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...beginning to offer its own share of long marches?from the Lake Saroma 100-km run in northern Japan to China's Gobi March, a six-stage, 250-km painfest that locals call the "Race of No Return." But the best of them all, for combining suffering and scenic beauty, is probably the annual Mongolia Sunrise to Sunset?a 100-km, waterside race around spectacular Lake Khovsgol and the surrounding national park, scheduled this year for June 29. (If you're interested in competing, details can be found at www.ultramongolia.com...
...dazzling Saturday afternoon at Fullerton’s Goodwin Field, the only element that belied the scenic tranquility was Harvard’s uncharacteristically messy play...
...beginning to offer its own share of long marches - from the Lake Saroma 100-km run in northern Japan to China's Gobi March, a six-stage, 250-km painfest that locals call the "Race of No Return." But the best of them all, for combining suffering and scenic beauty, is probably the annual Mongolia Sunrise to Sunset - a 100-km, waterside race around spectacular Lake Khovsgol and the surrounding national park, scheduled this year for June 29. (If you're interested in competing, details can be found at www.ultramongolia.com.) With its mix of deep forests, rugged hills and pristine...
...alongside future physics giants like Paul Dirac, Max Born, and Werner Heisenberg. But he never acquired the Europeans’ suave ways with womenfolk. Upon returning stateside to teach at Berkeley, Robert earned a small dose of worldwide notoriety for his romantic foibles. He drove a date to a scenic point up on a hill, and after she fell asleep, he whispered that he would walk back home and she should follow in the car. She did not hear his instructions, and so she waited two hours for him before alerting the police. Cops combed the bushes in search...
...hardly his first major summit, but former President Jimmy Carter found trekking through the Himalayas in northern Nepal to be a challenge nonetheless. The goal of his two-week expedition was the pinnacle of 18,192-ft.-high Mount Kala Pattar, one of the scenic peaks in the valley surrounded by the loftier Lhotse and Everest. Accompanied by Rosalynn, Carter quickly outpaced four of his Secret Service men, who had to return to camp because of altitude sickness. When the group reached a rarefied 15,000 ft., his wife was flown out by helicopter while he proceeded...