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Thanks ursus, I will read that properly over the break as I am my usual time-poor self right now.
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Branch specialises in these video/image/graphic intensive pieces, and my experience has been that they always work best on a laptop/desktop with WiFi.
I think that they can overwhelm a lot of phones, especially on cellular networks.
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Originally posted by ursus arctos View PostSomewhat off topic, but a nonetheless intriguing piece on the discovery of an intact camera from a climbing party lost in the Andes decades ago.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/09/world/americas/aconcagua-mountain-expedition-photos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FE0.HQEV.kbm5Y t_E17JL&smid=url-share
This should be unlocked for everyone, please let me know if it isn't so I can bitch to the NYT (again)
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I can see it.
A really interesting read. I'd never heard of this incident despite being a fan of mountain literature. Thanks very much.
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Somewhat off topic, but a nonetheless intriguing piece on the discovery of an intact camera from a climbing party lost in the Andes decades ago.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...smid=url-share
This should be unlocked for everyone, please let me know if it isn't so I can bitch to the NYT (again)
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Glad people are enjoying the photos. Credit to the landscapes rather than the photographer.
When I took MrsCJ to Nepal a few years back, bridges was one of her issues, but she pretty quickly got used to them. TBF, the one in the pic above, while long, isn't especially high.
Nowadays, the bridges are steel cables rather than rope. You quite often see old rope ones alongside the one you're crossing and you say a quick prayer of thanks to the Ghurka benevolent association that paid for the modernisation.
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Originally posted by Balderdasha View PostI absolutely hate rope bridges but I had to go across similar when hiking in Nepal. There's no way to go up some of the mountain trails otherwise. For someone with a terrible fear of heights I've been across a surprisingly high number of terrifying rickety bridges.
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I absolutely hate rope bridges but I had to go across similar when hiking in Nepal. There's no way to go up some of the mountain trails otherwise. For someone with a terrible fear of heights I've been across a surprisingly high number of terrifying rickety bridges.
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Stunning. Except the rope bridge which looks fucking terrifying.
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Fab, thanks all. Background is that I recently spent a month in Nepal trekking around the Manaslu Circuit with a side trip up Tsum Valley. It restored my confidence in myself physically, having struggled with my knee and my weight (and consequently my general health) for a couple of years and was good for headspace. It was far more lovely than my amateur shots on an iPhone 8 will show. The only way I can try to describe it, is that it felt like seeing the Himalayas for the first time. Stunning place.
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Originally posted by Nocturnal Submission View Post
I'm afraid not.
Try hitting the camera icon, clicking in the broken line box and selecting the image from the gallery on your device.
Thanks for the offer to post for me. I may take you up on it, but I'll try to resolve it first. TBH, I'm having real struggles getting pages to load or display properly, but I'm reluctant to bother Snake as I know he's busy.
Here goes nothing: the trail from Lokpa heading up the Tsum Valley, Manaslu region, Nepal.
Last edited by ChrisJ; 30-11-2023, 09:59.
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