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Hiking Ben Nevis in a Kilt
By Andrew Evans, National Geographic Traveler & Myles Farnbank, Wilderness Scotland
Gale force winds and short skirts don’t mix, but I took the risk all the same. My aim was the great and imposing Scottish mountain called Ben Nevis–the highest point in the United Kingdom (4,409′ ft, 1,344 m). As for wearing a kilt, well, when in Scotland . . . True kilts are made of…
Of all the Smithsonian museums on the Mall in Washington, DC, the Hirshhorn is probably the least known and perhaps the least understood. Maybe that’s why I like it so much—(also maybe because it’s shaped like a doughnut?) Patrons of the Hirshhorn are a self-selecting lot, for contemporary conceptual art is not everybody’s cup of…
