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The history of America is rife with rugged men and women who have explored and tested land-scapes all over the world. Here are some of their stories. .
• ClimberCoryRichardswas thefirstAmericanto scale an over-26,000-foot (8,000-m) moun-tain in winter. Along with partners from Italy andKazakhstan,RichardsclimbedtheGasher-brumIIinPakistan.
• Richardsandhistwopartnersfacedhurricane-forcewindsandtemperatures50degreesbelowzero. They performed this amazing feat without guides or supplemental oxygen.
• The three men were aware of the perils theyfacedbeforebeginningthejourney.Theyweretold that snow conditions would be unstable,buttheycouldn’thaveforeseentheClass4ava-lanche that nearly killed them.
• ItwasSimoneMoro,theveteranclimberfromItaly, who first freed himself, then helped theother two men dig out of the massive wall of ice.
• The footage thatRichards tookwas used in anature documentary called “Cold.” The filmchroniclestheir journey, thefirstsuccessfulat-tempt to climb thePakistanipeakduringwin-terbyanyone.Thefilmplayedatanumberoffilmfestivalsin2011andisbeingdistributedbyForgeMotionPictures.
•Many runnershaveattempted tobeat the timerecord for completing the entire Appalachian Trail.Observersweresurprisedtodiscoverthattherecordhadbeenbrokenbyafemale,PharrDavis.
•Davisbestedarecordheldbymenformorethan
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•OnJune11,1509,KingHenryVIIIofEng-landmarriesCatherineofAragon,thefirstof six wives he will have in his lifetime. WhenCatherine failed to produce amaleheir, Henry divorced her against the will of theRomanCatholicChurch.
•On June 15, 1877, Henry Ossian Flipper,bornaslaveinThomasville,Ga.,in1856,becomes the first black cadet to graduatefromtheUnitedStatesMilitaryAcademyatWestPoint,N.Y.FlipperwasneverspokentobyawhitecadetduringhisfouryearsatWestPoint.
•OnJune16,1884,thefirstrollercoasterinAmericaopensatConeyIsland,inBrook-lyn,N.Y.Knownasaswitchbackrailway,it traveled approximately 6 mph and cost a nickel to ride.
•On June 12, 1942,Anne Frank, a youngJewish girl living in Amsterdam, receives a diaryforher13thbirthday.Amonthlater,she and her family went into hiding from theNazis inroomsbehindherfather’sof-fice.Anne’sdiary,detailingtheirtwoyearsinhiding,waspublishedin1947.
•OnJune14,1951,theU.S.CensusBureaudedicatesUNIVAC, theworld’sfirstcom-mercially produced electronic digital com-puter.UNIVAC,whichstoodforUniversalAutomatic Computer, used thousands ofvacuumtubesforcomputationandwastheforerunneroftoday’sdigitalcomputer.
•OnJune13,1966,theSupremeCourthandsdown its decision inMiranda v.Arizona,establishing the principle that all criminalsuspectsmustbeadvisedoftheirrightsbe-foreinterrogation.TherootsoftheMirandadecision go back to 1963 when ErnestoMirandaconfessedtoacrimeandlaterre-canted,unawarethathedidn’thavetosayanything at all.
•OnJune17,1972,fiveofPresidentRichardNixon’sre-electionemployeesarearrestedfor burglary in the Democratic NationalCommittee headquarters at the WatergateComplexinWashington,D.C.Aninvestiga-tionunveiledaschemeofpoliticalsabotageand espionage designed to discredit Demo-cratic candidates. Equipment used duringthe burglary had been borrowed from theCIA.
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40 years. Davis isn’t, by her own description,evenarunner.Shehasalwaystrainedasalong-distancehiker,andhertrainingtobeattherecordwas the same.
•Daviscompletedthetrail’s2,181milesmorethan26 hours faster than the former record holder. Thepopularassumptionbeforeherattemptwasthat only a faster runner couldbeat the record,butDavisbuckedtheconventionalwisdom.Shebeganeachdaybefore5a.m.,hikingfor16hoursa day and sleeping directly on the trail.
•Davis was accompanied by her husband, Ben,whoservedashersupportcrew.Shereachedthetrail’ssouthernendinSpringerMountain,Geor-gia,alittleover46daysaftershebegan.
• “We were exploring what people thought waspossible, forwhatwaspossibleon theAppala-chianTrail,andwhatwaspossibleforawomanand a hiker,” Davis told National Geographicmagazine afterward. “Records are made to bebroken…Themethodandtheapproacharewhatmattersmoreattheendoftheday.”
•Waggoner filmed over the course of two yearswith his three co-producers. The four men ex-ploredinfar-flunglocationssuchasthejunglesalongtheAmazonRiver,theCordilleraBlanca,theAltiplanoandwindyPatagonia.
•Waggonerfilmedonfoot,onskis,onboats,onhorseback and even while soaring through thesky on a paraglider. He faced tough weather con-ditions throughout without any of the comforts of normal travel. He and his group lived out of tents in driving rain and snow, occasionally for weeks at a time.
• Themotleycrewoftenhikedthousandsofmilesin darkness before dawn to capture sunrise intheseunspoiledvistas.Theyscaledbrokengla-ciersinsearchofbreathtakingvistasandclimbedmountainsinexcessof17,000feet.
•When Waggoner arrived in South America tostartproductiononthefilm,hewasgreetedwith
terriblenews.Hisclosefriendandintendedstarof the documentary, extreme skierArne Back-strom, had fallen and died while attempting to scalethe18,897-footNevadoPisco.
• “Solitaire” isWaggoner’s thirdprojectwithhiscompany, Sweetgrass Productions. He recentlyspenta season inHokkaido, Japan,filmingan-other upcoming nature documentary. His ac-claimedworkinjustthreeyearshasalreadywonhim awards, most recently at the International FreeskiFilmFestivalinMontreal,Canada.
For Willie and Damian Benegas, seeking ad-venture is a family affair. This past year the two brotherscollectedsamplesof thehighest livingplantlifeonEarth.SamplesweregatheredfromtheflanksofMt.Everest,over22,000feetintheair.
• WillieandDamiandeliveredthecollectedvege-tationtotheU.S.GeologicalSurvey,aswellastoresearchers atMontanaStateUniversity.Thesesampleswillbeusedtohelpscientistsinvestigatehow climate change might affect our food pro-ductioninthefuture.ThebrothersalsobroughtbacksamplesofrocknearthesummitofEverestformicrobialstudy.Itishopedthatthesesamplesmay provide insight into the effects of high levels ofUVradiationonlifeatthemicroscopiclevel.
• 65-year-oldwriterandArcticexplorerJohnTurkjoined26-year-oldprokayakerErikBoomerina1,485-milecircumnavigationofEllesmearIslandinCanada.ThiswasthelastgreatadventureforTurk,butitwasonlyoneofmanyinalifetimededicated to rugged outdoor exploration.
• Prior to his final trip with Boomer, Turk hadcompleted a number ofmemorable climbs andhascompletedfiveseparateSiberianexpeditionsinanefforttostudyShamanicculture.
• Thetriprequiredthetwosportsmentodragtheirkayaksacross800milesofflat ice. Eachkay-akwasover13feetlongandweighedover200pounds.They began the trip inMay,when icehadyettomeltcompletely,butwereabletofindpockets of open water after the spring thaw.
• Of themanydangersTurkandBoomerfaced,the most terrifying were frequent interactionswithpolarbears.Theysaw11ononedayalone,nine of which were aggressive. F
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on men and woman of courage and adventurous spirit. Here are a few of the more interesting recent examplesofourfellowexplorersacrosstheglobe.
•AlastairHumphreysoftheUnitedKingdomhasriddenhisbicycleover46,000miles invariouslocales around the world. Humphreys did this beforehewas35yearsold.HehasalsocrossedIceland’sglacialhighlandsentirelyonfootandisplanningwhatwillbethelongestjourneytotheSouthPoleeverattemptedwithoutsupport.
• Aftertravellingnearlyeverywhereontheglobe,Humphreys decided to see more of the country ofhisbirth.Hespentallof2011inGreatBritain.Hecompletedanambitiousgroupof“microad-ventures,”beginningandendingthesetripsatthefront door of his home outside London.
•Amonghisexplorations in2011wasahikeuptheM25,thewell-knownroadwaythatisnotori-ous for having theworst traffic in the country.He also swam the Thames River, familiarizedhimselfwiththeUK’spublictransportationandspent several days living entirely off the land.
• Humphreysusedsocialmedia toencouragehisfellow adventurers to record video diaries of their own “microadventures.”ThroughTwitter,he received a surprising number of responses,some from as far away as Japan.
• Austrian mountaineer Gerlinde Kaltenbrunnerrecentlybecametheonlywomantosummitall14 of the peaks worldwide that measure over26,000feet(8,000m).Shecompletedthestag-geringfeatin2011,bestingtheK2nearthebor-derofChinaandPakistan.
• Kaltenbrunner had nearly gotten the record in2010ontheverysamemountain.Shewasonly400metersfromthesummitwhentragedystruck.Her partner, mountaineer Fredrik Ericsson,slippedwhile climbing above her and tumbledbelow. Kaltenbrunner immediately abandonedher mission in an attempt to rescue her partner. Unfortunately, Ericsson’s injuries from the fallproved fatal.
• ScottishbicyclistDannyMacAskillquithisjobasamechanicin2009sohecouldpursueridingfull-time.Before,hewould rideafterworkbutfelt he was falling short of his cycling dreams.
• InMarchof2009,MacAskillhadhisroommateDave Sowerby tag along and film as he per-formed a series of outrageous tricks around and acrossEdingburgh’smostfamouslandmarks.
• ThefeatsthatMacAskillperformedonthevideowere so astounding that some viewers accused himofusingspecialeffects.MacAskillwasin-spired by the idea of creating physical puzzlesusing the landscape. His goal was to show how his bicycle could overcome seemingly impos-sibleobstacles.F
•OriginallynamedWeeghmanPark inhonorofthe original owner CharlieWeeghman, it wasdesigned by architect Zachary Taylor Davisand cost $250,000 to construct. It originally sat 14,000.
• OnApril23,1914,thefirstmajorleaguegametook place at the ballpark,where the FederalsdefeatedKansasCity9-1.
• In 1920, theWrigley family, owners ofWrig-leychewinggum,purchased theballparkfromWeeghmanandchangedthenametoCubsPark.In1926,thenamewasfinallychangedtoWrig-ley Field.
• Thebleachersandscoreboardwereimplement-edin1937;theoriginalscoreboardremainsin-tact today and is manually operating. It has nev-erbeenstruckwithabattedball.
•A longtime tradition is theflying of a “W”or“L”flagatopthescoreboardattheconclusionofevery game signifying either a win or loss.
•WrigleyFieldhasseenmanyfirsts:thefirstper-manent concession stand and the beginning ofthetraditionsofallowingfanstokeepfoulballsandthrowingbackhomerunshitbytheoppos-ing team.
• Wrigley Field has also seenmany classicmo-mentsinbaseballhistory,includingthefamouspitching duel in 1917 between Jim “Hippo”VaughnandtheCincinnatiReds’FredToney.
•Wrigley Field ismore affected by harshwindconditions than any other Major League ball-parkbecauseofnearbyLakeMichigan.
•Thepark’s nickname is theFriendlyConfines,and it is the laststandingFederalLeagueball-park.
•The Cubs, often referred to as “The LovableLosers,”arefamousforneverwinningaWorldSeriesatWrigleyField,yettheyarestilloneofthemost successful franchises in baseball his-tory.
•Thefamous“DaCurseof theBillGoat”datesback to 1945 at the fourth game of theWorldSeriesbetweentheCubsandtheDetroitTigers.William“BillyGoat”SianisandhisgoatMur-phywereremovedfromthegamebecauseofthegoat’sodor,andanangeredSianisplacedacurseon theCubs that said theywould neverwin achampionship. The Cubs lost game four, theWorldSeriesandhavenotwonaWorldSeriessince. F
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• Itwas celebratedphysicistAlbertEinsteinwhomade the following sage observation:“Anyone who has never made a mistake has nevertriedanythingnew.”
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• It’sfairlywellknownthatseahorsesaremo-nogamous, staying with the same mate until death.Manypeopledon’trealize,however,thatthesefisharesodevotedthateverydaythey reaffirm their union with a morninggreeting dance.
• WhenRonaldReagan’sdaughter,Patti,gotmarried, there were more security personnel than guests in attendance.
• America got its first paved street back in1647. It was, unsurprisingly, in NewYorkCity.
• The fastest known star is traveling through spaceatarateof3.5millionmilesperhour.
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