Word: skying
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...isolated areas in places like Mexico, Sudan, and Brazil, she said.The six men will spend several weeks adapting to each community, learning about a tribal sport unique to each community, and then compete against the tribe, Griffith-Jones said. THE NATURALFor Rennell, who is president of the Harvard Ski Club and the Harvard Mountaineering Club, spending time outdoors is almost second nature. “I think that my friends know that I am passionate about the intersection of where athletics meets culture so there couldn’t be a more perfect opportunity for me,” Rennell...
...Persian Gulf is too dangerous. As one flies into Arbil, the sole sign of war is the airport's heavy security. Kurdish soldiers - or peshmerga, as they are known - sit in tall watchtowers along the perimeter, and civilian vehicles may not enter the airport gates, where baggage searchers wear ski masks to hide their faces. Flights from the new Kurdistan Airlines and other carriers arrive directly from Istanbul, Frankfurt, Dubai and Beirut. Austrian Airlines officials have agreed the company will be the first European airline to fly to Arbil, with three Vienna flights a week scheduled to start sometime this...
...ski resort of Shemshak, just outside Tehran, is the last place you would expect to hear expressions of nationalist ardor. The slopes are filled with wealthy Iranians who sip hot chocolate in the shadow of a dazzling sun and spend most of their time gabbing about designer skiwear and which party to attend that evening. But when the subject of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad comes up between runs, the skiers get excited. "I couldn't be happier with him," says Mehdi, 19, an architecture major. "We just want our rights, and he defends them." His sister Anahita, 24, says she changed...
...prolific writer and major supporter of the Keep Winter Cool campaign, a partnership between the ski industry and the Natural Resources Defense Council, Schendler feels he has helped change the culture of skiing, at least at ASC. "We've turned this place into a lab for addressing climate change," he says. "Aspen is a lever that can change the world." --By Rita Healy/Denver...
...Asian eyes don?t prevent random strangers from viewing them simply as Young Black Men - which they are by about half - and, therefore, potentially dangerous, which they definitely are not. And surely their non-physical traits, like being highly educated and classically trained musicians, get lost amidst the ski jackets and low-riding pants my youngest brother in particular favors. The same is true of countless black men and boys, whose fashion choices, large headphones and, yes, skin color might seem to some to belie the true nature of their personalities...