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jducoeur ([personal profile] jducoeur) wrote2005-09-17 11:50 pm
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Signs of the times...

Things that make you realize just how ubiquitous the Net has become:

My stepbrother Mike Teger is currently climbing Shishapangma, the 14th tallest peak in the world. With his digital camera. Using a satellite uplink to maintain a website describing the trip, complete with photos, as they climb the mountain.

Really quite neat -- Mike's gotten a number of cool pictures from Tibet. My favorite shot, of the base camp at night, is on this page, which currently isn't available from the navigation, due to a link error. (OTOH, I can't really fault them for having a few bugs, given that they're maintaining the page from three miles up...)

[identity profile] madamruppy.livejournal.com 2005-09-18 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much - that is seriously going to be the highlight of my day. I have always been fascinated by mountain climbing even though I don't do it. I'm going to Nepal and Everest (just base camp) in two years, although I do plan on summiting Kiliminjaro in 7. I have bookmarked the page and will be following the expedition.