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Aggie aims to be the youngest queer climber to scale K2 By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer Growing up, Aidan Hyman struggled to be queer in athletic spaces — whether that was his high school cross country team or elementary flag football teams. Now, this UC Davis student aims to become the youngest known queer mountaineer to trek one of the deadliest mountains in the world: K2 in Pakistan, starting on June 17. Landing in Pakistan with Lucy Westlake (the youngest American woman to summit Everest) and their collegiate mountaineering group, Hyman will be 20 years old when he arrives at base camp; his birthday is a couple of days before. And while the youngest person ever was 19 years old, Hyman will be the youngest queer climber to reach the base camp, which is 16,400 feet above sea level. In some YouTube videos on climbing K2, other climbers have said the mountain is
“trying to kill you.” As most of his friends and family are concerned for Hyman, they’ve seen him train for the past couple of months and have been nothing but supportive, he said. Taking all of the necessary precautions, there is a long list of natural dangers on K2 that, if not prepared for, can have deadly consequences, some of which include but are not limited to: altitude sickness, extreme weather conditions (mainly snow storms), treacherous glacial terrain, remote location, landslides, limited communication, and a plethora of other factors. Knowing the risks, Hyman wants to demonstrate the skill of LGBTQ mountaineers and raise money for local charities. Hyman wants to use this expedition to show queer youth that everyone belongs in mountaineering. The trek to base camp should take about two weeks and will be led by the notable sherpa Mingma Chhiring. Through his campaign, Hyman hopes to raise thousands of dollars for charities that advocate for LGBTQ+ youth. Hyman is dedicating his climb to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and hopes to fundraise for
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UC Davis student Aidan Hyman aims to take on the windswept slopes of K2, far from Northern California.
WOODLAND — The attorney for a Woodland teen accused of causing a fiery collision that killed two people and wounded eight others wants his juvenile court proceedings closed to members of the public. Yolo County prosecutors have charged the 13-year-old with two counts each of murder and gross vehicular manslaughter in connection with the April 8 collision that fatally injured Woodland resident Tina Vital, 43, and her 4-year-old granddaughter Adalina Perez. Authorities say the boy stole the family car that he drove at high speeds through town, striking two other vehicles traveling through the intersection of Court and College streets. The wreckage caught fire after the impact, engulfing Vital’s car. Yolo Superior Court Judge Janene Beronio set a briefing schedule on the closure request during a court appearance for the teen on Wednesday, with a hearing and ruling set for June 20. The boy’s attorney, Martina Avalos, could not be reached for
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Board delays decision on replacing Hyder Researchers, activists sound By Aaron Geerts alarm on highway widening Enterprise staff writer
The school board meeting on Thursday, June 1 was wrought with pride as rainbow colors flooded the community chambers. Even with a lengthy agenda ahead, the public comment section was filled with advocacy for all walks of life, genders and sexual orientations. Commenters stepped forward in the public comment section and thanked the board of education for helping create a safe and welcoming place for all walks of life to attend school. After the public comment section, the board moved onto the upcoming
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board of education trustee vacancy left by Betsy Hyder who has had to HYDER step down due to, as Stepping down Superintendent Matt Best stated, personal circumstances and relocation. After a lengthy discussion of options, the board opted to abstain from appointing a new board trustee until more information is gathered. However, the board appeared to be leaning towards leaving the appointment of the new board trustee to the community’s vote.
WEATHER Today: Sunny and warm. High 93. Low 62.
From there came the May state budget update given by Superintendent Best. The Superintendent started it off by going over the numerous variables that influence the district’s budget including inflation, unemployment, enrollment decline and other trends. From there, Best handed the presentation off to the deputy superintendent of business services, Bruce Colby. “The local control funding formula – LCFF – is a major source of revenue for the district’s budget bringing in over 60% of the district funding. It’s driven by state funding factors and local DJUSD factors. The
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By Monica Stark Enterprise staff writer The Yolo Causeway commute is no joke. Between the morning and afternoon peak driving hours on the weekdays and the Tahoe travelers on the weekends, for years, the congestion has caused indigestion on Highway 80. A $200 to $300 million project known as the Yolo 80 Corridor Improvement Project seeks to mitigate those sluggish driving cycles. Caltrans proposed eight options, one of which is a no-build; another makes improvements to the
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existing fast lane. The remaining six would add a lane to Interstate-80 in Yolo County. According to Caltrans, all but the nobuild options include the addition of very limited bicycle and pedestrian improvements and managed lanes (ie, bus, carpool, or toll lanes). And, yet widening the freeways, as Amy Lee, a Ph.D. candidate in the Transportation Technology & Policy Graduate Group at UC Davis explains, is “a candy-like notion: it's easy to eat. It feels good. It seems like it would make sense
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