From: lcargill99@comcast.com   
      
   Martin Gregorie wrote:   
   > On Fri, 17 Nov 2017 20:18:26 -0600, Les Cargill wrote:   
   >   
   >>> I read books, listen to radio and CDs etc., but never watch TV and   
   >>> seldom see movies: the last I saw was "Everest"   
   >>   
   >> I sort of lost the point on that one - the obsession did not communicate   
   >> well.   
   >>   
   > No obsession - just that it was indeed the last movie I've gone to see.   
      
   Not you - the characters being obsessed with Everest well past the risk   
   to their own safety didn't survive casual suspension of disbelief.   
      
   > It was a rather well-made film about the 1996 cockup cum disaster on   
   > Everest that killed 12 climbers including one of the climbing   
   > organisers.   
      
   Ayup.   
      
   > I wanted to see it because I've been to Nepal twice and have   
   > seen Everest at dawn 2-3 times, though never from closer than 140km. The   
   > combination of on-location filming and use of a very accurate CGI model   
   > of the mountain gave me a far better understanding of how its climbed   
   > than anything else I've seen or read, and of how easily things can go   
   > wrong up there.   
   >   
      
   and that's great. I had no idea it was useful as a reference.   
      
   > No, you wouldn't find me climbing it, but OTOH flying as P2 with Klaus   
   > Ohlmann when he soared Everest in a Stemme VT10 TMG in 2014 would have   
   > been a fabulous experience. Everest was his turnpoint for an out-and   
   > return soaring flight from Pokara, 290km away, so all in all a fantastic   
   > flight.   
   >   
   >   
      
   :)   
      
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