Posts tagged 'Everest'

Tall stories

Posted by on June 27th 2012 in In the News, Pics

There was an interesting story in The Telegraph yesterday - the fur's flying over accusations of folk Photoshopping their pics with the intent of "proving" that they topped-out on Everest.

I never felt the need to cheat in such a manner. After stopping for a beer some way short of the top I dozed off, and when I awoke I found that the support team had gone home so I never quite reached the summit.

Don't believe me? Here's a photo to prove it:

 

Background image: Mount Everest from Kalapatthar. Photo: Pavel Novak. Source: Wikipedia. Pasted image: Jamie Bassnett.

 Not to scale.

:mrgreen:

Numb

Posted by on December 17th 2010 in Health, or lack thereof
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Today I had three root-canal fillings to try to delay the inevitable extraction of one cracked tooth. The anaesthetic has worn off and despite me maxing-out on Ibuprofen the pain is considerable and predicted to persist for up to three weeks.

After finding and reading this (via this post), however, I realise that a little toothache is small-change compared to what others go through.

Harrowing. I can't think of a more suitable word.