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Searchers Find Climber's Body on Mt. McKinley
KTUU.comSearchers found the body of Austrian climber Juergen Kanzian on Mount McKinley after using a high-powered spotting scope Thursday evening. National Park Service rangers located Kanzian's body from a helicopter by identifying the color and style of his...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, National Parks, Gardens and Parks, Climbing, Travel
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Swooping in to help Laos
It's the fourth zip line that spills the surprise. Confident now, I leap off the platform to feel the cable bounce heavily, then snap taut under my weight. Gravity takes over, shooting me through a tunnel of blurring foliage until the whirr of the pulley-...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Tourism and Leisure, Human Interest, Climbing, Bangkok (Thailand)
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'The Amazing Race' recap: A day at the beach
Show TrackerThe Amazing Race shows that snowboarders can do just about anything.... -
Greenpeace campaign targets Mattel
GreenspaceActivists rappelled down the face of the 15-story El Segundo headquarters of Mattel, the world’s largest toy company, on Tuesday and hung a giant banner of a frowning Ken doll look-alike with the message: “Barbie, it's over. I don’t... -
Local woman rappels theWit Hotel
TribLocal - ElmhurstPatty Shennan of Elmhurst was among 135 participants in Skyline Plunge! this past weekend. Courageous participants rappelled 28 stories down theWit Hotel in Chicago to …... -
Sisters celebrate rappelling 278 feet down theWit Hotel
TribLocal - EvanstonRina Campbell, of Evanston, and Amy Campbell-Brissette, of Chicago, were among 135 participants in Skyline Plunge! this past weekend. Courageous participants rappelled 28 stories down …... -
7 great playgrounds
Lehigh Valley ParentingAnyone who has young children knows that finding good playgrounds that can provide an hour or so of fun is essential. As my son has grown we have visited many of the local playgrounds, from massive wooden structures to sleek metal components. It’s... -
Greenpeace protests at Mattel's El Segundo headquarters
L.A. NOWEmployees coming to work Tuesday morning at Mattel's El Segundo headquarters were surprised by a huge banner featuring an image of their Ken doll blasting the company for destroying rain forests. The civil disobedience, in which eight people were... -
Dr. Charles S. Houston dies at 96; pioneer of high-altitude medicine
Charles S. Houston, who pioneered the field of high-altitude medicine after an expedition up the world's second-highest mountain claimed the life of a fellow mountaineer, died Sept. 27 at his home in Burlington, Vt. He was 96.
No cause of death was...Tags: Television, Alaska, Health, Climbing, Obituaries
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Climber's body found dangling from waterfall
FOX 5 San Diego StaffJULIAN, Calif. -- Authorities hope an autopsy will help explain why a 24-year-old climber died while trying to rappel down a roughly 300-foot waterfall in the Cleveland National Forest southwest of Julian. Matthew Pack of San Juan Capistrano died...Tags: KSWB, Climbing, Forestry and Timber
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In Theory: Should kids break records?
The news is filled with stories of young people performing record-breaking feats of athleticism, from Zac Sunderland and Jessica Watson, two teens who recently sailed solo around the world, to Jordan Romero, 13, who this year became the youngest person...Tags: Stress, Science and Technology, Children, Judaism, Genesis (music group)
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Cruising solo on Norwegian's Epic
Special to the Los Angeles TimesIt was July in the Caribbean, and we were freezing. Five new friends and I, all of us solo travelers, were in the Ice Bar aboard the Norwegian Cruise Line's Epic, shivering beneath silver ponchos with furry hoods. We had paid $20 each for the privilege...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Nickelodeon (tv network), Personal Service, Heart and Circulatory System, Television
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