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COPYRIGHT 2001 The Dallas Morning News
Byline: Alan Goldstein
Feb. 21--BUSINESS PARTNERS FIND INSIGHT ABOVE CLOUDS: They trained in a 40-story office tower, making their way up the stairwells five times in a row, lugging backpacks filled with 75 pounds of copier paper.
But nothing could've prepared the co-CEOs of Akili, an Internet consulting firm in downtown Dallas, for the numbing cold and the thin air they experienced last month as they approached the summit of Mount Aconcagua in Argentina, at nearly 23,000 feet.
"Someone asked me yesterday if I would do it again," said Shiek Shah, back in his 15th floor office in Bryan Tower. "I didn't hesitate. I said no."
The Aconcagua climb wasn't the first big adventure for Mr. Shah, 40, and his business partner, Andrew Thorby, 43. Self-proclaimed adrenaline junkies, they've driven race cars in...
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