| Up the Mountain Slowly, Very Slowly In the noble footsteps of the Chagga tribe and Michael Crichton, another pilgrim goes manfully up Kilimanjaro, the one big summit a mere mortal can reach on hands and knees. 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 the Mountain: A Tale of K2 To the Editor:. nytimes.com |
Argentina: Two Climbers Die on Aconcagua Two climbers, an Italian and an Argentine guide, died when a storm trapped them just below the summit of Mount Aconcagua. nytimes.com |