Two Billion Pixel Photo of Mount Everest (can you find the climbers?) • Hacker News Board

Re: Two Billion Pixel Photo of Mount Everest (can you find the climbers?)

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Post by dutchbrit » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 5:14 PM UTC

Could you remove the XML reference to mobile/tablet images in krpano?

Re: Two Billion Pixel Photo of Mount Everest (can you find the climbers?)

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 5:15 PM UTC

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Re: Two Billion Pixel Photo of Mount Everest (can you find the climbers?)

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Post by leetrout » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 5:16 PM UTC

jasonkester wrote: post #20

Looks like there's a few on the icefall. Follow the line of garbage, then up and across the fall. The only hard part is dealing with the inverted mouse movement on the interface. Why would they do that???

I came to post that- about the mouse movement.

It's absolutely driving me nuts. Makes no sense.

Re: Two Billion Pixel Photo of Mount Everest (can you find the climbers?)

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Post by crikli » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 5:17 PM UTC

jasonkester wrote: post #20

Looks like there's a few on the icefall. Follow the line of garbage, then up and across the fall. The only hard part is dealing with the inverted mouse movement on the interface. Why would they do that???

Yup, I couldn't see anybody higher than the Lhotse Face. Couldn't spot any tents on the South Col. Must be the wrong angle.

Re: Two Billion Pixel Photo of Mount Everest (can you find the climbers?)

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Post by jordan0day » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 5:18 PM UTC

Wow, I was thinking to myself: "Jeez, look at all that trash those climbers have left on the mountain!"

Then I zoomed in some more, and realized the "trash" was actually tents.

Re: Two Billion Pixel Photo of Mount Everest (can you find the climbers?)

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Post by crikli » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 5:18 PM UTC

neuspadrin wrote: post #13

crikli wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Forbidden link. :(

Go to the main website: http://www.alanarnette.com/ then copy url for image in: http://www.alanarnette.com/downloads/everestsouthroutemap.jp... Simple hot linking restrictions.

Well now I feel dumb(er). :)

Re: Two Billion Pixel Photo of Mount Everest (can you find the climbers?)

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 5:19 PM UTC

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Re: Two Billion Pixel Photo of Mount Everest (can you find the climbers?)

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Post by ghaff » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 5:19 PM UTC

crikli wrote: post #8

Others will be able to fill in more detail as I'm just going off memory here, but I think this is taken from the Nepalese side. The ice field just above Base Camp (which, wow, look at all those tents) is the Khumbu Icefall, which climbers must scale to en route to the South Col.

I think it was taken from the Kala Patthar summit or somewhere close to there. (So, yes, the Nepalese side.)

Re: Two Billion Pixel Photo of Mount Everest (can you find the climbers?)

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Post by weaksauce » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 5:20 PM UTC

matthodan wrote: post #12

krschultz wrote: post #9

I'm amazed not by the mountain - but by the size of the camp in the valley. I knew a lot of people climbed Mt Everest, but that't practically a small city.

I felt the same way. There must be so much garbage on that mountain.

And lots of dead climbers higher up.

Re: Two Billion Pixel Photo of Mount Everest (can you find the climbers?)

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Post by skandl » Wed, Dec 19, 2012, 5:20 PM UTC

Wow this is captivating, but panning with the mouse on a desktop is so frustrating, the image movement is opposite what I expect! (browsing on a desktop, Windows/Chrome)