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or is it photoshopped? My knees soften just looking at it.

http://tinypic.com/dxirlj.jpg

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yes, it's real
http://www.traveljournals.net/pictures/4537.html

is called "kjeragbolten"

<casioculture@gmail.com> escribió en el mensaje
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> or is it photoshopped? My knees soften just looking at it.
>
> http://tinypic.com/dxirlj.jpg
>

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Rodrigo C. <rcarmi@-no_molesten-puc.cl> wrote:

>yes, it's real
>http://www.traveljournals.net/pictures/4537.html
>
>is called "kjeragbolten"

Or http://tinyurl.com/83x83

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In article <dh0150$4iv$1@news1.nivel5.cl>, rcarmi@-no_molesten-puc.cl
says...
> yes, it's real
> http://www.traveljournals.net/pictures/4537.html
>
> is called "kjeragbolten"
>
> <casioculture@gmail.com> escribió en el mensaje
> news:1127449488.666995.177950@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > or is it photoshopped? My knees soften just looking at it.
> >
> > http://tinypic.com/dxirlj.jpg

Mad bastards.

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DD (Rox) wrote:
> In article <dh0150$4iv$1@news1.nivel5.cl>, rcarmi@-no_molesten-puc.cl
> says...
> > yes, it's real
> > http://www.traveljournals.net/pictures/4537.html
> >
> > is called "kjeragbolten"
> >
> > <casioculture@gmail.com> escribió en el mensaje
> > news:1127449488.666995.177950@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > >
> > > or is it photoshopped? My knees soften just looking at it.
> > >
> > > http://tinypic.com/dxirlj.jpg
>
> Mad bastards.
>

Just looked it up. It's 1000m high (3,281 ft). Sounds like you, DD Rox,
won't do like those guys here

http://tinypic.com/dxjntk.jpg
http://tinypic.com/dxjodi.jpg

Man, my knees hurt just looking at it.


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<casioculture@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> or is it photoshopped? My knees soften just looking at it.
>
> http://tinypic.com/dxirlj.jpg
>
Don't worry....With all that gear he's carrying, he's probably got a
parachute........

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casioculture@gmail.com wrote:


> Just looked it up. It's 1000m high (3,281 ft). Sounds like you, DD Rox,
> won't do like those guys here
>
> http://tinypic.com/dxjntk.jpg
>

That's insane..
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Stacey wrote:
> casioculture@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>> Just looked it up. It's 1000m high (3,281 ft). Sounds like you, DD
>> Rox, won't do like those guys here
>>
>> http://tinypic.com/dxjntk.jpg
>>
>
> That's insane..

It looks that way, though one must figure that a trendous amount of downward
momentum WAS stopped when that boulder initially fell into position. That
means that short of major erosion, it has more than enough "sticking power"
to remain firmly in place with the additional weight of people and tripods.


-On the other hand...
....the famous "old man of the mountain" face finally came tumbling down.
-You know--the one on a state quarter?

:-O

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In article <1127455137.931744.183130@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
casioculture@gmail.com says...
>
> Just looked it up. It's 1000m high (3,281 ft). Sounds like you, DD Rox,
> won't do like those guys here
>
> http://tinypic.com/dxjntk.jpg
> http://tinypic.com/dxjodi.jpg
>
> Man, my knees hurt just looking at it.

Definitely not. I get nervous travelling up mountain passes in cars!

It's not that I am afraid of heights - I'm afraid of falling to my death
from great heights!

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casioculture@gmail.com wrote:
> or is it photoshopped? My knees soften just looking at it.
>
> http://tinypic.com/dxirlj.jpg
>
Probably real, and that backpack is probably a parachute....


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In rec.photo.digital DD (Rox) <roxy@empirerods.com> wrote:
: In article <1127455137.931744.183130@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
: casioculture@gmail.com says...
: >
: > Just looked it up. It's 1000m high (3,281 ft). Sounds like you, DD
: > Rox, won't do like those guys here
: >
: > http://tinypic.com/dxjntk.jpg
: > http://tinypic.com/dxjodi.jpg
: >
: > Man, my knees hurt just looking at it.

: Definitely not. I get nervous travelling up mountain passes in cars!

: It's not that I am afraid of heights - I'm afraid of falling to my
: death from great heights!

As the old saying goes, it isnt the fall that gets you, its the sudden
stop.

Actually these photos aren't too scary, but I remember one vacation to
Yosemite when I was on an overlook from far over the valley floor. At the
end of the path there was a cliff that dropped vertically from a sharp
edge. At that point there was a railing that you could lean against. But
the railing was angled so that if you leaned firmly aginst it your head
(and part of your upper body) was extending out over the drop. You could
look several hundred feet STRAIGHT DOWN. Now THAT was scary. I loved the
view!

Actually I don't have a problem with such a viewpoint, but am always
worried about dropping a camera or loosing my glasses and so I'm always so
concerned about dropping something I rarely notice the precarious
position of my body.

Randy

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Randy Berbaum
Champaign, IL

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rberbaum@bluestem.prairienet.org says...
> As the old saying goes, it isnt the fall that gets you, its the sudden
> stop.
>
> Actually these photos aren't too scary, but I remember one vacation to
> Yosemite when I was on an overlook from far over the valley floor. At the
> end of the path there was a cliff that dropped vertically from a sharp
> edge. At that point there was a railing that you could lean against. But
> the railing was angled so that if you leaned firmly aginst it your head
> (and part of your upper body) was extending out over the drop. You could
> look several hundred feet STRAIGHT DOWN. Now THAT was scary. I loved the
> view!
>
> Actually I don't have a problem with such a viewpoint, but am always
> worried about dropping a camera or loosing my glasses and so I'm always so
> concerned about dropping something I rarely notice the precarious
> position of my body.

No thanks. It's funny though, I can handle heights when I am inside
something. When I first got married we lived in a flat on the 16th floor
of a 32 story building. I had no problem sticking my head out of the
window, even from the top. However, growing up as a kid we used to live
in a building where the washlines were on the roof which was only 13
floors up. There was a wall around the entire roof that was the same
height as the balconies of all the apartments, but I couldn't look out
over the edge. My legs would give way (reminds me of an episode of Mr.
Bean!).

Cable cars and planes I'm fine in too.

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In article <1127449488.666995.177950@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
<casioculture@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>or is it photoshopped? My knees soften just looking at it.

Given how much the chock-stone must weigh, I doubt someone standing on it is
going to make it go anywhere in a hurry.

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Chris Brown wrote:
> In article <1127449488.666995.177950@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> <casioculture@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >or is it photoshopped? My knees soften just looking at it.
>
> Given how much the chock-stone must weigh, I doubt someone standing on it is
> going to make it go anywhere in a hurry.

I'd be more worried about me being thrown off balance by a gust of
wind.

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DD (Rox) wrote:
> In article <dh0fbu$gi2$1@wildfire.prairienet.org>,
> rberbaum@bluestem.prairienet.org says...

> No thanks. It's funny though, I can handle heights when I am inside
> something. When I first got married we lived in a flat on the 16th floor
> of a 32 story building. I had no problem sticking my head out of the
> window, even from the top. However, growing up as a kid we used to live
> in a building where the washlines were on the roof which was only 13
> floors up. There was a wall around the entire roof that was the same
> height as the balconies of all the apartments, but I couldn't look out
> over the edge. My legs would give way (reminds me of an episode of Mr.
> Bean!).
>
> Cable cars and planes I'm fine in too.

Reminds me of a photo I saw in a magazine a while ago. It was an old
one, from the 30s, and showed steel erectors working on the Empire State
buiding in New York. It was lunchtime and they were sitting on a steel
beam sticking out into empty space about zillion feet up, eating sandwiches!
Gaaah! I felt queasy just looking at the picture. Great bit of
photography actually, the image really captured what it was like to be
up there. At least I think he did, because I am never going to find out
for myself. :-)

Aeroplanes are different somehow, aren't they? I can look out and see
the tiny specks that are cars etc. from thousands of feet up and not
worry at all.