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An inside-out adventure canyoneering in Utah
SPRINGDALE, Utah — There comes a moment when you step backward off a cliff, clinging to a rope the width of your pinkie, and ask yourself, "Why am I doing this?" It's inevitable. Fear of heights (and its close cousin, fear of falling) is as deeply...
Tags: 127 Hours (movie), Trips and Vacations, North Fork, National Parks, Travel
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A Venice remodel and addition rooted in a beloved tree
Some homeowners might consider a 20-foot Ficus nitida rooted in the middle of a 5,400-square-foot lot to be a liability, especially when planning a major remodel. But architect Carlos Zubieta isn't one of those people. The two-story glass addition...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Architecture, SCI-Arc
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Top 20 water parks in the world
By now, everybody knows what to expect from your standard-issue ho-hum water park: body and tube slide complexes with funnels and bowls, deluge-inducing water play towers for the little ones, undulating wave pools and relaxing lazy rivers. Photos: 20...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Amusement (movie), Walt Disney World Resort, United Arab Emirates, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Motorists encouraged to park their cars for CicLAvia
Los Angeles motorists may want to avoid Venice Boulevard on Sunday as tens of thousands of bicyclists, skateboarders and walkers take over a large swath of the boulevard for the sixth CicLAvia, an event that encourages Angelenos to abandon their cars...
Tags: Rock Climbing
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At CicLAvia, many say they feel safe despite Boston bombings
Despite being among a crowd of more than 100,000, a number of CicLAvia participants said Sunday they were not worried about their safety in the wake of the Boston bombings. Downtown resident Goldy Lee, 27, and her fiance, Jeff Chinn, 26, said safety...Tags: Rock Climbing, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sports
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100,000 expected Sunday as CicLAvia rolls through L.A. to the sea
Ladies and gentlemen, don’t start your engines… On Sunday, a city heralded for its car culture will turn its attention to bicycles as some 100,000 people hit the streets of Los Angeles for the sixth CicLAvia, an event that invites people to...
Tags: Rock Climbing
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Colleges as country clubs
My daughter is a junior in high school, so I've spent part of this spring making that upper-middle-class pilgrimage known as "the college tour." But as we were led across sweeping lawns by tour guides walking backward, I found myself thinking less about...
Tags: University of Michigan, Colleges and Universities, Lena Dunham, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Afghan bomb cost Marine his legs, but not his spirit
SAN DIEGO — Marine Staff Sgt. Mark Zambon was in Afghanistan, on his fourth combat deployment as an explosive ordnance disposal technician, when he took a step and heard the ominous click. "I remember flying through the air and coming down on my...
Tags: Czech Republic, Explosions, Entertainment, The Hurt Locker (movie), Movies
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Mariel Hemingway urges change to help others find a personal best
Mariel Hemingway, makeup-free and in sweats, is gorgeous. That bone structure, her cheetah-like build and flowing hair have been familiar for decades. What's disarming is her forthright approach to a rough family history and her determination to live...
Tags: Rock Climbing, Suicide, Sundance Film Festival, Schizophrenia, Ernest Hemingway
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Travel Show: Fiji extends a special welcome with a ceremony
Navigating through the floor of the L.A. Times Travel Show is a mini-cultural exploration of its own. You can stop by the Guam booth and watch traditional dancers perform, or listen to live sanshin music as you pass by the Okinawa booth. You can also...
Tags: Rock Climbing, Arts and Culture, Music Industry, Customs and Tradition, Fiji
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'Bachelor' recap: It's extreme sports week with Sean Lowe
Another week, another episode that kicks off with a shirtless shot of Sean. I mean, this is getting just a TAD extreme, guys. Sure, he has a fantastic body. And maybe the footage of him showering shirtless wasn’t totally preposterous because, hey,...
Tags: Rock Climbing, Heart Attack, Julia Roberts, Badgley Mischka, Rodeo
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Maurice Herzog dies at 93; French mountaineer
Maurice Herzog, a French mountaineer who became a hero to his country in 1950 when he and a fellow climber became the first men to successfully scale a peak of more than 26,000 feet, has died. He was 93. Herzog, who wrote a best-selling account of his...
Tags: Francois Hollande, Authors, World War II (1939-1945), Frostbite, Heroism
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