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  2. Sophie Blanchard - Wikipedia

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    She and her husband were in an accident on a joint flight in 1807 (her 11th ascent, possibly his 61st), in which they crashed and he sustained a head injury. The shock apparently left her mute for a while. [5] Sophie made her first ascent in a balloon with Blanchard in Marseilles on 27 December 1804. The couple faced bankruptcy as a result of ...

  3. Decompression sickness - Wikipedia

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    the rate of ascent – the faster the ascent the greater the risk of developing DCS. The U.S. Navy Diving Manual indicates that ascent rates greater than about 20 m/min (66 ft/min) when diving increase the chance of DCS, while recreational dive tables such as the Bühlmann tables require an ascent rate of 10 m/min (33 ft/min) with the last 6 m ...

  4. She’s Vashti Cunningham, Olympian. He’s Randall Cunningham ...

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    Vashti’s ascent in a sport she was practically built for has very much been a family affair. She followed in her older brother’s footsteps. Now her younger sister, Grace, is following in hers.

  5. Glossary of climbing terms - Wikipedia

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    The first successful ascent of a new route by any means, including aid climbing (i.e. not via free climbing). first free ascent. Also FFA. The first ascent of a new route without aid, following the free climbing criteria of a redpoint. first female free ascent. Also FFFA. The first female to complete a free ascent of a route that has already ...

  6. List of first ascents of mountain summits - Wikipedia

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    The list does not include the first ascent of new routes to previously climbed mountain summits. For example, this list contains the first ascent of the summit of the Eiger in 1858, but not the more famous first ascent of the north face of the Eiger in 1938 .

  7. Naismith's rule - Wikipedia

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    The original Naismith's rule from 1892 says that one should allow one hour per three miles on the map and an additional hour per 2000 feet of ascent. [1] [4] It is included in the last sentence of his report from a trip. [1] [8] Today it is formulated in many ways. Naismith's 1 h / 3 mi + 1 h / 2000 ft can be replaced by:

  8. Book excerpt: "Source Code: My Beginnings" by Bill Gates - AOL

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    A game of tic-tac-toe is so simple, even kids learn it quickly. But it felt like a triumph to get a machine to do it. I loved how the computer forced me to think. It was completely unforgiving in ...

  9. Ascending and descending (diving) - Wikipedia

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    A commonly used procedure for ascent in open water when not ascending along a shot line or anchor cable is to use the more recently developed delayed surface marker buoy, or decompression buoy, inflated and deployed at the start of the ascent to notify any vessel in the vicinity of presence and location of the divers as well as helping to ...