Maybe it has already become clear that Calgary is a wonderful place for someone who wants to practise seriously all types of climbing and alpinism. Usually I am going to some of the artificial climbing walls at least twice pre week. For the coming winter months I am planning to do ice climbing almost every weekend hoping that I will make serious progress. This will open up some very interesting and beautiful opportunities… From yesterday the list with tours that I want to do contains 2 new candidates of the most spectacular classic alpine tours in the North America - Ham and Eggs on the Moose's Tooth, and Mini-Moonflower. Both of them are in Alaska, steep regions (up to 80 degrees), mainly ice climbing, unstable weather and perhaps the most amazing views apart from these in the Himalayas. So the (incomplete) list follows:
Europe:
Stetind
Matterhorn
Petit Dru
Ushba
Piz Badile
N. America:
The Bugaboos
Mt. Athabasca
Mt. Assiniboine
Mt. Robson
Mini-Moonflower
Moose's Tooth
Denali
S. America:
Aconcagua
Alpamayo
Asia:
Klyuchevskaya sopka
Karakoram (it does not matter which peak from the whole mountain range)
Now I should find time and money for this ambitious list. I am accepting donations during the coming December ;-)
Tuesday, 28 November 2006
Quotes of the day - Carl Sagan
"It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to fifty words used in correct context -- no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese."
"If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe."
"In science it often happens that scientists say, "You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken," and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion."
"If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe."
"In science it often happens that scientists say, "You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken," and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion."
Friday, 24 November 2006
Tuesday, 14 November 2006
Quotes of the day - Warren Buffet
"There are three kinds of people in the world: those who can count, and those who can't."
"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to lose it."
"It gets dug out of the ground in Africa, or someplace. Then we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people to stand around guarding it. It has no utility. Anyone watching from Mars would be scratching their head" - Warren Buffet on gold
"Can you really explain to a fish what it's like to walk on land? One day on land is worth a thousand years of talking about it, and one day running a business has exactly the same kind of value."
Warren Buffet is one of the biggest investors in the World. He holds assets worth $46 milliards and only Bill Gates has more. Recently, he has decided to give 85% of his companies shares to the Gates Foundation. This man has his oddities as well as a strange sense of humour. He lives in his old house in the middle of the Nebraska prairie and he pays himself a salary of $100k per year – very modestly for a man who can buy a random country.
"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to lose it."
"It gets dug out of the ground in Africa, or someplace. Then we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people to stand around guarding it. It has no utility. Anyone watching from Mars would be scratching their head" - Warren Buffet on gold
"Can you really explain to a fish what it's like to walk on land? One day on land is worth a thousand years of talking about it, and one day running a business has exactly the same kind of value."
Warren Buffet is one of the biggest investors in the World. He holds assets worth $46 milliards and only Bill Gates has more. Recently, he has decided to give 85% of his companies shares to the Gates Foundation. This man has his oddities as well as a strange sense of humour. He lives in his old house in the middle of the Nebraska prairie and he pays himself a salary of $100k per year – very modestly for a man who can buy a random country.
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