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Posted: 12/18/2012 4:56:30 PM EDT
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Here's a similar one, Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower. http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/paris.htm I could look at those all day long. Love the detail. I've done a few single row panos and it's amazing the amount of detail you can get with even just 5 stitched images from a 50mm lens rather than 1 from a 17mm. Quoted:
Thats pretty cool. I should look it up. I read some of the accounts of the big disaster on K2 a few years later. I'm not belittling the climb at all, but from everything that I can read, Everest is not that difficult or technical of a climb. The danger comes obviously with the height and rapid weather changes. It's a real interesting watch. The author of the book kinda said the same thing. It is not the most technical mountain in the world, but due to weather and altitude, your margin of error is extremely narrow. And with 1996, had the weather turned bad just a few hours earlier or later, it could have shifted from 0 dead to 20-30 dead. |
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Posted: 12/18/2012 4:58:24 PM EDT
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Very cool! I could spend a lot of time looking at that.
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:00:17 PM EDT
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I see a couple people down near the green tents at the bottom of the camp
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:04:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:07:47 PM EDT
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I just found a lone climber up on the Khumbu ice flow
Damn, once you spot someone you can actually floow the path up the ice flow to others. Haven't found any of the higher camps yet... Sweet, found camp 3 I believe on the face of the ice! |
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:10:08 PM EDT
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I'm not zooming on anything. My luck I will home in on the upside down dead dude.
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:10:55 PM EDT
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Nice!
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:15:37 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:17:12 PM EDT
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Zoom all the way in to the top of the summit, then start scrolling down to the right. It's not too far from the top. |
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:17:31 PM EDT
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thats awesome
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:18:28 PM EDT
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its the peak to the right of Everest. i can only find base and what appears to be camp 3. lots of climbers though. |
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:19:25 PM EDT
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Near the summit of Nuptse. Far right hand peak. If they are climbers somebodies got an eye! 
Lots climbers in the ice fall. Fuck you! That is just nuts. Well established Camp 3 but I don't see any climbers above it. Look above and to the right of it and you can see the fracture in th "Yellow Band". Very cool stuff. |
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:22:32 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:23:16 PM EDT
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Zoom all the way in to the top of the summit, then start scrolling down to the right. It's not too far from the top. I think they are looking at the wrong mountain.... try the biggest one instead
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:24:53 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:27:47 PM EDT
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Wow, this is impressive.
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:29:37 PM EDT
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ok I wasn't impressed until I zoomed in on the base camps that kinda helped the perspective
 awesome pic thanks for sharing |
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:30:01 PM EDT
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/PhotoTWB/AR-15%20website%20help%20images/Mteverest.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/PhotoTWB/AR-15%20website%20help%20images/everest2.png When you pan directly UP, you'd see 2 base camps. |
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:32:52 PM EDT
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Pretty cool.
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:34:57 PM EDT
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There are 3 peaks in the center of this picture. On the right is Nuptse. In the center is Lhotse. On the left is Everest. The large patch of snow is refered to as the "Western Cwm". Camp 3 is midway up this feature. Above that and to the left there is a low spot between Everest and Lhotse. That is refered to as the "South Col". Camp 4 is here with the summit ridge being above and to the left. This is where Beck Weathers was left during the '96 event.
Wow! 15,876 people online. WTF? |
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:36:48 PM EDT
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They say you can see the base camps for the ascent clearly. Just have to find them...  Yeah, they're the yellow dots right at the bottom of the page when you open the picture. Next to the glacier flow. |
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:38:12 PM EDT
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Sweet!
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:41:40 PM EDT
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How do I save this image?
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:43:10 PM EDT
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Fucking magnificent.
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:46:27 PM EDT
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How long does it generally take to get to the summit form the bottom base camp?
I found a trail and some climbers up and to the left of the bottom camp but can't find 3. It's near the middle of the glacier right? |
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:49:26 PM EDT
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I flew over that once and took a picture.
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:55:51 PM EDT
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Very cool image.
I was not impressed until I zoomed in on base camp.
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Posted: 12/18/2012 5:59:22 PM EDT
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That's a lot of traffic up to camp 2.
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Posted: 12/18/2012 6:01:20 PM EDT
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Fantastic TY OP!
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Posted: 12/18/2012 6:04:53 PM EDT
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That's a lot of traffic up to camp 2. I think you are right about it being Camp 2. I thought it was 3 but it doesn't seem high enough. I have the boys tonight so am only able to grab a couple minutes at a time. 
Heres a route map: 
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Posted: 12/18/2012 6:10:42 PM EDT
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Damn, that's pretty cool!
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Posted: 12/18/2012 6:12:13 PM EDT
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Success!
Finally, a cool thread to make everybody forget about all my stupid ones.
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Posted: 12/18/2012 6:14:30 PM EDT
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How long does it generally take to get to the summit form the bottom base camp? I found a trail and some climbers up and to the left of the bottom camp but can't find 3. It's near the middle of the glacier right? Not that long really for the climbing. The acclimation to the altitude is what takes time. You have to climb up, spend time at an advanced camp, then come back down to a safer camp for a longer period, then you bounce between the other camps before reaching the final one before the summit. Also, lots of waiting for window in weather patterns to make the ascent. |
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Posted: 12/18/2012 6:14:57 PM EDT
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That's bad ass!!
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Posted: 12/18/2012 6:20:35 PM EDT
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Tag
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Posted: 12/18/2012 6:20:39 PM EDT
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How long does it generally take to get to the summit form the bottom base camp? I found a trail and some climbers up and to the left of the bottom camp but can't find 3. It's near the middle of the glacier right? Not that long really for the climbing. The acclimation to the altitude is what takes time. You have to climb up, spend time at an advanced camp, then come back down to a safer camp for a longer period, then you bounce between the other camps before reaching the final one before the summit. From what I remember in "Into Thin Air", the strong climbers left Camp 4 at midnight. Arrived at the summit between 1-2pm, and got down around 4-6pm. The ones who struggled didn't get in for hours later. ETA: Good info here: Climb Info |
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Posted: 12/18/2012 6:25:41 PM EDT
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tent city
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Posted: 12/18/2012 6:27:09 PM EDT
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Quoted: So if you were in good shape and cheated with O2 it really wouldn't take very long at all huh?Quoted: Quoted: How long does it generally take to get to the summit form the bottom base camp? I found a trail and some climbers up and to the left of the bottom camp but can't find 3. It's near the middle of the glacier right? Not that long really for the climbing. The acclimation to the altitude is what takes time. You have to climb up, spend time at an advanced camp, then come back down to a safer camp for a longer period, then you bounce between the other camps before reaching the final one before the summit. From what I remember in "Into Thin Air", the strong climbers left Camp 4 at midnight. Arrived at the summit between 1-2, and got down around 4-6. The ones who struggled didn't get in for hours later. Lots and lots of O2. Carrying it would be a problem |
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Posted: 12/18/2012 6:30:26 PM EDT
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So if you were in good shape and cheated with O2 it really wouldn't take very long at all huh?
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How long does it generally take to get to the summit form the bottom base camp? I found a trail and some climbers up and to the left of the bottom camp but can't find 3. It's near the middle of the glacier right? Not that long really for the climbing. The acclimation to the altitude is what takes time. You have to climb up, spend time at an advanced camp, then come back down to a safer camp for a longer period, then you bounce between the other camps before reaching the final one before the summit. From what I remember in "Into Thin Air", the strong climbers left Camp 4 at midnight. Arrived at the summit between 1-2, and got down around 4-6. The ones who struggled didn't get in for hours later. Cheating?  Unless you have experience on the 8K's and in outstanding physical shape, you probably wouldn't make it very far.....
It would probably kill me, oxygen or not. |
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Posted: 12/18/2012 6:32:00 PM EDT
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So if you were in good shape and cheated with O2 it really wouldn't take very long at all huh?
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How long does it generally take to get to the summit form the bottom base camp? I found a trail and some climbers up and to the left of the bottom camp but can't find 3. It's near the middle of the glacier right? Not that long really for the climbing. The acclimation to the altitude is what takes time. You have to climb up, spend time at an advanced camp, then come back down to a safer camp for a longer period, then you bounce between the other camps before reaching the final one before the summit. From what I remember in "Into Thin Air", the strong climbers left Camp 4 at midnight. Arrived at the summit between 1-2, and got down around 4-6. The ones who struggled didn't get in for hours later. I edited my above. Those were supposed to be PM. So roughly 14-20 hours round trip. I couldn't do it unless a Sherpa carried me. 
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Posted: 12/18/2012 6:36:20 PM EDT
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So if you were in good shape and cheated with O2 it really wouldn't take very long at all huh?
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How long does it generally take to get to the summit form the bottom base camp? I found a trail and some climbers up and to the left of the bottom camp but can't find 3. It's near the middle of the glacier right? Not that long really for the climbing. The acclimation to the altitude is what takes time. You have to climb up, spend time at an advanced camp, then come back down to a safer camp for a longer period, then you bounce between the other camps before reaching the final one before the summit. From what I remember in "Into Thin Air", the strong climbers left Camp 4 at midnight. Arrived at the summit between 1-2, and got down around 4-6. The ones who struggled didn't get in for hours later. Cheating? Unless you have experience on the 8K's and in outstanding physical shape, you probably wouldn't make it very far.....
It would probably kill me, oxygen or not. Its a very difficult thing to do. Takes lots of time and money and a whole shit load of determination. Zoom in on those little people in the ice fall above base camp. That looks scary as shit to me, and its just the first step. To summit without O2 is a very rare thing that only a handful of people are able to do. I would not be one of those people.
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Posted: 12/18/2012 6:37:48 PM EDT
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That is one gnarly MFer
If only... |
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Posted: 12/18/2012 6:43:02 PM EDT
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That is one gnarly MFer If only... If we all donated a P-mag we could probably afford to send you.
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Posted: 12/18/2012 6:46:31 PM EDT
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Up on the Lhotse face...
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Posted: 12/18/2012 6:51:28 PM EDT
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Wow, I found the summiting base camps, prayer flags strund in some GNARLY places, but I still cant identify the trail to the summit, or any skeletal deal climbers....
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Posted: 12/18/2012 7:15:39 PM EDT
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That is one gnarly MFer If only... If we all donated a P-mag we could probably afford to send you.
At the rate prices are rising maybe only a few pmags
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Posted: 12/18/2012 7:17:59 PM EDT
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Here's a similar one, Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower. http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/paris.htm I could look at those all day long. Love the detail. I've done a few single row panos and it's amazing the amount of detail you can get with even just 5 stitched images from a 50mm lens rather than 1 from a 17mm. Quoted:
Thats pretty cool. I should look it up. I read some of the accounts of the big disaster on K2 a few years later. I'm not belittling the climb at all, but from everything that I can read, Everest is not that difficult or technical of a climb. The danger comes obviously with the height and rapid weather changes. I saw the Discovery series, and it blows my mind. The camp at North Col is higher than any point outside the Himalayas, and that's where you launch from. If anything goes wrong, there's really no saving you--you're just dead. It's a real interesting watch. The author of the book kinda said the same thing. It is not the most technical mountain in the world, but due to weather and altitude, your margin of error is extremely narrow. And with 1996, had the weather turned bad just a few hours earlier or later, it could have shifted from 0 dead to 20-30 dead. |
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Posted: 12/18/2012 7:20:28 PM EDT
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Pretty nifty. Thanks.
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Posted: 12/18/2012 7:26:42 PM EDT
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I youtubed videos of the summit of Everest...and it looks like everyone took videos with their 2MP cell phone camera...
WTF...I want HD personal videos of the summit damnit!
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Posted: 12/18/2012 7:34:06 PM EDT
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Okay, I spotted 4 dead climbers. What do I win?
Thats what i was looking for. Didnt see any. I see dead people or a rock wish it would zoom in once more |
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