Join us on the mountain

spar2

I would love to be all bundled up and have a sled and especially if my grandkids could be with me.  what an adventure that would be.

spar2

What an adventure we have had today.

SoCalLisa

this is what is looks like when we get snow in the mountains here..

Anonymous

Mount Everest, also called Sagarmatha (Nepali: सगरमाथा meaning Head of the Sky) or Chomolungma, Qomolangma or Zhumulangma (in Tibetan: ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ, in Chinese: 珠穆朗玛峰 Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng) is the highest mountain on Earth, as measured by the height of its summit above sea level, which is 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). The mountain, which is part of the Himalaya range in High Asia, is located on the border between Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal, and Tibet, China.

In 1856, the Great Trigonometric Survey of India established the first published height of Everest at 29,002 ft (8,840 m), although at the time Everest was known as Peak XV. In 1865, Everest was given its official English name by the Royal Geographical Society upon recommendation of Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India at the time. Waugh was unable to propose an established local name because Nepal and Tibet were closed to foreigners at the time, although Chomolungma had been in common use by Tibetans for centuries.

The highest mountain in the world attracts climbers of all levels, from well experienced mountaineers to novice climbers willing to pay substantial sums to professional mountain guides to complete a successful climb. The mountain, while not posing substantial technical climbing difficulty on the standard route (other eight-thousanders such as K2 or Nanga Parbat are much more difficult), still has many inherent dangers such as altitude sickness, weather and wind. By the end of the 2007 climbing season, there had been 3,679 ascents to the summit by 2,436 individuals. This means climbers are a significant source of tourist revenue for Nepal, whose government also requires all prospective climbers to obtain an expensive permit, costing up to US$25,000 per person.^[4] Everest has claimed 210 lives, including eight who perished during a 1996 storm high on the mountain. Conditions are so difficult in the death zone that most corpses have been left where they fell, some of which are visible from standard climbing routes.^[5]

SoCalLisa

Too cold for me, Nicki

Anonymous

SoCal:  Ok all ready.  Is this warm enough for ya?

Nicki

SoCalLisa

haha...is that where I am headed??

spar2

$25,000 would be way too expensive for me and with asthma I think it is out of the question.  Oh well, I will stick to my little mountain I climb in the Chickasaw national park.  Bromide mountain.

celia088

Mt. Vesuvius--

Mt. Vesuvius Crater--

She is spewing nasty stuff---

Mary-Lou

Snow on the Tucson Mt

Mary-Lou

Beautiful picture Lisa.

Spar, I love your avatar...so cute. I could eat one now!

SoCalLisa

Wow MaryLou..what a photo..

any idea where it is???

Mary-Lou

No Lisa, I wish I did. I will go back and see if it is posted.

I thought it was so beautiful.

Mary-Lou

Lisa this is what I found.

Two Jack Lake  is the picture. Canadian Rockies.

Also Lake Minnewanka is near....

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Mary-Lou

Flowers for my sisters....

Mary-Lou

Anonymous

Good Morning Sunshine.  Watching the sunrise by the Alps that run through Northern Italy.  Pretty darn cool.  I'm a little thirsty this morning and coffee just isn't doing the trick.

Bromide Mountain sounds like a place you would go if ya had indigestion!

Nicki

Anonymous

Mountains in Hawaii!  Wouldn't you just love to be there?

So what the heck.  Dream a little.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12kln3-ZOn0

Nicki

SoCalLisa

 Celia...that really was a blower of a volcano, Vesuvius...thanks for the show

Marylou, that mountain..Two Jack Lake sound like something to see...thanks

for looking it up..

Nicki..love the Italian Alps too...

 We saw some of them from the Lake District...like Lake Como, Maggiore, Orta ,Garda, etc..

I didn't take this one but they are beautiful

Mary-Lou

Lisa, here is a link....

http://www.banfflakelouise.com/content/view/sitemap/2   

Breath taking, this is a place I would love to see.

SoCalLisa

Marylou...thanks for that..we are going to drive cross country US in late spring and maybe back to the West Coast via Canada and then down to Glacier National Park..

Here is again another picture I did not take from the Dolmonites part of Northern Italy...

spar2

What a wonderful bunch of pictures that have been posted today.  thank you Mary-Lou for the flowers for all the sisters.

Celia, wow, would not want to live in that town, they could get burned out any minute. scarey.

Chemosabi, actually enjoyed your banana song this morning.  thank you.

Lisa, that sounds like so much fun doing a cross country drive.

Everyone have a great day.

this is the area I am backpacking today.  join me anyone?  looking for all kinds of animals, rocks and anything unusual.

SoCalLisa

that is a good place spar...

Has anyone here actually been to Glacier National Park??

I would love some helpful hints for seeing it...

SoCalLisa

I think there is a little mountain dew on this flower

spar2

beautiful flower, the kind that makes you catch your breath.

Chemosabi, I noticed you like fruit jokes so here is one for you since we are nurses.

spar2

I passed these people on my hike but they didn't understand my language.

a wild horse

this fellow really freaked me out

this little guy was beautiful

there was some cute things and some scarey things.  The one reminded me of the cartoon pepe lapew

SoCalLisa

speaking Naval...not a nurse but a

This is a Naval Line Officer

spar2

cool Lisa.  Is that you?

SoCalLisa

Yes Spar...would you believe it....??

1964 right after I graduated from College...

What a great four years I had...

celia088

socal lisa, you are a ringer for Angie Harmon.