@PickledNorthern - morning mate - I was contemplating another 'Short Walk in the Himalayas' thread - if there is any interest I could stitch it together. As a taster - this is me at the top of the Khardung La pass - in Ladakh - not far off 19,000 feet. Way up in the sky. Way - way up in the sky. Because of the altitude it was incredibly hard to breathe. I can only imagine this is what it is like to be asthmatic - your lungs are pumping but you are not getting the oxygen into your system. At this height the barometric air pressure is exactly half of that at sea level. Mind you when you get back down to sea level you feel like a goddam hero. Unfortunately this effect only lasts a few days. Yours - I.
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Nifty picture. Wonderful. Thanks.@Helveticum - H. I can't resist it - not industrial - but underground. Barcelona again. Yours - I.
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Yes please Iain! Channel your inner Norman Lewis.@PickledNorthern - morning mate - I was contemplating another 'Short Walk in the Himalayas' thread - if there is any interest I could stitch it together. As a taster - this is me at the top of the Khardung La pass - in Ladakh - not far off 19,000 feet. Way up in the sky. Way - way up in the sky. Because of the altitude it was incredibly hard to breathe. I can only imagine this is what it is like to be asthmatic - your lungs are pumping but you are not getting the oxygen into your system. At this height the barometric air pressure is exactly half of that at sea level. Mind you when you get back down to sea level you feel like a goddam hero. Unfortunately this effect only lasts a few days. Yours - I.
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Great moody shot, where is it?I charged my personal camera batteries yesterday for the first time in a while and between showers, snapped the local lighthouse...
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Great moody shot, where is it?
Thank you for your reply.Boddam, NE Scotland, about 30 miles North of Aberdeen.
Thank you for your reply.
If you're ever in the area, you're probably lost but the coffee is on me ;-)