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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: Explosions, Climbing, Entertainment, Afghanistan, Homes
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Canada: Luxury train company links U.S. with Banff, Jasper parks
Western Canada’s popular luxury excursion train, the Rocky Mountaineer, will provide its first rail link to the U.S. in August, when it begins Coastal Passage journeys between Seattle and either Banff or Jasper national parks. For years, the...
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Rocky Mountaineer
Exceptional onboard service, gourmet cuisine and luxurious surroundings are a few of the reasons why Rocky Mountaineer’s rail journeys are considered by many to be the only way to see the Canadian Rockies. With five different rail routes and over 45...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Travel
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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, Climbing, World War II (1939-1945), Human Interest, International Olympic Committee
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Michael J. Ybarra dies at 45; chronicler of extreme sports
Michael J. Ybarra, a former Times reporter who had recently chronicled his extreme-sports adventures for the Wall Street Journal, was killed in a mountain-climbing fall over the weekend on the edge of Yosemite National Park. He was 45.
A veteran...Tags: Obituaries, Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Unified School District, Israel, Arts
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Covering the Sierra High Route by ski
After Barry Ohm met mountain guide Dave Beck, Ohm knew he had to ski across the Sierra.
Ohm, a seasoned climber who was living in South Lake Tahoe in 2009 when he took a winter survival class from Beck, was enthralled with Beck's tales of skiing in...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Mountains, Climbing, Tourism and Leisure, John Muir
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Lincoln Hall dies at 56; climber survived Mt. Everest ordeal
Left for dead near the summit of Mt. Everest, Australian adventurer Lincoln Hall survived the night alone, without supplies, in temperatures well below zero. And then he got lucky. As dawn broke, one of the last teams of climbers to ascend the mountain...
Tags: Mesothelioma, Climbing, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Australia, People (magazine)
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Author Greg Mortenson settles lawsuit, will pay charity $1 million
Jacket CopyA lawsuit over the charity founded by Greg Mortenson, the author of "Three Cups of Tea," has been settled.... -
'The Amazing Race' recap: A day at the beach
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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... -
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...
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