#mount everest
“Mount Everest ain’t got shit on me.
Burj Dubai ain’t got shit on me.
You could touch the sky, but you ain’t got shit on me.
‘Cause I’m on top of the world.”
Mount Everest - Song by Labrinth
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Misty Morning, Snow on the Mountain
May 11, 2022
The thermometer read 32 degrees at 8am PST and low clouds poured over the mountain. This means that the Central Valley also likely was under cloud cover.
Although the forecast made no mention of snow or rain, it was clear from the conditions yesterday that something was brewing. The NWS put up the one cryptic map on May 9 and 10 on their Hanford site that said there would be inclement weather in central California on May 11, but after I posted it on this blog yesterday, they removed it from their site.
There was a dusting of snow on the mountain tops this morning. Today they are admitting to thunderstorms in the Sierras on the Hanford site, but the Weather Channel won’t post this information, saying sunny and a tiny percent chance of rain for this area.
Conditions are very wintery on this spring day, with cold temperatures throughout California and precipitation in the mountains and perhaps other places. If you are in a place with rain (anywhere in the west), maybe you can mention it in the comments, since the weather media won’t do it!
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8AM at Mount Everest in Tibet, the view from the prayer flag topped mound that overlooks climbers base camp ©Douglas MacRae
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“Life will test you, but remember this, when you climb up a mountain your legs get stronger.”
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THE 10 MOST IMPORTANT PHOTOGRAPHS IN HISTORY
1. Footprint on The Moon, 1969
Astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon. Broadcasted for the world to see Armstrong’s famous words were: “That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.”
2. Hubble Ultra Deep Field, 2003
The Hubble telescope captured the deepest image of the universe in history. In it you can see the oldest galaxies in the world, which were formed 13 billion years ago.
3. Tenzing Norgay On Everest’s Summit, 1953
On May 29, 1953, Tenzing Norgay and his friend Edmund Hillary became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest. They spent less than half an hour at the top recording evidence of their achievement.
4. Glimpsing The Versailles Signing, 1919
As the treaty to end World War I, The Treaty of Versailles was a complete disaster. With monumental flaws influenced by bitterness, it placed full responsibility of the war on Germany. Germany paid extremely high reparations until 2010.
5. The Burning Monk, 1963
Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk set himself on fire to protest the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government.
6. Alternate View Of Tiananmen Square, 1989
The Tiananmen Square protests anxiously seek safety, except for one man who stays still as the tanks approach him. Holding some grocery bags, you can see he was not an activist, but an ordinary person with courage.
7. The Fifth Solvay Conference, 1927
The Solvay Conference of 1927 became the most famous because it had gathered the world’s most important scientists to discuss quantum physics. Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Erwin Schrodinger, Niels Bohr and more were in attendance.
8. The Sun Setting On Mars, 2005
The Mars Rover Spirit took this incredible picture of a Martian sunset. Notice the hues of blue due are created by the dust in the atmosphere and the reddish color is accentuated by fine particles in the air.
9. Nagasaki, 20 Minutes After, 1945
The United States dropped an atomic bomb, codename “Fat Man” over Nagasaki, a Japanese city. Killing an estimated 40,000 people on impact, the scene was completely pulverized and tragic.
10. The Last Public Execution By Guillotine, 1939
After this pictures was taken, Eugen Weidmann, found guilty of murder and theft, became the last man who was publicly executed in France.
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Go forth - between Lukla and Phak Ding, Nepal
The monuments and inscribed rocks guide the way through this Everest Base Camp trek.
There are also a lot of dogs which are rather friendly, and may walk miles upon miles with their humans. We had one follow us from Namche all the way to Gorak Shep (later in the trek).
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