Awesome stuff you see on the internet
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="jegga" data-cid="534663" data-time="1445835751"><p>Sad day for the republic <a class="bbc_url" href="http://i.stuff.co.nz/national/73376787/Whangamomona-Republic-loses-its-president">http://i.stuff.co.nz/national/73376787/Whangamomona-Republic-loses-its-president</a></p></blockquote>
Known Murt since I was a kid. Saw him a couple of years ago at his sons funeral, seemed in good health. Interesting character. -
<p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/PgdPLmd.jpg" alt="PgdPLmd.jpg"></p>
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<p>That bloody sound. Very hollow.</p>
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<p>Actually - the wife posted on FB a version that had Men At Work's <em>Land Down Under</em> and the bottle percussion at the start is a perfect match :lol:</p> -
<p>Amazing high res rendition of Everest</p>
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<p><a class="" href="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/1280_720/images/live/p0/34/rs/p034rsym.jpg"><img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/wwfeatures/1280_720/images/live/p0/34/rs/p034rsym.jpg" title="(Credit: David Breashears/GlacierWorks)" alt="p034rsym.jpg"></a></p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://s3.amazonaws.com/Gigapixel_Trees/Pumori_Spring2012_EBC_Full/EBC_Pumori_050112_8bit_FLAT.html'>Interactive: Browse a stunning 'gigapixel' image of Everest in extraordinary detail.</a></p>
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<p>I got the link from this article about "green boots" Everest's most famous body</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20151008-the-tragic-story-of-mt-everests-most-famous-dead-body'>http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20151008-the-tragic-story-of-mt-everests-most-famous-dead-body</a></p> -
<p>Wow. That level of detail looking at the Icefall is amazing. Love the way you can get some idea of scale by zooming in at Basecamp. </p>
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<p>I have heaps of photos that the wife took while there and even though you know, you simply cannot get the scale right in your head. These mountains are both enormous and close at the same time.</p> -
<p>Very cool!</p>
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<p>Man - Base Camp must be a disgusting place these days - it's a similar scale to Kaiteriteri camping ground!</p>
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<p>If you look into the Western Cwm on full zoom you can see a small horde of punters approaching and ascending the Lhotse Face - with some tents perched on the edge of the more broken slope.</p>
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<p>My brother and I went there in 1989. There was probably only half a dozen people, including us, on Kala Pattar (the hill below where these shots were taken from) that day. </p> -
<p>not really the right place for this (is awesome and involves the internet) but just cracked up reading in the herald about a massive torrent website that 'my friend' used to get a lot of movies from that you may have heard of - YTS / YIFY is not actually based in eastern europe but Mt Wellington auckland and has just been taken down!</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11540096'>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11540096</a></p> -
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<p>not really the right place for this (is awesome and involves the internet) but just cracked up reading in the herald about a massive torrent website that 'my friend' used to get a lot of movies from that you may have heard of - YTS / YIFY is not actually based in eastern europe but Mt Wellington auckland and has just been taken down!</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11540096'>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11540096</a></p>
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<p>My 'friends' wife is going to be gutted about that!!</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="WillieTheWaiter" data-cid="539177" data-time="1446614176"><p>not really the right place for this (is awesome and involves the internet) but just cracked up reading in the herald about a massive torrent website that 'my friend' used to get a lot of movies from that you may have heard of - YTS / YIFY is not actually based in eastern europe but Mt Wellington auckland and has just been taken down!<br><br><a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11540096">http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11540096</a></p></blockquote>
My brother told me a few months ago that the guy who ran that site was a kiwi - apparently he had some classes with him at uni! Still kinda surprised that the website was based here though. -
<p>I thought this was pretty funny...</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.facebook.com/1635621013387389/videos/1636136870002470/'>https://www.facebook.com/1635621013387389/videos/1636136870002470/</a></p> -
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://s3.amazonaws.com/Gigapixel_Trees/Pumori_Spring2012_EBC_Full/EBC_Pumori_050112_8bit_FLAT.html'>Interactive: Browse a stunning 'gigapixel' image of Everest in extraordinary detail.</a></p>
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<p>I got the link from this article about "green boots" Everest's most famous body</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20151008-the-tragic-story-of-mt-everests-most-famous-dead-body'>http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20151008-the-tragic-story-of-mt-everests-most-famous-dead-body</a></p>
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<p>This one from Paris is similar - bit older</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.paris-26-gigapixels.com/index-en.html'>http://www.paris-26-gigapixels.com/index-en.html</a></p>
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<p>Being able to see people on the Eiffel tower from there is pretty cool.</p> -
<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3298561/A-brave-helicopter-gunner-endured-38-operations-dying-Afghanistan-hiked-1-000-miles-wounded-troops.html'>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3298561/A-brave-helicopter-gunner-endured-38-operations-dying-Afghanistan-hiked-1-000-miles-wounded-troops.html</a></p>
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<p>Seen by a mate in Gifu: "Why you shouldn't only rely on translation tools."</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="jegga" data-cid="539260" data-time="1446658737">
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3298561/A-brave-helicopter-gunner-endured-38-operations-dying-Afghanistan-hiked-1-000-miles-wounded-troops.html'>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3298561/A-brave-helicopter-gunner-endured-38-operations-dying-Afghanistan-hiked-1-000-miles-wounded-troops.html</a></p>
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<p>Unreal</p>
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<p>Wow. Fucking hard core. Want to show that to my wife and kids now.</p>
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<p>And fucking massive ups to the surgeons. You can't tell half her face was smashed - just the scars on the chin to outward appearances.</p> -
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<p>If you look into the Western Cwm on full zoom you can see a small horde of punters approaching and ascending the Lhotse Face - with some tents perched on the edge of the more broken slope.</p>
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<p>Took me a while to find. I can see a group approaching the bottom of the face then two groups of tents and another string of climbers further up (one climber well out in front as well)</p>
