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Monthly Archives: February 2005
Check Your Elevation and GPS Coordinates With Your (Ricoh) Camera for Only $1,149
If you really, really, really want to prove you visited a highpoint, Ricoh has come out with the Ricoh Pro G3 GPS Camera which records your coordinates and elevation with your shot. It’s a little pricey for a 3.2 megapixel, … Continue reading
Posted in Cameras, GPS, Technology
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Hollywood Ending to Night on Mount Baldy
Hollywood is abuzz over the return of Clay Senechal, 23, (son of Designing Women Star Annie Potts) and and screenwriter Jonathan Lempkin, 43, whose credits include “The Devil’s Advocate” and “Lethal Weapon 4″ from white out and ice conditions on … Continue reading
Posted in Accidents, California
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Search Abandoned After 2 Weeks in Pemigewasset Wilderness
The Union Leader reports officials have abandoned thesearch Robert Sypek. Working from a brief note left in the car that said he was heading on a hike to the Galehead and Zealand huts, ground crews covered about 25 miles of … Continue reading
Posted in Accidents, General, New Hampshire
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Lahar False Alert on Rainier
KIRO-TV reports officials are investigating why Rainier’s lahar mud flow sirens went off accidentally Tuesday morning. The sirens are normally tested each month
Posted in Washington
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RMI Guide Airlifted Off Rainier After Problems on Ptarmigan Ridge Route
King5 reports Rainier Mountaineering Guide Chris Bamer was airlifted from Camp Muir after suffering from frostbite on the Ptarmigan Ridge route after running into chest deep snow and white out conditions. His companion Rob Montague accompanied by five rescuers was … Continue reading
Posted in Accidents, Washington
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NASA Seeks Help Identifying UFO Over Haleakala and Mauna Kea
The astronomy obsessed Hawaii is buzzing over a UFO over Mauna Kea and Haleakala on December 17, 2004. A moving image of the UFO (380K) was published as NASA’s photo of the day today (Feb. 8). Officials ruled out known … Continue reading
Posted in Hawaii, Offbeat, Phenomenon, Space
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Microsoft Seeks Patent on Longitude/Latitude
Slashdot has got tongues wagging over what it considers in essence an attempt by Micosoft to patent latitude/longitude over the presentation of data. The problem Microsoft says is that latitude/longitude in URL’s can take up too many digits. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Maps, Offbeat, Technology
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Savage Summit: The Fatal Lifes of the First 5 Women to Summit K2
The New York Times in reviewing Jennifer Jordan’s book about the first five women who climbed K2 (and had unhappy ends) notes the women also had unhappy lifes. The book is entitled “Savage Summit : The True Stories of the … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Books, Continents, Culture
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Sumatra 9.0 Quake Set Off Quakes a Record 7,000 Miles Away on Mount Wrangell in Alaska
Sitnews reports that the 9.0 Sumatra earthquake that touched off the Boxing Day Tidal initiated 12 tiny earthquakes on Mount Wrangell, the 14,163 foot volcano in Alaska. Authorities believe this would be the longest documented reported of related quakes (7,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Earthquakes, Phenomenon
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Kilimanjaro Porters Protest Working Conditions
The London Times reports porters who carry bags up Mount Kilimanjaro to alert the world to horrible conditions including as many as ten porters being forced to sleep in tents designed for four, no sleeping bags or mats and not … Continue reading
Posted in 7 Summits, Africa, Continents, General
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NPS Reeling From Plan for 2,200 Home Development INSIDE New River Gorge National River Boundaries
The Charleston Gazette reports that Land Resource Companies of Atlanta wants to build a 2,200-home development along the banks of New River Gorge on 4,300 acres including 600 acres within the park boundaries. If built, the development would be visible … Continue reading
Posted in West Virginia
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Couple in India To Tie Knot 2,000 Feet In the Air Coming From Different Mountains
Mumbai News reports that an Indian couple plans to get married suspended by ropes between mountains 2,000 feet off the ground. Harnessed to a rope, the groom (Ashriwad Ayre) will move towards the centre of the gap from Duke’s Nose … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Asia, Offbeat
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Concern for Horrific Fire Season as Mount Hood Snow Pack is Third Worst in History
KGW reports hydrologists are very concerned about a horrific fire season this summer as the snow pack on Mount Hood (and the Northwest in general) is the third lowest in recorded history. Snow packs in the Willamette basin went from … Continue reading
Hiker’s Body Found Month After Getting Off Commuter Train at Breakneck Ridge in New York
Here’s an update on February 3, 2005: WNBC reports the body of Myung Geuk Choi has been found at the base of a 100 foot cliff at Breakneck Ridge in suburban New York City. Trails.com had noted the Breakneck is … Continue reading
How to Ice Climb in Iowa? Use a Silo!
The Los Angeles Times reports that Don Briggs at the University of Northern Iowa has a way for Midwesterners to ice climb by using grain silos. This is accomplished by pouring water from a hose down a concrete (not metal) … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Iowa, Offbeat
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