Ted Keizer is seeking Duofold Hike 50 challenge, trekking 50 kilometers (about 31 miles) in 50 states within 100 days
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To raise money for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, the Mount Washington Hotel is auctioning itself off online. The winner gets the complete use of the hotel, all 200 rooms, which accommodate 500 people.
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Science Daily reports University of Pennsylvania biologists have created a backpack that generates 7.4 watts of electricity.
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The AP reports a company says the volcanic ash between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa resembles that of Mars and wants to sell it to NASA for training.
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The AP reports rescuers spent 10 hours extracting Christopher Stroupe, 33, of Lebanon, from the Flume-Slide Trail in the White Mountains near Lincoln, NH.
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The Globe and Mail reports a grizzly with a sow attacked hikers on a trail in Banff.
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Everest News reports Jerzy Michalski wants to be the oldest to climb Everest and the 7 summits at 75.
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Arizona Central reports Charlie Whitmore asked his climbing buddy Richard Kane to sprinkle his ashes on the 315 mountain peaks around Tucson.
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Various sources report Steven Lynch, 54, died from hypothermia while climbing in the Alaska range.
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The Star Press reports Indiana is bracing for the time when the Randolph County Landfill is higher than its nearby state highpoint Hoosier Hill.
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