Scaling Eagle Stone page-number “With Changing Students and Times

“With Changing Students and Times

Natasha Trethewey

Part of the New York Times Early Edition collection

is subject to ‘the vicissitudes of fortune

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Scaling Eagle Stone page-number “With Changing Students and TimesA young man climbs daunting Eagle Stone in the village of Baslow in Derbyshire, England. According to tradition, the local men had to climb atop the 19 foot high block of gritstone to prove their manliness and fitness for marriage. It's definitely an uphill struggle because some of the higher parts of the stone overhang the lower parts. For those not trying to win a young woman's hand, Eagle Stone is one of the many interesting rock formations found