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oh the fulfillment of actually remembering something correctly from at. sci nerd hood!

yeah but that site still has the Sphinx Crack catalog cover

Are you sure about this, its the one I thought was different, but I can't remember correctly. I do remember reading a science fiction novel about a planet with exaggerated axial flattening such that each pole bulged entirely out of the atmosphere, which (for some physics lesson reason) stayed spherical. And that's opposite to what you suggest. Also, the concentration of O2 in air (hence Ppressure) does change slightly with elevation, (for the same reason we find very minimal amount of hydrogen at the surface, ie gravitational separation, but compounded by turbulence so it neverstratifies...) but its effect on physiology is minimal at human-operable elevations so it is usually discounted in altitude med. discussions.

Like a pod, ya know. Pod shaped. Podlike. A flared pod.

Why is his first post ever "i'm back"? Where was he before? He should tell us which avatar he was previously. You really need a scorecard these days.

well there is an off chance its quartzite or a gneiss but im guessing ss.

well cold and low are relative, but colder air is denser, therefor heavier, therefore higher pressure. Of course, denser air sinks, so at some level a high pressure on the ground is equal top a low pressure aloft, but we're talking relative, right... in At Sci we used the 500MB level as the mid elevation...when you have an 8000m mountain poking up it tends to be a high "ground level' and you dont get the same amount of sink you do over an 8000m column of air with bottom at sea level, which is why when a high pressure system hits in the mountains, your barometer goes up (apparent elevation drops) even at high elevation. weather

Second one seems kinda suspicious in a few places like where they claim the Death zone is 5500m, and that above that you cannot acclimatize - with no references. and again, in the first one "Variables affecting Pb Latitude - Pb decreases the further we get from the equator - so, if we increase latitude we decrease Pb ex: Mount Everest is located about 27° N latitude and at the summit has a Pb of 250mmHg. Mount McKinley however, is located at about 62° N. If the summit of Mount McKinley was the same [i think there should be a word "elevation" here] as that of Everest, McKinley's Pb would be about 220mmHg Season - Pb is typically lower during the winter that during the summer" No references Also the last sentence is bunk, cold air = higher pressure = higher Pb so why would it be "lower in the winter"

no way is it granite. its fully sandstone. not Navajo/Windgate Colorado Plateau desert sandstone, more a stripy red/white/gray stuff like you see in northern BC or in places at Red Rocks. you can see the bedding in the chockstone.

i notice you can't spell "saurus" properly

sprayasaurus are you related to Boltmonster??

DFA what happened to the dog picture?

stupid media, at the right level for stupid TV viewers.

ya but he waited for a real "high" high... like the week when the high is statistically highest over the year or something. probably when he saw the Yeti too.

Why you used it in such a context as you did is beyond me and the cause for the "Um...never mind." ...it wasn't important enough for further ponderance. next time try the thesaurus Entry: graceless Function: adjective Definition: clumsy Synonyms: awkward, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, boorish, clunky, coarse, corrupt, crude, forced, gauche, gawky, ill-mannered, improper, indecorous, inelegant, inept, infelicitous, klutzy, loutish, outlandish, rough, rude, shameless, tasteless, uncouth, unfortunate, ungainly, unhappy, unmannered, unmannerly, unsophisticated, vulgar,

maybe you should look up gullible on there, they spelled it wrong.

Extreeeeeeeeeeme Alpinism says "dont drink OJ in the morning - too acidic" Then again a 4 egg, bacon, sausage, wafles, coffee, OJ breakfast is just the ticket before a day of ice climbing. I just find that i wake up in the AM for alpine climbing and have to get ready fast. Normally wake up kinda slow, takes me about an hour to make breakfast. But alpine start that won't do. So rice pudding is either prepackaged, or made the night before, no preparation required, all you have to do is eat. plus it's yummy, unlike bloatmeal. but anyways...its all good.

scattin' is like rapping except you dont have to make sense or rhyme on beat

this one

I remember reading something in Science which debunked the whole myth. Although I did read somewhere that Messner waited for highest high pressure system before his solo oxgenless ascent of Everest... more pressure more oxygen available...

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the tough coughs as he ploughs the dough

could only find "left handed" on dictionary.com huh?

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