The Planned Route

The Planned Route
This is as close to "final" as the planned route is likely to get... I don't intend to do any more updates to it. If it changes, I'll mention it in future posts. All but a few of the green lines represent flight segments. Looks like we have a lot of reading in store...

Time Saver

If you want to jump to the beginning of the trip... click here. After that, you can just click "newer post" to read them in order.

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Random Thoughts Department: Trivia


When the height of Mt. Everest was first measured and calculated, the result was exactly 29,000 feet. Fearing that it would be regarded as a mere estimate, the mountain’s height was publicly reported to be 29,002 feet.

Hmmm…

So, if you want to make what you know to be a fact more believable…

You should lie?!?

Current, and presumably more accurate, measurements of the mountain's height vary between 29,028’ and 29,035’, apparently depending upon whether the thickness of the ice cap is included.

Wonder if that's the truth?
Posted by BOB PAGE at 1:59 PM

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