Mt. Everest at 2 Billion Pixels

Gasoline Dork
12/19/12 1:25 p.m.

Cool pic, but I never imagined all of the tents/people/trash on the Mountain.....

https://s3.amazonaws.com/Gigapans/EBC_Pumori_050112_8bit_FLAT/EBC_Pumori_050112_8bit_FLAT.html

GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
12/19/12 1:28 p.m.

Oh jeez I had things to do today you know!

BTW the unofficial game of "where's waldo" has begun, first person to find a frozen corpse wins, bonus credit to anyone who spots a climber taking a dump.

DILYSI Dave MegaDork
12/19/12 1:44 p.m.

Wild how clear it is that that mountain is sedimentary rock. That highest place there is was once the lowest place around. Neat.

914Driver MegaDork
12/19/12 1:55 p.m.

What are those two coffee cans up there?

RossD UberDork
12/19/12 2:18 p.m.

So do you think Mt. Everest base camp has more of an 'Olympic Village' feel or 'Occupy Wall Street' vibe?

JohnInKansas Dork
12/19/12 3:04 p.m.

I'm having a hard time getting a feel for the magnitude.

I'm 99.99% sure I can't convince the wife, but I want to make it to base camp before I get too crotchety to make the hike. I won't try to kid myself into thinking I'm dedicated enough to try and make the summit, but I'd like to see the base camp.

Toyman01 GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
12/19/12 3:30 p.m.

In reply to Gasoline:

Reportedly, there is 120 tons of trash on the mountain not including the 190 bodies. If you die there, you stay there apparently. If you are lucky, they use you as a landmark.

Meet landmark "Green Boots."