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American Way Magazine Digital Edition

ISSUE: November 15, 2009

Articles about Mount Everest

One Woman, Seven Summits - 10-15-2007

Every continent has its own highest mountain. Kit DesLauriers is the first person, and the only woman, to climb up and then ski down all of them.

Article Excerpts:

...on your perspective - on the south side of Mount Everest, 20-something-thousand feet above sea level. At...

...(a) almost no one has ever skied anywhere on Mount Everest and (b) because you''d have to be a totally...

...seven continents. (She saved the biggest, Mount Everest, for last.)...

Best Place In The World - 3-15-2003

What is the world’s single-most must-see place? A Road Warrior might know. I didn’t. What is the one place on Earth that everyone should see? That, in a nutshell, is a question I asked a few months back. The results are in and the answe...

Article Excerpts:

...Virgin Gorda; Pokhara, Nepal, at the foot of Mount Everest; Hubbard Glacier, Alaska; and Zanzibar. ...

You Need Help - 2-1-2005

Anything you can do, you can do better. Two new guidebooks will help you on your way. 1) The Best Time to Do Everything, by Michael Kaplan (Bloomsbury, $13.95), offers expert advice on topics ordinary and esoteric. Donald Trump on the best...

Article Excerpts:

...Jim Whittaker (the first American to scale Mount Everest) on staying warm. Even Larry King on how to...

That's Not My Beautiful House - 9-1-2003

This summer, we went house hunting. I would have rather climbed Mount Everest barefoot over shattered glass with no food and a big rock on my back. Imagine the most unspeakable torture. Being thrown in solitary and forced to watch reruns of...

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...went house hunting. I would have rather climbed Mount Everest barefoot over shattered glass with no food and a...

Homebodies - 1-15-2007

Home is ... wherever you happen to be at the moment. According to our Road Warrior winners, that is.

Article Excerpts:

... American novel. It''s not that she hasn''t climbed Mount Everest. And it''s not that the Nobel Prize has eluded...

Climbing Blind - 3-1-2008

[dl] FILMAn experienced climber pushes a group of sightless, teenage novices toward the top of a mountain in the new documentary Blindsight. By El...

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... of a 23,000-foot-tall mountain that neighbors Mount Everest? That''s the challenge Weihenmayer took on in...

Great White - 8-1-2009

A journey to the shark-infested waters of the Farallon Islands.

Article Excerpts:

...seeker to embark on this trip, long known as Mount Everest of shark dives. As I observe the second person...

Fresh Air - 5-15-2001

: Whether changing lifestyle or altitude, the characters in these new books find new air to breathe.

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...that time that it occurred to Grylls to climb Mount Everest. It seemed like a good idea at the time...

Preparing For The Worst - 9-15-2008

James Chippendale may never be able to go to a concert and completely relax. That’s because, as the CEO of an entertainment insurance company, he gets paid to worry.

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... York; one at Kala Pattar, above the base camp of Mount Everest in Nepal; a third at Mount Snowden, the highest...

American Way Cover - 11/15/2009