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...school in Vienna, Brabeck traveled to Pakistan with a group of friends to climb Tirich Mir, the highest peak in the Hindu Kush. They drove through Turkey and Afghanistan in a secondhand van and slept in tents their mothers had sewn. The expedition turned into a disaster. In bad weather two of the team, including Thomassen, fell off an ice wall to their deaths. Brabeck survived because he had returned to base camp the day before the tragedy: there had been only enough food for two, and he lost the poker game that had decided which of the three would...
...work in practice. That's another lesson the mountains taught him. "You learn very early on that you're better off working in a team," Brabeck says. "It's how you'll survive. There's nothing worse than having a weak team on the mountain." That, and unforeseen bad weather...
...Love, ’tis Love, ’tis Love/ that has warm’d us./ In spite of the weather/ He brought us together.” These lines were sung during what was, perhaps, the most compelling scene in the Harvard Early Music Society’s (HEMS) annual operatic production, the semi-opera “King Arthur.” The lines were especially appropriate for the show, considering that it premiered on a particularly cold Thursday.“King Arthur” brought heroes, spirits, magicians, and talented musicians to Agassiz Theatre...
...division duo that fared best, also taking ninth place. Junior Roberta Steele and sophomore Liz Powers shared time at skipper for the division, while Brants was in sole charge of crew duties during the nine races. “The forecast was for really cold weather and really high breeze, but it wasn’t quite so bad,” Brants said. “There was a high-velocity breeze on Saturday, and on Sunday, the wind direction was shifty and very variable.” That variable wind had its biggest effect on the A-division...
...wrong species to eat it. The error was perhaps understandable, since the pet treats look every bit as delectable as their human counterparts.Kickass Cupcakes doesn’t have any seating area, making a bench outside the bakery the best place to enjoy their treats. As the weather gets brisker, this sitting spot means that fuzzy hats and mittens are a prerequisite for any visit—even for the non-twee set.—Staff writers Aliza H. Aufrichtig and Marianne F. Kaletzky can be reached at aufricht@fas.harvard.edu and kaletzky@fas.harvard.edu...