His many contributions in the field of mountain rescue work include developing a backpackable hydraulic winch...

At the start of 1950, he was a jackstraw in Washington. Then he discovered Communism—almost by inadvertence, as Columbus discovered America, as James Marshall discovered California gold. By the spring of the year, he was a towering figure […]

But he (as louing his owne pride, and purpoſes) / Euades them, with a bumbaſt Circumſtance, / Horribly ſtufft with Epithites of warre, / Non-ſuites my Mediators.

Rather unsexily, he chose to bury his bits in a teeny-weeny teacup.