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Long Beach teen is youngest American ever to scale Mt. Everest
Times Staff Writer"I feel really incredible," Samantha Larson, 18, said Sunday night, describing her sense of accomplishment after having conquered Mt. Everest — the tallest place on Earth. It was about 9:30 a.m. Monday, Nepal time, and the Long Beach teenager was...Tags: Climbing, Education, Hospitals and Clinics, New York Weather, Health
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8 climbers feared dead after Mont Blanc avalanche
An avalanche swept down a major summit in the Mont Blanc range before dawn today, leaving eight climbers missing and presumed dead along a trail often used to reach western Europe's highest peak. "There's no chance of finding anyone alive," French...Tags: Pakistan, Death, Disasters, Climbing, Hospitals and Clinics
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Making it shine
Tribune staff reporterOnly a person who has polished a 66-foot-long, 33-foot-high, 125-ton, hollow, stainless steel kidney-bean-shaped sculpture until it was so shiny you could use it as a shaving mirror could tell you what a cumbersome chore that sort of thing can be, and how...Tags: Marshall Field, Health and Safety at Work, Employees, Climbing, Arts and Culture
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Treasure hunters still scour the Sierra
Times Staff WriterWhen you can get there, you can learn a lot 300 feet inside the Earth. Those missile-size icicles dangling from the cavern's roof? They don't look securely attached. No worries, our guide said; they're all as solid as rocks. Actually, they're as solid as...Tags: Mark Twain, Gardens and Parks, Metal, Landforms, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Branch out, and climb a tree
Tribune reporterALTO, Ga.—My daughter Nina and I looked up, tilting our heads back. Way back. Fifty feet up in a massive white oak tree, there were a pair of sturdy hammocks attached to branches. "That," said Genevieve Summers, "is your lodging." We would be...Tags: Sport Climbing, Hotels and Accommodations, Atlanta, Dog (animal), Georgia
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Seattle Man Dies In Rock Climbing Accident
The body of a Seattle man who died rock climbing has been found. 31-year-old Ryan Alan Murray Triplett was climbing alone in the Goat Wall area off Lost River Road near Mazama. Yesterday his wife called police to report that he was overdue. Search...Tags: Death, Sports, Climbing
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Pristine prerogatives make Santa Barbara the epitome of California dreaming
Of The St. Louis Post-DispatchFour hours on a whale-watching boat had produced lovely views of the Channel Islands off Santa Barbara on the California coast but no whales. "It's very rare that we see nothing -- maybe once a year," swore Hal Altman, the volunteer naturalist on board...Tags: Land Surfing, National Parks, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Windsurfing, Television
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Southern Section
Saturday, Oct. 2 TOURNAMENTS SAN LUIS OBISPO Championship Final Agoura 8, Lompoc Cabrillo 4 Brian Gross had five goals to lead Agoura (12-3), which was without three starters throughout most of the game due to injuries and ejections . Agoura,...Tags: Soccer, Billiards, Snooker and Pool, Jeff Weaver, Landforms, Students
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Setbacks And Sickness
Courant Staff WriterSnow had been falling lightly for most of the six-hour walk from base camp to our destination for the night, a rocky plateau perched at 19,000 feet on the Rongbuk Glacier. But with a mile to go the weather worsened, and by the time my wife, Courant...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure, Television, Climbing, Soups
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Top guns for hire
If you want to follow in the footsteps of a pro mountaineer — at least the climbing part of it — hire one as a guide. What should you be looking for? Many mountaineers recommend guides certified by the American Mountain Guides Assn. Founded...Tags: Career and Workplace, Climbing, Employers
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Trapped Between Factions
The irony wasn't lost on a single member of the team. Not until the Connecticut climbers crossed into China, the nation where Mao Zedong led the world's most durable communist revolution, were we safe from the Nepali revolutionaries who fight in his...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Demonstration, Riots, Assault, Crimes
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Finding Swiss Bliss in Zermatt
Times Staff WriterIf the Swiss ran the world, trains and planes would be on time. Every hotel room would have a view, and reservations would never be lost. Communicating would be easy because the Swiss seem able to speak whatever language you greet them in. You would never...Tags: Landforms, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Dining and Drinking, Climbing, Restaurants
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