Tall stories

Posted by @ 5:04 pm on Wednesday 27th June, 2012.
Categories: 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:

2 Responses to “Tall stories”

  1. alan.sloman says:

    That Guinness will get all hot in the sunshine.

  2. BG! says:

    Originally Posted By alan.sloman
    That Guinness will get all hot in the sunshine.

    It's empty so it hardly matters 😉

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