| Charitable Hikers Erode Mountain and Town’s Patience An isolated mountain hamlet in Britain has to handle tens of thousands of people who take part each summer in a hiking event held for charity. nytimes.com |
Seeing Everest as the Tallest A.T.M. in the World Why climb Everest? Because it pays to do so, according to Conrad Anker, a mountaineer who is also planning to put three boys through college. nytimes.com |
From Underused Public Space to Cultural Commons Lincoln Center wants to turn the largely unsuccessful Harmony Atrium on the Upper West Side into a destination space. nytimes.com |
New Heart’s New Height The heart transplant survivor Kelly Perkins has added another first to her long string of mountaineering feats since getting a new heart 13 years ago a dangerous climb up a sheer, 2,000-foot face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park’s famed granite monolith. nytimes.com |
Conquering 46-Part Goal, Peak by Icy Peak For the Adirondack Winter Forty-Sixers, an elite group of mountain hikers, winter is the time to tackle the region’s 46 highest summits. nytimes.com |