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467### [at] hotmail com...
> That is above sea level. I tried some website that matches
> postal code to hight and that gave a whopping 24 meters
> above sea level for some random point in Nijmegen.
Do local authorities provide free O2 bottles? ;-)
Marc
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On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:15:51 +0200, andrel wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:04:29 +0200, Thomas de Groot wrote:
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>>> No, I live 5m below mean sea-level (now, let's see if anybody can
>>> pin-point where that may be )
>>
>> Well, it *could* be Daytona, FL, which is below sea level (I went to
>> school there), but I'm guessing that's not where you are. ;-)
>>
>> I'll guess Nijmegen, NL. :-)
>
> That is above sea level. I tried some website that matches postal code
> to hight and that gave a whopping 24 meters above sea level for some
> random point in Nijmegen.
>
> I also found this image: http://www.ahn.nl/demo/ahn-nederland1.jpg
Shoot, I'll bet I'm not far away, though. :-)
Jim
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Marc wrote:
> 467### [at] hotmailcom...
>> That is above sea level. I tried some website that matches
>> postal code to hight and that gave a whopping 24 meters
>> above sea level for some random point in Nijmegen.
>
> Do local authorities provide free O2 bottles? ;-)
The air is a bit thinner, but you generally adjust in a week time.
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"andrel" <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> schreef in bericht
news:467### [at] hotmailcom...
>>
>> No, I live 5m below mean sea-level (now, let's see if anybody can
>> pin-point where that may be :-) )
> haarlemmermeerpolder/hoofddorp ?
Exactly!!
Thomas
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"andrel" <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> schreef in bericht
news:467### [at] hotmailcom...
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> I also found this image: http://www.ahn.nl/demo/ahn-nederland1.jpg
Ah yes! That's the new altitude data map. That would have been invaluable
when I was still professionally active.
Thomas
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"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> schreef in bericht
news:4676df8c$1@news.povray.org...
> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:04:29 +0200, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>
>> No, I live 5m below mean sea-level (now, let's see if anybody can
>> pin-point where that may be )
>
> Well, it *could* be Daytona, FL, which is below sea level (I went to
> school there), but I'm guessing that's not where you are. ;-)
>
> I'll guess Nijmegen, NL. :-)
>
No, no! To far to the east, but in same country.
(Andrel guessed of course, but that was more easy forhim :-) )
Thomas
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High!
andrel schrieb:
> That is above sea level. I tried some website that matches
> postal code to hight and that gave a whopping 24 meters
> above sea level for some random point in Nijmegen.
True highlanders... but what about this:
http://home.arcor.de/yadgar/photos/pict0041.jpg
I guess most Dutch make it to the summit only with additional oxygen,
not to forget the obligatory Sherpa carriers!
See you on www.khyberspace.de !
Yadgar
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High!
andrel schrieb:
I also found this image: http://www.ahn.nl/demo/ahn-nederland1.jpg
Note the rugged mountains in the extreme southeast... must be the Dutch
Hindu Kush!
See you on www.khyberspace.de !
Yadgar
Now playing: I've Been Losing You, Extended Version (a-ha)
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news:4677cff5$1@news.povray.org...
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> True highlanders... but what about this:
>
> http://home.arcor.de/yadgar/photos/pict0041.jpg
>
> I guess most Dutch make it to the summit only with additional oxygen, not
> to forget the obligatory Sherpa carriers!
>
Oh dear!! Never been there! I get already breathing problems as soon as I
pass the 0m altitude line :-)
Thomas
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wrote:
>http://home.arcor.de/yadgar/photos/pict0041.jpg
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>I guess most Dutch make it to the summit only with additional oxygen,
>not to forget the obligatory Sherpa carriers!
How did he get the bike up there and why a bike?
Of all the things you associate with Netherlanders like bottle openers, old
masters, old cheese, purses etc. where did he get the idea to take a bike to the
top of the world? :-)
Regards
Stephen
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