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Old 19th Jan 2020, 18:18
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I always marvel at these wonderful photos and then reflect on how totally unforgiving this environment is if the weather goes bad or the mechanicals have an off day.
Does one always have a plan B and a Plan C?
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Old 20th Jan 2020, 03:13
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I always marvel at these wonderful photos and then reflect on how totally unforgiving this environment is if the weather goes bad or the mechanicals have an off day.
Does one always have a plan B and a Plan C?
G'day Etudiant....thank You Sir. Unforgiving, that it is; any & all flying is, with a sprinkling of extra added masala when up in the mountains As for an plan B/C/D, sometimes yes, but some extreme missions.....afraid not



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Thank you for sharing your so impressively beautiful pictures Vertical Freedom, I'm sure I'm not the only one that you make feel jealous!

Again, did you ever think to compile them and publish a book?
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Thank you for sharing your so impressively beautiful pictures Vertical Freedom, I'm sure I'm not the only one that you make feel jealous!

Again, did you ever think to compile them and publish a book?
G'day Cpt....thanks for Your kind words. & yes, just need a bitta help with that


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Great to have you back on site VF!
The weather looks challenging - have you ever over nighted away from home because of it?
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Originally Posted by Vertical Freedom
yes, just need a bitta help with that
FWIW: on publishing a photo book there are several options you could pursue that are rather easy. Some options offer marketing links to sell them through Amazon or other book venues. I've done several books through my Flickr Pro account that ended with great results. Google "create photo book" for a list of providers from small to large like Shutterfly, Snapfish, Mixbook, Blurb, etc. With your volume of pics I would say a series of books would be excellent path to take....
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Great to have you back on site VF!
The weather looks challenging - have you ever over nighted away from home because of it?
Morning Decredenz...... certainly is! Night halted out due weather; more often than I can count he fingers on my 5 arms & toes on my 3 legs


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FWIW: on publishing a photo book there are several options you could pursue that are rather easy. Some options offer marketing links to sell them through Amazon or other book venues. I've done several books through my Flickr Pro account that ended with great results. Google "create photo book" for a list of providers from small to large like Shutterfly, Snapfish, Mixbook, Blurb, etc. With your volume of pics I would say a series of books would be excellent path to take....
G'day Wrench1.....thanks kindly for that! Will explore into those suggestions, Cheers


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Who's Your Mate....

Pick me, pick me ........I'm Your Bestest Buddy



Sniffing some clean air Man -O2

Just before the Hillary step, on the South Col, Sagarmatha (AKA Everest)
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Danger Ow SheetMan.......still that much to GO!

I can't feel me toes.....my head hurts.......lungs are burning & I paid a ton of money to be here

Looking at the Hilary steps................
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Hi.
Are you Climbing the monster?Greetings from Colombia


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Nepal

Hi VF, I hope you are well, are you undertaking any covid 19 flights in your area, or are you you sufficiently insulated from the general populace?

Like many others I am missing your input and lovely photos.

Keep safe
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Whatever happened to Vertical Freedom? Is he still flying?
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Whatever happened to Vertical Freedom? Is he still flying?
Last post was in 2020, truly miss his scenic tour of Nepal and Mount Everest
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Another who misses his scenic tour of places I'll never get to see, it's great we get to appreciate his world. Hope all is OK and he is still flying.
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I certainly hope he is OK. His great pictures just stopped suggesting something dramatic happened?

Over eighteen months since we heard last from him.
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I certainly hope he is OK. His great pictures just stopped suggesting something dramatic happened?
He ran afoul of the mods/admins over some of the content he was posting, and he decided to walk away rather than battle them. Thats how it went down. Not too dramatic.
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