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...Grab a spot on the grass and pretend to study your coursepack. Warmer weather means tourists will begin to flood the Yard in droves. Smile politely as they take your picture...
...find the Blue Line. There you can marvel at the large and spectacularly ugly Government Center building, or cross the street to Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market for some upscale shopping. Continue on the blue line to the Aquarium or even Revere Beach if spring finals and bad weather don’t deter...
...notoriously difficult peak in northeast Pakistan's Karakorum range, breaking his leg and possibly his wrist. Unable to get him down unassisted, his climbing partner, Alvaro Novellón, left Pérez with supplies and went for help. But a combination of bureaucracy, complicated logistics and poor weather impeded search efforts, and it wasn't until Aug. 14, a full six days after the pair's climbing club first received word of the accident, that a rescue operation began. Two days later, the rescue attempt was called off due to bad weather and the difficulties involved in climbing...
...first attempt of Latok on July 27. A collection of four rocky peaks renowned for their extreme technical difficulty, the mountain group is considered one of the most challenging in the world - some alpinists believe it is even more difficult than the more famous Himalayan peak K2. When bad weather forced them to abandon their attempt to summit Latok I, the two retreated to their base camp. (See pictures of Mount Everest...
...took more than a couple of days before a rescue effort could even be organized. For one thing, there were few experienced climbers in the area who were acclimated enough to the altitude to begin a rescue. Bad weather and difficult terrain forced several helicopters sent out to locate Pérez to return unsuccessful. By Aug. 11, it had become clear that a rescue by land was going to be necessary...