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Although she has never climbed a mountain higher than 4,000 feet, next summer 50-year-old Valerie S. McDyer plans to trek 19,500 feet up Mt. Kilimanjaro to fundraise for the Harvard Center for Neurodegeneration and Repair (HCNR...

Author: By Hana R. Alberts, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Woman To Climb African Peak | 11/19/2002 | See Source »

Following the breast cancer walks, a series of coincidences brought her to a seven-day, 75-mile trek across the South African wilderness last summer to raise money for AIDS research. In this effort, she raised $10,000—mostly from individuals she knew and matching company grants...

Author: By Hana R. Alberts, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Woman To Climb African Peak | 11/19/2002 | See Source »

...flip side, the dismal Crimson performance was particularly bitter for the contingent of Harvard supporters who braved the cold rain to make the six-hour trek to Philadelphia...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: College ShameDay: Football Routed as Hyped Rematch Turns Into Dud | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

Once separated from the fray for more than two weeks, the spectacle becomes nauseating. The couples sacrificing their relationships for momentary fame on reality television and the game show hosts in minimal outfits are just embarrassing themselves. Those people of questionable intelligence who trek down 30 red carpets a year become laughable. Did anyone catch this summer’s MTV Music Video Awards? Who are these people? Who ever thought that this is okay...

Author: By Arianne R. Cohen, | Title: Must-Flee TV | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

...real thing. Carrying a mental list of abandoned miners' huts and trails waiting to be discovered, Gee takes a Sherlock Holmes approach to exploring this remote corner of the outback, hunting for traces of human passage. Each group of about 12 tourists accompanies him on a slightly different trek?ensuring that his clients get a unique trip, and he a chance to fill in the blank spaces on the map. Gee's guests ride through some of Australia's most austere terrain, participating in the full desert trek experience?much like the original European explorers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Outback by Camelback | 11/10/2002 | See Source »

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