PLEDGING FLIGHTS *** A Stair Climb Challenge

[sallyseachange]

Re: PLEDGING FLIGHTS *** A Stair Climb Challenge

Happy climbing for this Christmas week, everyone!
Guess what... the Man in the Moon forgot to put up any decorations here.

[jimmie 48]

Re: PLEDGING FLIGHTS *** A Stair Climb Challenge

i hope everyone is moving upward and onward towards finished flights! i've been impressed that last few months with the progress y'all have made.

in the next couple days, i'll give you a breakdown of the finished steps, finished flights and the challengers that helped get us to those numbers.

as an update, i am 422 flights of 612 on Mons Vinogradov. jack is still at Taipei 101 but is steadily moving up.

[sallyseachange]

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Upwards ever upwards everyone!!! (but not in weight!)

[Georgiana]

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312 flights to add... so 326/475

[jimmie 48]

Re: PLEDGING FLIGHTS *** A Stair Climb Challenge

312 flights to add... so 326/475

good job, georgiana!

[boonie stomper]

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Hello, Y'all,
from the boonies... zone 237 on Vesuvius's cold windy north slope somewhere...

Just stopped for awhile to wish you all



and all the best for the year 2009 ahead!!!

[sallyseachange]

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Happy New Year Susan... and everyone!
I guess it's still a New Year here on the moon!

[boonie stomper]

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Hows the view of Venus from the moon, Sally? It is putting on quite a show from here lately.

SPACE.com SpaceFlight


Celestial Show Set for New Year's Eve
By By Robert Roy Britt
Editorial Director
posted: 30 December 2008
10:46 am ET
A delightful display of planets and the moon will occur on New Year's Eve for anyone wishing to step outside and look up just after sunset.
Venus, brighter than all other planets and stars, will dangle just below the thin crescent moon in the southwestern sky. It'll be visible -- impossible to miss, in fact -- just as the sun goes down, assuming skies are cloud-free.
Soon thereafter, Mercury and Jupiter will show up hugging the south-southwestern horizon (just above where the sun went down) and extremely close to each other. Jupiter is very bright and easy to spot; Mercury is faint and harder to see, but it'll be apparent by its location just to the left of Jupiter.
Jupiter and Mercury will set less than an hour after the sun, so timing your viewing just after sunset is crucial. You'll also need a location with a clear view of the western horizon, unobstructed by buildings, trees or mountains.
All the planets, along with the moon and sun, traverse an arc across our sky called the ecliptic, which corresponds to the plane in space that they all roughly share. For this reason, you could draw an imaginary line from the general location of Venus and the moon, down through the other two planets, and the line would point to where the sun went down. This line could also initially help you find Jupiter and Mercury.
Weather permitting, you can get a preview of the sky show on Tuesday, Dec. 30. On this evening, the planets will be in nearly the same place they'll be on Dec. 31, but the moon will be midway between Venus and the Mercury-Jupiter pairing.
One last trick:
Venus is so bright you can see it during daylight if you know where to look. Given Venus' proximity to the moon on New Year's Eve, this would be an excellent moment -- just before sunset -- to use the moon to help you find Venus and gain bragging rights for being one of the few people to be able to claim seeing more than one planet during the daytime (Earth being the other one).

• Gallery: Moon Images
• Skywatcher's Guide to the Moon
• Top 5 Amazing Astronomy Discoveries in 2008

Celestial Show Set for New Year's Eve

[imagood1]

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count me in also -- I'm going to start slowly with the Space Needle in Seattle. 78 flights of stairs and I'll be back!!

I'm off in the morning this is going to help my mileage challenge!! If you see me while I'm walking wave & say hi!!

[jimmie 48]

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susan, you're always bringing good pics and information for our climbing enjoyment

imagood1, we're so glad to have another flight climber! you'll be helping us rack up some more impressive totals for 2009!

[sallyseachange]

Re: PLEDGING FLIGHTS *** A Stair Climb Challenge

Hows the view of Venus from the moon, Sally? It is putting on quite a show from here lately.

SPACE.com SpaceFlight


Celestial Show Set for New Year's Eve
By By Robert Roy Britt
Editorial Director
posted: 30 December 2008
10:46 am ET
A delightful display of planets and the moon will occur on New Year's Eve for anyone wishing to step outside and look up just after sunset.
Venus, brighter than all other planets and stars, will dangle just below the thin crescent moon in the southwestern sky. It'll be visible -- impossible to miss, in fact -- just as the sun goes down, assuming skies are cloud-free.
Soon thereafter, Mercury and Jupiter will show up hugging the south-southwestern horizon (just above where the sun went down) and extremely close to each other. Jupiter is very bright and easy to spot; Mercury is faint and harder to see, but it'll be apparent by its location just to the left of Jupiter.
Jupiter and Mercury will set less than an hour after the sun, so timing your viewing just after sunset is crucial. You'll also need a location with a clear view of the western horizon, unobstructed by buildings, trees or mountains.
All the planets, along with the moon and sun, traverse an arc across our sky called the ecliptic, which corresponds to the plane in space that they all roughly share. For this reason, you could draw an imaginary line from the general location of Venus and the moon, down through the other two planets, and the line would point to where the sun went down. This line could also initially help you find Jupiter and Mercury.
Weather permitting, you can get a preview of the sky show on Tuesday, Dec. 30. On this evening, the planets will be in nearly the same place they'll be on Dec. 31, but the moon will be midway between Venus and the Mercury-Jupiter pairing.
One last trick:

Venus is so bright you can see it during daylight if you know where to look. Given Venus' proximity to the moon on New Year's Eve, this would be an excellent moment -- just before sunset -- to use the moon to help you find Venus and gain bragging rights for being one of the few people to be able to claim seeing more than one planet during the daytime (Earth being the other one).

• Gallery: Moon Images
• Skywatcher's Guide to the Moon
• Top 5 Amazing Astronomy Discoveries in 2008

Celestial Show Set for New Year's Eve

Wow! Oh wow! How cool Susan!
Now... where did I put my specs...? Ok... telescope!


Welcome to our climbing adventures Imagood1 !!!

[jimmie 48]

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i said i would provide y'all with numbers for the challenge.
here they are............

Challengers that have actually particpated in the challenge, to date
biogeek
booniestomper
Erin68
Georgiana
jimmie 48
myjack
sadie147
sallyseachange
sweetgirl2
1poundatatime
attek
Depmeister
floydgirl
Gem238
heatherm422
Jack W.
Jasmain
kate113
LadyPoohBear24
Love2Lose
mello33
OBob
Outback Jess
Pounds2Go
sadie@136
sannew
~sassy1~
Seshena36
Shilorunamok
smiley2
staziaw
sweetgirl2
TBW
zencyn

Finished Flights.............
Virtual Mountains 65,890
Virtual Buildings, set 1 14,658
Virtual Buildings, set 2 2,891
Towers-Masts-Chimneys 4,389
Challengers Choice 8,392

Total Finished Flights 96,220
Total Steps 1,443,300

these numbers do not include any partial flights we've done.

[sallyseachange]

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Thanks for sharing Jimmie!
Those totals are really something!

[boonie stomper]

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That's a pretty decent list, Jimmie - how far back does it go? (doh... goes to look at the thread start date)

I had to come in today to share... 300 / 560 of Vesuvius,

plus... not only have I also climbed all the walls at work since the 1st of the new year...,
I've given 'flight' to the most recent diet lure to land in my mail (picture paper airplane in trashcan).

Watch out for it - it looks like a real bogie!!! - if it comes your way, I suggest you launch straight into the garbage.

(you can look for yourself at the hype - bio svelte or biosvelte is what they are calling it www.biosvelte.com and it does NOT appear to bear a shred of truth!

[jimmie 48]

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susan, i think i'll stick with atkins. did you see the price of that stuff? over 60 bucks for a 30 day trial supply [with shipping]. no thanks ... the $60 could buy alot of porterhouse and veggies!

besides, don't all these kinds of things promise the world but then the teeny tiny print says RESULTS NOT TYPICAL. USE AS PART OF A SESIBLE DIET INCLUDING EXCERCISE.

CONGRATS ON BEING SO UP ON VESUVIUS! you'll be done with it by the end of january?