thing, they said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 2004 Election: Inside The War Rooms | 11/15/2004 | See Source »

...antics: one band member ascended the stage wearing a grotesquely creepy horse mask, carrying a skeleton that wore a Sunburned Hand of the Man t-shirt; at one point, one of the members who was taking turns playing the drums swung a noose around like a lasso, attempting to rope other band members (but only succeeded in catching microphone stands); the skeleton was thrown out into the audience, where it crowds-surfed for many minutes before coming to its final rest; another band member donned a black executioner’s mask, wrapped the noose around his neck, and feigned...

Author: By Jim Fingal, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Animal Collective Draws Herds | 11/12/2004 | See Source »

Luckily for Mark, there are a number of stores for those who list rope and leather on their shopping lists. The demand requires it. After all, one in ten Americans have had some sexual experience with sadomasochism, according to a 1990 study released by the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex at Indiana University...

Author: By Kevin J. Feeney, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sadomasochism Comes Out of the Closet | 10/28/2004 | See Source »

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