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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
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> 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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news: 4677e14a$1@news.povray.org...
> Oh dear!! Never been there! I get already breathing problems as soon as I
> pass the 0m altitude line :-)
>
> Thomas
You know strangely I feel the same problem here but the other way :-)
Marc
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High!
Stephen schrieb:
> 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? :-)
As most Dutch-made carburetors fail already in the comparatively
low-lying outskirts of Vaals, there are no buses going up the summit of
Mt. Vaalserberg, so I had to take the bike! And, believe me, it was a
truly heroic ascent, full of blizzards, avalanches, glacier crevasses,
three-digits subzero windchill and even snow leopard attacks... until
finally, I stood for the first time of my life atop the highest
elevation of a sovereign country!
In the future, I'd like to go for Botrange in Belgium's Haute Fagnes
highlands, later perhaps even for Ireland's Carrantuohil or Ben Nevis in
Scotland! But then, thinking about discarded NASA spacesuits would be a
good idea...
See you on www.khyberspace.de !
Yadgar
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news:467851ba@news.povray.org...
> In the future, I'd like to go for Botrange in Belgium's Haute Fagnes
> highlands, later perhaps even for Ireland's Carrantuohil or Ben Nevis in
> Scotland! But then, thinking about discarded NASA spacesuits would be a
> good idea...
>
Not to forget the heavy boots necessary in zero gravity zones.....
Thomas
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wrote:
> I stood for the first time of my life atop the highest
>elevation of a sovereign country!
Well done, so that is you? It is nice to put a face to your posts.
Regards
Stephen
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4677cff5$1@news.povray.org...
> True highlanders... but what about this:
>
> http://home.arcor.de/yadgar/photos/pict0041.jpg
>
Note the cobbled step to make it even higher :-)
Marc
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news:467851ba@news.povray.org...
> In the future, I'd like to go for Botrange in Belgium's Haute Fagnes
> highlands, later perhaps even for Ireland's Carrantuohil or Ben Nevis in
> Scotland! But then, thinking about discarded NASA spacesuits would be a
> good idea...
>
...And you should go to the deepest points too! (not caves!)
- Alexanderpolder (NL) -8m, if I am correct
- Death Sea
- Death Valley
- Kara Bogaz
... and several others certainly
Thomas
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