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Nicki

Spar:  That happens to be one of my favorite pictures.  Haven't used it in a while.  Always good to bring sunshine to our friends.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nmZqb2VVc48

Nicki

SoCal:  You know I'm so envious of all the places you have been to in Italy.  This is a picture of the town my parents were born in.  Bari, Italy.  So weird I could have grew up there instead of here.  Just love that picture of you. 

Spar:  Yep, gotta love those nursing jokes.  Both made me smile.  I want to tell you it was really hard to find that darn song, and then I sang it all day long.  One of those that won't get out of your mind.  

Gotta run - great pictures.

Nicki

Mountains in Hawaii!  Wouldn't you just love to be there?

So what the heck.  Dream a little.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12kln3-ZOn0

Nicki

Good Morning Sunshine.  Watching the sunrise by the Alps that run through Northern Italy.  Pretty darn cool.  I'm a little thirsty this morning and coffee just isn't doing the trick.

Bromide Mountain sounds like a place you would go if ya had indigestion!

Nicki

SoCal:  OMG, I know it's not funny, you made me laugh and then send a big that sucks your "weigh"  This definitely deserves this

I lost the weight, get rid of the obese already.

Nicki

Mount Everest, also called Sagarmatha (Nepali: सगरमाथा meaning Head of the Sky) or Chomolungma, Qomolangma or Zhumulangma (in Tibetan: ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ, in Chinese: 珠穆朗玛峰 Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng) is the highest mountain on Earth, as measured by the height of its summit above sea level, which is 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). The mountain, which is part of the Himalaya range in High Asia, is located on the border between Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal, and Tibet, China.

In 1856, the Great Trigonometric Survey of India established the first published height of Everest at 29,002 ft (8,840 m), although at the time Everest was known as Peak XV. In 1865, Everest was given its official English name by the Royal Geographical Society upon recommendation of Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India at the time. Waugh was unable to propose an established local name because Nepal and Tibet were closed to foreigners at the time, although Chomolungma had been in common use by Tibetans for centuries.

The highest mountain in the world attracts climbers of all levels, from well experienced mountaineers to novice climbers willing to pay substantial sums to professional mountain guides to complete a successful climb. The mountain, while not posing substantial technical climbing difficulty on the standard route (other eight-thousanders such as K2 or Nanga Parbat are much more difficult), still has many inherent dangers such as altitude sickness, weather and wind. By the end of the 2007 climbing season, there had been 3,679 ascents to the summit by 2,436 individuals. This means climbers are a significant source of tourist revenue for Nepal, whose government also requires all prospective climbers to obtain an expensive permit, costing up to US$25,000 per person.^[4] Everest has claimed 210 lives, including eight who perished during a 1996 storm high on the mountain. Conditions are so difficult in the death zone that most corpses have been left where they fell, some of which are visible from standard climbing routes.^[5]