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Show Paga B9 (The (Dmfg-3nfapgMftc- Thursday, June 1, 2000 nt Congressional measure would benefit uranium miners sickened by occupation More former uranium miner and Westerners sickened by aboveground nuclear tests could get government payments of up to $100,000 each under a measure sent to the full House on Wednesday, May 24. According to recent news reports, the House Judiciary Committee endorsed a Senate-passe- d bill that would expand the list of cancers and other diseases that make former miners or nuclear test eligible for compensation under a 1990 law. The measure also would add uranium miners and uraopen-p- it nium mill workers to those w ho can seek the payments, and adds five states to the list of six states where such workers are eligible. Hie bill, as well as the 1990 law, provides much deserved compensation for the people who provided this country with uranium when we needed it most," said Utah Republican Rep. Chris Cannon, whose district includes many of those eligible for compensation. The law was meant to help Westerners who became ill because of their involvement in Cold War nuclear weapons production. Much of the uranium used in nuclear weapons was mined in the Four Corners area of Arizona. New Mexico, Colorado and nuclear tests Utah, and abo were detonated in New Mexico and Nevada. Critics of the 1990 law are seeking the changes, saying the original law was too narrow and too many people with legitimate claims are being denied. As of March 1, the Justice Department had paid 3,302 claims worth $244 million and denied 3,500 claims. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the proposed changes would cost $1 billion during the next two decades. Among other things, the bill would extend eligibility to uranium workers from South Dakota, North Dakota, Idaho, Oregon and Tfexas. The current law covers Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Washington state. Other specific changes in the bill include: Adding leukemia and cancers of the lung, thyroid, brain, kidney, esophagus and stomach to the list of cancers that make miners eligible for compensation. Kidney disease and two lung ailments also would be added to the list. 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After some long, terrifying minutes, Messner finally climbs out of the icy abyss and goes on to become the first solo climber to reach the summit of Everest A natural question, when pon- dering such risky feats, is to ask Why do they do it?" When it comes to climbing gnarly peaks, surfing monster waves and shooting huge rapids, extreme sports veteran John Long is the ultimate spokesman for a group of athletes who seem far removed from most peoples reality. A legendary performer in the world of rock climbing, Long is credited with the first one-da- y ascent of El Capitan and with the first free ascent of Washington Columns East Face in Yosemite. The author of 26 books, he is a prolific and skilled writer. There are over a million copies of Longs award-winnin- g instructional and adventure books in print. According to Long, solo climbers adventurers aren't and other high-ris- k folks its different tnan "normal any just the scale and degree of risk that changes. There is no mystery to it If you lode around, youll see that what gets people excited are new experiences -buying a car or having a kid, for example. . Extreme sports enthusiasts are no different except they are encountering new things mi a grand scale." And they are taking bigger risks, too. Extreme sports involve varying levels ofjeopardy and some people are ing to gamble everything for the rush that comes with new, rich adventures," says Long. They have a lust for lifechanging episodes, which more often than not involve the risk of serious injury or even death ... this is what distinguishes extreme sports from all other forms of recreation." The awareness of extreme - or adventure sports has been on the rise lately, thanks in part to several popular and exciting books on the topic. Long himself is editor of the Adventure Series which includes The Big Drop, The High Lonesome, The Liquid Locomotive and the soon-to-b- e released Long on Adventure, all Falcon Publishing. by "The constant with all adventure sports is a simple and final rule: a break in form or an error in judgment can kill you," writes Long in The Big Drop. And theres also a chance nature will serve up something for which no amount of judg- can or ment technique compensate. ..Once the adventure starts pushing the envelope its all up in the air - theres no foretelling the outcome." Extreme sports include a variety of activities, from parachuting cliffs to surfing the largest ofl'5, 000-fowaves in the world. At-t- h of these scary feats are sometimes hard to come by, for the simple reason that the participants have little time or energy to record their harrowing experiences. However, Longs Adventure series captures some ofthe wildest climbpaddling ing, surfing and white-wate- r stories ever told. 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Like big wave surfers, solo rock climbers also push the limits ofrisk and skill Soloists are looking for many things, writes Long in his book on epic solo climbs The High Lonesome. They are in search of new frontiers, impossible challenges, technical limits, self discovery and the unknown. But no matter what reasons solo climbers may give, each is courting doom." Ivan Ghirardini, the first solo climber to scale The Shroud, a 5,000 foot wall of ice in the French Alps, describes what may be the motivating forces for g athletes. There cm the many mountain I had lived for a few days the Lfe of the visionary, the mystic - prey to a spiritual exaltation undreamed of before...the intensity of the experience I had lived was above and beyond anything I had previously known," he writes in The High Lonesome. From big wave surfers to extreme solo climbers, adventure sports enthusiasts are after one thing, says Long. 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