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Mount Kenya: Simon Calder tackles Africa's other summit ; With a guide, a map and lots of tea breaks, Simon Calder retraces the steps of Felice Benuzzi, a PoW who escaped to climb Mount Kenya - then snuck back into camp
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No prizes for guessing which I am aiming for: yes, the easiest of
the three, the 4,985m Point Lenana, the so-called "trekkers' peak",
for which almost no previous experience is required; Sir Edmund
Hillary need not apply. The two taller points are, well, points:
shafts of rock that soar scarily skywards. These are "technical
climbs", requiring of equipment such as ice axes and ropes, plus
expertise. To tackle Nelion (5,188m) or Batian (just 11m higher) you
need to be a proper mountaineer - like Felice Benuzzi, author of the
most compelling book in the considerable repertoire of mountain ...
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Luring Slugs to Their Doom; A Fatal Dish of Beer Helps Keep the Garden Free of These Slimy Creatures
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; ...thunderstorms-and garden slugs. The common slug may not be the gardener...and while numerous slugs were enticed by the...dent in our resident slug population. The following...leaf or shingle for slugs to gather under...s sand to deter slug travel; and chemicals...
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Slugs, and the People Who Love Them
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...His request for slugs to be nice is really...participating in the slug system. My nearly...it on to one of the slug Web sites. Perhaps one of the Woodbridge slugs will then take the...both himself and his slug riders a great favor by not picking up slugs again. I would hate...
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Slug retention ideas that have worked. (removal of slugs from dies) (Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Modern Machine Shop
; Slug Retention Ideas That Have Worked No one wants slug pulling. There are practical...punching operations. Slugs pulling out of a die...dulled in this way, the slugs usually stay down until...Prevention Ironically, slug retention is one of those...
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Slug load lessons: new ammunition designs bring incredible versatility. (Tech Corner).
Magazine article from: Petersen's Hunting
; ...and true old smoothbore slug gun and soft-Lead Foster-type slugs if you want to. They'll...Traditional Foster-type slugs are reliable out to about...yards. The best of today's slugs and slug guns can deliver accuracy...
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Slugs do the most damage at night
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN)
; ...handpicking is limited in its effectiveness. Slugs are sluggish, but a single slug can travel 30 feet or more in a night...first thing in the morning, then crush the slugs. A "slug tavern" attracts slugs with beer. This trap can be as simple...
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Slugs help researchers study brain, nerve cells
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail
; ...each of those cells - in slugs, people or any species...something are the same in the slug as in a human," he said...cells easy to spot The slugs are docile, hardy and...as the nation's major slug supplier for research...prodigious amounts of the slugs' favorite food, a red...
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Slugs prosper in damp, but can be dealt with
Newspaper article from: The Topeka Capital-Journal
; Submitted Slugs will make a meal out of...The Capital-Journal A slug is a snail that has lost...and plant debris so the slugs don't have those places...considered an invitation to slugs. There are numerous slug baits that are effective...
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Slug Guns Effective For Hunting ; Now Is The Time To Hit The Range To Prepare For Buck Season.
Newspaper article from: Sunday News Lancaster, PA
; ...hunters knows how effective slugs are. Slug guns can do better, but limiting...diameter is too large for the slug and its wad, and the slugs wobble or tilt, hurting accuracy...same time? Do not despair. Slugs and slug guns are highly effective and...
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Slug-gun lessons: stalking wild hogs along the Texas coast with a shotgun reveals untapped versatility.(Guns & Loads)
Magazine article from: Petersen's Hunting
; ...the rights to make similar slug loads in 1991, as did Federal in 1992. Then slugs quickly began to evolve...Coast, next, more advanced slugs will continue to appear. Slug Gun Accuracy Early sabot slugs with a rifle barrel didn...
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Ugh! Slugs. (interesting facts about the mollusk)
Magazine article from: New York State Conservationist
; ...salty, here are a few slug control tips. A sprinkling...ordinary table salt renders slugs into paralyzed, shriveled...piece de resistance of slug eradication. Slugs, it turns out, love...takes two to tango in the slug world. Slugs are hermaphrodites...
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