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Bahia El Oddi
“Bahia! Let’s climb this tree together!” Mehdi shouted from the other side of the garden. We raced to climb the tree as fast as possible. “Nasty kids! Stop it! It is forbidden!” As always, the gardener was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Mountains for Miracles Update
Three HBS students are climbing the world’s tallest mountains to raise money to fight childhood cancer. Donations may be made at: www.mountainsformiracles.org. View Details
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Jan Petzel
After scaling Mount Everest in 2013, Jan Petzel (MBA 2003) transformed his personal triumph into an opportunity to raise funds for the construction of a permanent shelter and medical facility in the Gokyu Lakes region of Nepal for the porters who assist the View Details
Keywords: Other Financial Services
- 11 Jun 2014
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Improving conditions for climbers' guides in Nepal
After scaling Mount Everest in 2013, Jan Petzel (MBA 2003) transformed his personal triumph into an opportunity to raise funds for the construction of a permanent shelter and medical facility in the Gokyu Lakes region of Nepal for the porters who assist the View Details
Kenneth S. Adams
Adams climbed the ranks at Phillips Petroleum, beginning as a clerk in the warehouse division. In 1938, when Adams became president, Phillips Petroleum had a gross income of $78 million with 8,000 employees. When Adams retired from that... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
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Vibha Kaushik
"That's your father's school," grandma said, pointing, as we gazed at the decrepit building in the village. Sitting on black stone steps to the school, I imagined my dad's tiny bare feet climbing them years back. She told... View Details
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Mira Lee
In my lifetime I want to question everything always feel the "first kiss tingles" every time I kiss experience absolute bliss fly fishing in Montana, climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, visiting the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, seeing the... View Details
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Anonymous
I may have a superhuman expectation but it's okay to dream... i want to challenge myself with adventures - build an organization for disadvantaged youth in india or africa, climb mount kilimanjaro or everest, cycle through egypt for... View Details
- 04 May 2017
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Going the Distance
Photo courtesy of Martin Frey Martin Frey (AMP 165, 2003) didn’t plan to become the first person in the world to climb the Seven Summits and sail the Seven Seas, an achievement that earned him placement in the Guinness World Records. Yet... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Taking the Long View
Street , said, “Work hard and never give up, those were very valuable lessons I learned from trying to compete with Al.” Another Gordon lesson is the key to longevity. Known for long city walks and for climbing the stairs in skyscrapers,... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
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Professor Ramchandran Jaikumar Remembered
Ramchandran Jaikumar, the School's Daewoo Professor of Business Administration and a renowned authority on manufacturing management and technology, died on February 10 of a heart attack while mountain climbing in Quito, Ecuador. He was 53... View Details
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Madison Mauze
Live Fully I want to live each and everyday fully: To climb high; to reach low extending a helping hand. To run hard; to sleep soundly. To follow my passions; to face my fears and not be controlled by them. To empathize with others!... View Details
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Agnes Sauvage
I want to get high. I want to edge risk. I want to climb to remember I am alive. I plan to leave room for Nature in my business plans. I am going to the mountains and I will bring the mountains to you. I will help you listen to the music... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
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The Last Frontier
have...is that people like me. The other is that my logic is impeccable. My life, my death, my control.” The article noted, “Gardner does not live like a man waiting to die” as he works out regularly and prepares to climb Mt. Rainier. The... View Details
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Qing Zhao
trying. Until he, my middle-school literature teacher, pulled me aside and urged, "I see potential in you. Be exceptional. You can." For the first time, I saw myself as more than those names. I saw possibilities. When others pushed me down, he challenged me... View Details
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Ian McLean
believe cancer was fatal. I wish to hear laughter in my classroom when I remind students of how serious and pretentious they were on their oh-so-important first day of university. I want to make my wife laugh as we lazily watch the sunset from a newly View Details
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Thomas Grenier
press forward to reach the 8,035-meter summit. "We turned back," says Thomas, "to climb another day." Gasherbrum II was one in a series of challenges Thomas undertook with just one partner and no guides. After... View Details
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Cristian van Tienhoven
restore a Porsche 356 speedster, motorcycle through Africa, refuse to accept mediocrity, laugh (a lot), climb Everest, learn yo-yo tricks (with both hands), never forget my p's and q's (please & thank you's), dance the tango in San... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
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How Much is Fair?
market to decide” what executive compensation should be, but added that “the problem comes when the market isn’t really free, and the CEO largely sets his own pay.” He further pointed out that from 1980 to 2001, the average working person’s pay rose 74 percent, while... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
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The Great Priority Reset
There’s no telling when business travel will rebound, but if history is any guide, we will have to be patient. It took four years for business travel to climb back to previous levels after the terrorist attacks of 2001. With fewer... View Details