Word: summiteering
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What happened to the demonstrations? In the weeks leading up to Davos-in-New York, the local papers were full of dire warnings that Gotham might see the sort of demonstrations that marred the last two conferences in Davos, as well as disrupting the EU summit in Goteborg and the meeting of the G8 in Genoa last year. That hasn't happened; this has been the quietest WEF I?ve seen in five years...
...World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg...
...NATO decides to inflate itself by up to nine Central and East European countries at a summit in Prague...
...After a few hours sleep we were woken at 11pm for the final push on the summit. A brief snack and then we set off. The first hour was easy going but slowly the incline grew steeper. One of our party started vomiting, and after soldiering on for three or four hours, decided to head back to camp. Others began vomiting higher...
...crater rim as the sun was rising, at around 7a.m. Michael, our guide, embraced us and pointed to the summit about an hour's walk around the rim. A few slakes of water and we set off again. Even walking a few steps was difficult. I would prop myself on my walking pole, find a rock 20 feet ahead, and aim for that point. And so I teetered on. At the summit, a signpost details Africa's highest peak. Some 20 people were already there. Reaching the top is an emotional moment. Some people cried. Friends hugged. Everything...