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Operations on his eyes. >> wow that is icy. >> he always skis with a guide who wears bright colors and has a small speaker on his back to warn max about obstacles and turns. >> i would describe him as indestructible. >> dave bridges has been coaching max for six years. >> max's spirit -- he's got such a can-do attitude. >> giving him this poster for inspiration. >> every time i look at it, i'm like, i can do this. i'm not going to give up. >> max now set to compete for team usa, as the youngest person on their paralympic nordic ski team. but he's not stopping there. >> i want to keep inspiring...

A 17-year-old from Mahtomedi High School will compete at the Paralympics in Beijing as the youngest person on the U.S. Nordic Skiing Team. Max Nelson said he got the phone call from Team USA two weeks ago. “I thought they were joking. I was very excited. I didn’t know what else to say, you know?” […]

His life’s grand pursuit has killed his closest companions. His bride-to-be is his best friend’s widow. His exploding fame owes as much to happenstance (stumbling upon Mallory’s body on Everest) and luck (escaping an avalanche in Tibet) as it does to his great skill as a mountaineer. An intimate look at the serendipitous, tumultuous, and nearly unbearable success of Conrad Anker.

Los Altos resident Dave Bridges has had a lifelong fascination with airplanes, from building model planes in high school into retirement – including the radio-controlled variety – to becoming a flight instructor in the U.S. Army Air Corps, to a 37-year career flying for Pan American World Airways. Even now, at 100 years old, when he sees jets flying overhead, he muses, “Oh, I wish I could be up there and do it again.” Bridges survived prostate cancer 30 years ago, a bad leg break more than a decade ago and, last November, COVID-19. Through it all, he has remained philosoph...