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The history of America is rife with rugged men and women who have explored and tested landscapes all over the world. Here are some of their stories. • Climber Cory Richards was the first American to scale an over-26,000-foot (8,000-m) mountain in winter. Along with partners from Italy and Kazakhstan, Richards climbed the Gasherbrum II in Pakistan. • Richards and his two partners faced hurricane-force winds and temperatures 50 degrees below zero. They performed this amazing feat without guides or supplemental oxygen. • The three men were aware of the perils they faced before beginning the journey. They were told that snow conditions would be unstable, but they couldn’t have foreseen the Class 4 avalanche that nearly killed them. • It was Simone Moro, the veteran climber from Italy, who first freed himself, then helped the other two men dig out of the massive wall of ice. • Richards documented much of the incident with a small, high-definition camera. Immediately after being freed, he documented his own reaction, a combination of relief and terror. turn the page for more!

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Americans’ Adventures (continued): • The footage that Richards took was used in a nature documentary called “Cold.” The film chronicles their journey, the first successful attempt to climb the Pakistani peak during winter by anyone. The film played at a number of film festivals in 2011 and is being distributed by Forge Motion Pictures. • Many runners have attempted to beat the time record for completing the entire Appalachian Trail. Observers were surprised to discover that the record had been broken by a female, Pharr Davis. • Davis bested a record held by men for more than 40 years. Davis isn’t, by her own description, even a runner. She has always trained as a longdistance hiker, and her training to beat the record was the same. • Davis completed the trail’s 2,181 miles more than 26 hours faster than the former record holder. The popular assumption before her attempt was that only a faster runner could beat the record, but Davis bucked the conventional wisdom. She began each day before 5 a.m., hiking for 16 hours a day and sleeping directly on the trail.

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• Waggoner filmed over the course of two years with his three co-producers. The four men explored in far-flung locations such as the jungles along the Amazon River, the Cordillera Blanca, the Altiplano and windy Patagonia. • Waggoner filmed on foot, on skis, on boats, on horseback and even while soaring through the sky on a paraglider. He faced tough weather conditions 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. • The motley crew often hiked thousands of miles in darkness before dawn to capture sunrise in these unspoiled vistas. They scaled broken glaciers in search of breathtaking vistas and climbed Continued on page 7

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I am twenty-two years old and still have all my wisdom teeth. My dentist wants to take them out, but they don’t bother me. Should I go ahead and have them out? You will be very lucky to never have any problems with an impacted wisdom tooth. Having wisdom teeth removed before they get infected is often the best preventive treatment. Your dentist can evaluate with a special x-ray that shows all the jaw and teeth position and structure, and then discuss with the benefits versus the risks of removing the wisdom teeth.

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