To the brink
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A mountain climber who fell from the east face of Nepal's Pachermo mountain in Apr. 1992 suffered injuries that took more than two years to heal. However, he continues to believe that mountaineering is a spiritually, mentally, physically and psychologically life-enhancing activity.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1996
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Their passport to adventure
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The 'Lonely Planet' guidebooks started out with 'Across ASIA on the Cheap.' The first 1,500 copies were mostly done by hand in a Sydney flat and sold out within ten days. Maureen and Tony Wheeler never expected to make a career of what they best loved doing: travelling.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest (Canadian)
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0413
Year: 1996
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Into thin air
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A mountaineer describes a 1996 Mt Everest expedition that turned fatal when the climbers were caught by a sudden blizzard. Twelve members of his party died, including the leader, Rob Hall.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1997
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