Ciao Billy
Youtube RED has a new mini-series called "Ultimate Expedition" about amateurs that attempt serious mountain climbing for the first time. Worth a look if you have Google Play music or Youtube RED.
I've always wanted to do the Base Camp 1 Trek to Everest. While I'm in good shape, I need to try and bucket-list-tick that before it is too late.
Just finished the first episode. Time for music.
First up;
Earl Hines - Back on the Street
We will find these people and deal with them accordingly! LOL
I wonder if the "most" description is accurate. But probably it is, in that we're living in an era, in which even many of today's jazz musicians don't go back and listen to the more recent giants of the music.
I think one of his famous quotes was, "We don't flat our fifths - we drink 'em!"
Here's today's trivia quiz: How man incarnations of Condon's club were there?
This is about the closest I'll get to climbing Everest!
Nice Earl Hines record! Great group!
I think what I was trying to get at was that MOST don't find "Dixieland" appealing, not that it ain't great music. Heck I like the stuff...music from the 20s and 30s were my first intro this music we call Jazz. The Dixieland appellation was an unjust category, and man did the cats hate it. But that's another story. Oh, one other thing, I approve of your draconian approach to the "non-believers".
Thanks, it really is a good record.
I hear you on Everest. You can trek to base camp 1 with a guided group and Sherpas for about $5k US. That's really not "mountain climbing" per se, but it is rugged. 17,600 feet takes a toll on you even though you are just "hiking". There is no climbing but at that altitude every step UP the mountain is monumental to many - even those in decent shape at sea level. I remember the first time I went to Breckenridge, Colorado (9,800 feet). I was a serious triathlete at the time and in superior shape (at sea level). I decided to go for a 5k run that evening. Made it about 2 k before I had to walk. At sea level, I'd never walk on a 5k. That was just a warm-up run for me at the time, but NOT at that elevation. 5k seemed like a 1/2 Ironman distance.
Breckenridge was the first place I remember seeing mini oxygen bottles being sold at convenience stores like chewing gum at the register. I actually bought one, and yes, it made a big difference.
But paying $5k for a trek to base camp 1 Everest is far-fetched for me. Yet....who knows. I'm not dead yet.
Thanks, it really is a good record.
I hear you on Everest. You can trek to base camp 1 with a guided group and Sherpas for about $5k US. That's really not "mountain climbing" per se, but it is rugged. 17,600 feet takes a toll on you even though you are just "hiking". There is no climbing but at that altitude every step UP the mountain is monumental to many - even those in decent shape at sea level. I remember the first time I went to Breckenridge, Colorado (9,800 feet). I was a serious triathlete at the time and in superior shape (at sea level). I decided to go for a 5k run that evening. Made it about 2 k before I had to walk. At sea level, I'd never walk on a 5k. That was just a warm-up run for me at the time, but NOT at that elevation. 5k seemed like a 1/2 Ironman distance.
Breckenridge was the first place I remember seeing mini oxygen bottles being sold at convenience stores like chewing gum at the register. I actually bought one, and yes, it made a big difference.
But paying $5k for a trek to base camp 1 Everest is far-fetched for me. Yet....who knows. I'm not dead yet.
I live here in Colorado and was at the very top of Crested Butte, ~12,000 ft, it was Summer and it is an easy climb...I was still winded and not really appreciating the amazing views. Oh, and the fact that I don't bounce. That didn't help either. I was born and raised in Illinois and affectionately call myself a "flat lander". Love the mountains, like the easy trails up, like the easy drive up even more, but don't think I'm going to climb any of the 14'ers here in Colorado.
Without checking, I'm thinking something like 5 different incarnations. But this is prolly a trick question and there was only ONE.