I chatted with Al Gore at Camp Muir a couple of years ago. We were surrounded by a bunch of serious looking secret service dudes. That was pretty weird.
The Army had a specification for their computers. Part II, subpart A, "...said computer must not crash every five minutes." The Mac was the only one that could meet the specification.
Blah blah blah...you guys dunno what your talking about.
Not too early. He plans on conducting some business in Anchorage, then taking a few days to pedal to Talkeetna. He plans on heading into the backcountry as close to the first of next month as possible, if not earlier.
MC is right on with his explanation. There is very little oxygen exchange that high up because there is no pressure gradiant between the atmosphere and the blood stream. Oxygen makes up only 21% of the atmosphere.
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