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Did a Climber Leave His Girlfriend to Die at the Top of a Mountain?
A couple—an experienced mountaineer and his girlfriend, a novice—set out to climb Austria’s tallest mountain. She died near the summit. Was it a case of “alpine divorce”? William Finnegan reports.
Did a Climber Leave His Girlfriend to Die at the Top of a Mountain?
Off Diamond Head
Off Diamond Head
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Tears of the Sun
Tears of the Sun
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Playing Doc’s Games
Playing Doc’s Games
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Did a Climber Leave His Girlfriend to Die at the Top of a Mountain?
Did a Climber Leave His Girlfriend to Die at the Top of a Mountain?
A couple—an experienced mountaineer and his girlfriend, a novice—set out to climb Austria’s tallest mountain. She died near the summit. Was it a case of “alpine divorce”? William Finnegan reports.
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Off Diamond Head
Off Diamond Head
William Finnegan writes about being a teen-age surfer in Hawaii.
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Tears of the Sun
Tears of the Sun
William Finnegan on the brutal gold-mining conditions in La Rinconada, the world’s highest human settlement, in the ice-capped Peruvian Andes.
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Playing Doc’s Games
Playing Doc’s Games
Part 1 of William Finnegan's personal essay about his surfing days in San Francisco and his friendship with Dr. Mark Renneker.
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Playing Doc’s Games Part 2
Playing Doc’s Games Part 2
The second part of William Finnegan’s personal essay about his surfing days in San Francisco and his friendship with Dr. Mark Renneker.
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