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Looking over from the summit of Mam Tor towards Win Hill and Ladybower.
There is a legend of no great antiquity that Win Hill gets its name from the Battle of Win Hill and Lose Hill in 626. Prince Cwichelm and his father, King Cynegils of Wessex, possibly with the aid of King Penda of Mercia, gathered their forces on neighbouring Lose Hill and marched on the Northumbrians based on Win Hill. Despite their superior numbers, Wessex was defeated by the Northumbrians building a wall and rolling boulders down upon them. There is no record of this battle in any Anglo-Saxon source and it should best be regarded as a myth.
At 462 m (1,516 ft), it is almost surrounded by the River Derwent to the east, River Noe to the south west and Ladybower Reservoir to the north, but a ridge running north west links it to Kinder Scout. The Roman road from Glossop over the Snake Pass crosses the ridge to the north and descends to Hope and the old Roman base of Brough in the Hope Valley, with the Hope Cross, a marker post dating from 1737, at the highest point of the road.
On top of Win Hill lies Win Hill Pike, locally known as the Pimple. Win Hill Pike has an Ordnance Survey triangulation point, or trig point. Often misnamed the Old Witches Knoll, Win Hill Pike is often used for a Duke of Edinburgh Award station.
Summited Kebnekaise, The highest mountain in Sweden. We are thrilled to announce that we made it.One failed foot step and you are gone forever. We touched the cloud and pushed ourselves to the limit that we never did in our life time. The deadly glacier trail crossing in the alpines, risking life of me and my loved one, experiencing rain, snow, extreme gust (over 30 m/s) altitude sickness and everything turned out to be a threate. The first 2 KM was so freaking deadly risky that I almost gave up but I turned around after our Shepard's prayer.We met some failed hikers during the summit and everything was negative except our faith. Fear turned into strength, pain into glory, FAILURE wasn't an option. The breathtaking mountain turned out to be a deadly monster with disruptive weather change .Not gonna die until we see the GODs creation. The trail, the mountain itself doesn't want you to go there but there was no turning back.
we are not injured, not even a scratch but bearing millions of mosquito bites and blisters. The summit over pouring our self confidence and trust of ability of our limit.
Over 2000KM of driving,6 days of camping, took 3 days till the summit. 1 shepard , 3 hikers, over 54km hike,3 mountains were climbed during the summit, 18 hours to complete, 2.1 km elevation from the sea level.
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Highest Explore Position #219 ~ On October 29th 2008.
Wallaby - Wingham Wildlife Park, Kent, England - Sunday September 21st 2008.
On the day of leaving, drinking I think our 62:nd starbucks-coffee in six days. No ps.
(If you who read this happen to be a Starbucks executive, please open some Starbucks in Stockholm, pleeeeease!)
Explored!
Highest position # 317 on March 5, 2008
"Amazing" by Aerosmtih
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pteXfGWPJZM
I kept the right ones out
And let the wrong ones in
Had an angel of mercy to see me through all my sins
There were times in my life
When I was goin' insane
Tryin' to walk through
The pain
When I lost my grip
And I hit the floor
Yeah, I thought I could leave but couldn't get out the door
I was so sick and tired
Of a livin' a lie
I was wishin' that I
Would die
It's Amazing
With the blink of an eye you finally see the light
It's Amazing
When the moment arrives that you know you'll be alright
It's Amazing
And I'm sayin' a prayer for the desperate hearts tonight
That one last shot's a Permanent Vacation
And how high can you fly with broken wings?
Life's a journey not a destination
And I just can't tell just what tomorrow brings
You have to learn to crawl
Before you learn to walk
But I just couldn't liten to all that righteous talk
I was out on the street,
Just a tryin' to survive
The height of the nave is about 45 metres (148 ft), the highest Gothic vaults of a complete church
THE CATHEDRAL
The massive Cathedral of Santa Maria Nascente, which the Milanese call just "Il Duomo" is among the world's largest (it holds up to 40,000 people) and most magnificent churches, the ultimate example of the Flamboyant Gothic style. It was begun in the 14th century, but its façade was not completed until the early 1800s, under Napoleon.
The roof is topped by 135 delicately carved stone pinnacles and the exterior is decorated with 2,245 marble statues. The dim interior, in striking contrast to the brilliant and richly patterned exterior, makes a powerful impression with its 52 gigantic pillars. The stained-glass windows in the nave (mostly 15th-16th centuries) are the largest in the world; the earliest of them are in the south aisle.
Highlights include the seven-branched bronze candelabrum by Nicholas of Verdun (c. 1200) in the north transept, the 16th-century tomb of Gian Giacomo Medici, and the jeweled gold reliquary of San Carlo Borromeo in the octagonal Borromeo Chapel leading off the crypt. Behind the high altar, the choir has deeply carved panels, and misericords under the seats.
In the south sacristy is the treasury with gold and silver work dating from the fourth to the 17th century. A walk on the roof of the cathedral is an impressive experience, offering views across the city and extending on clear days to the snow-covered Alps. (An elevator ascends all but the last 73 steps to the platform of the dome).
At the front of the Duomo, near the central doorway, you can descend under Piazza del Duomo into the foundations of the Basilica di Santa Tecla (fourth-fifth and seventh century) and the fourth-century baptistery, Battistero di San Giovanni alle Fonti, which were discovered during the construction of the Milan Metro system [planetware.com]
IT TOOK THOUSANDS OF WORKERS, A NEW CANAL SYSTEM AND OVER SIX CENTURIES TO COMPLETE
The construction of the Duomo officially started in 1386 by Bishop Antonio da Saluzzo and was supported by the ruler of Milan Gian Galeazzo Visconti who had grand visions of the cathedral. Though originally started in terracotta stone, once the grandeur of the project was realized Condoglian marble from Lake Maggiore was chosen. The entire building is made up of this pink-hued white marble. To bring it from the quarries of Candoglia, canals were dug leading to the construction site, evidence of which is still visible along the famous navigli, the canals left over from the network built in southern Milan specifically for that purpose! Thousands of artists, sculptors and specialized workers were involved in the construction of the Cathedral of Milan. Architects from across Europe were invited to work on the project (at least 78 different architects total) and as it grew and grew, its construction dragged on over the years. It was consecrated in 1418 but only the nave was really finished at that time. Heavy construction continued for another 200 years [walksofitaly.com]
Spotted on the A43 in Chambéry, my highest Italian plate! FN-series are already out, but I haven't seen any yet!
Taken from the S curve on the Blue Ridge Parkway, north of apple Orchard Mountain. I had to park the car on the side of the road and hike to this location.
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What to write about Lydia Lunch, that has not been written? She has been called an American icon. She´s certainly a confrontationalist. A provocateur/multi-talented woman on the highest order who uses her talents to fight against a corrupt system and society. If you ever go to see Lydia and her band Big Sexy Noise or to one of her spoken word performances, expect to be challenged. It is certainly not something for the faint-hearted. You should google Lydia Lunch to go to her amazing website that will give much more details.She has expressed her creativity through her music, books, spoken word performances, film, video, photography, poetry and ... I am sure I am forgetting something else. I would have to write a detailed Lydia Lunch history book to cover it all. I really appreciated her collaboration with Rowland S. Howard on the two albums "Honeymoon in Red" and "Shotgun Wedding". It was a big influence on me and it was because of that, I met Lydia once again. I will write a bit about Lydia and then end with a story of how I met Lydia after all these years because of Rowland S. Howard. It involved a nasty volcano and a happy ending in Vienna. Google any names here to get further information.
Lydia Lunch has been called "One of the 10 most influential performers of the 1990´s. I have always admired her energy and anger and how she throws it all into all of her art. She started singing and playing guitar for her band Teenage Jesus and the Jerks in New York when she was 16, all the way back in 1976! She was one of the major innovators behind what was known in 1978 as No-wave music. Brian Eno attended a series of their shows along with other bands of that time such as The Contortions, Mars and DNA. He produced an anthology album of these bands called No New York on Island Records. A revolutionary album at the time in 1978 and is still somewhat shocking after all this time. Her next band 8 Eyed Spy took off in another intense direction. She went on to make her solo debut influential album "Queen of Siam" in 1980. As Lydia became more involved in a wider range of artistic pursuits, her musical endeavors of the 80's focused on an extended, infamous series of collaborations with the likes of members of Sonic Youth, Birthday Party, Foetus, Einsturzende Neubauten and many others. In the present decade to date, Lydia has undertaken repeated tours of Europe and the U.S., and has giving spoken-word performances and been featured at internationally prestigious events. Her still photography has been exhibited at galleries in Prague, Paris, Eindhoven, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Diego, Melbourne, Australia and England. She went on to make underground films with Richard Kern and Beth and Scott B. In 1998, Lydia had an international retrospective of her photography which culminated in Paris at the Museum of Erotic Art, where 4 of her pieces are now on permanent display. She was the poster-girl for the Whitney Museum of Art's Underground Film Festival (Oct. 96-Jan. 97), Lydia appeared in 8 films in the festival including the gut-wrenching films of director Richard Kern. She shook up people with her performance as the phone-sex worker in Kern´s infamous film "Fingered" which captured Lydia´s and Kern´s vision of sexual violence and desire
She started her own production company Widowspeak which released her spoken word collaborations and her books. Such as the compilation, "Our Fathers Who Aren't in Heaven" (1990) features Lunch and author Hubert Selby Jr (Last Exit to Brooklyn), Henry Rollins and Don Bajema. She has traveled through the world with her bands and doing her intense spoken word performances. She has published quite a few books. Some of the books that come to mind: Her collaborative book of poetry with Exene Cervenka entitled "Adulter´s Anonymous", "Video Hysterie" a retrospective of Lydia´s music collaborations from 1978 to 2006 which comes with a DVD, "The Gun is Loaded" and "Paragoxia: a Predator´s Diary". This book has been described as a gorgeously battering experience, I will have to include a quote here: The unspeakable sexual confessions of underground legend Lydia Lunch. "Paradoxia reveals that Lunch is at her best when she's at her worst . . and gives voice to her sometimes scary, frequently funny, always canny, never sentimental siren song." --Barbara Kruger, ArtForum. Her recent book is out now and is called "Will Work For Drugs".
Lydia devoted still more of her time to writing, spoken-word performances and lecturing at academic institutions at home in the U.S. including teaching a class on Performance Art at the San Francisco Art Institute and even more so abroad with foreign engagements taking up the bulk of her time in recent years.The 2004 release of "Smoke in the Shadows", a full length LP which features Tommy Grenas, Len Del Rio, Nels Cline, Terry Edwards, Carla Bozulich and Adele Bertei, who together have created a jazzy, late night noir masterpiece which twists even further the unique genre she originated with Queen of Siam. Lydia's involvement with cinema was further expanded when she was invited by Asia Argento to operate as official still photographer for Asia's film based on JT Leroy's "The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things".
Lydia´s new band is called BIG SEXY NOISE formed with the musicians Terry Edwards, James Johnston & Ian White from the rabble rousing band Gallon Drunk. I saw them play in Prague and the combined intensity of Lydia´s singing vocal assaults and the raw, but hard harmonic sounds of the band blew me away. If you have the chance see them. You won´t forget it. OK, my story: Phil Shoenfelt contacted me last March. He had heard that the Australian filmmaker Richard Lowenstein was making a documentary about Rowland S. Howard. There was going to be a tribute concert in Rowland´s memory and Richard needed to have it filmed. I contacted Richard, one thing led to another and it was agreed that I would put together a film crew and capture the concert and do interviews with the musicians who were performing. The line up was Phil Shoenfelt´s band Southern Cross, Kill The Dandies! and Lydia Lunch´s band BIG SEXY NOISE headlining. The very fact that Lydia was involved in this concert, it was obviously very important to film it and do an interview with her. Lydia had a long and very close creative collaboration with Rowland spanning many years. Lydia had promised to project some film footage of her and Rowland while her band played.
I put together the film crew, arranged the interview with Lydia, we got all of the equipment together, the fateful day was nearing and we were ready. I had met Lydia several times a very long time ago in New York. I never really got to know Lydia. We had a lot of mutual friends. I´ve seen Lydia perform with her bands over the years and went to her spoken word performances. She was an intense person to say the least and I was bit nervous to interview her. Lydia normally does not do interviews and made an exception in this case because it was about Rowland. I did not know what to expect, so I did my best to prepare for the interview and to do my best, but fate intervened. The concert was on Monday night and it was Saturday. I had been in contact with Lydia and the concert organizer Ondrej Sturma from Scrape Sound.There was a problem, an Icelandic volcano called Eyjafjallajokul (I love her name) was spewing ash in the atmosphere and all planes were grounded in Europe. Lydia and her band were in France doing some concerts. They were having trouble getting out of France. On Sunday, Lydia had to cancel playing in Prague. All planes were still grounded. They wanted to take a train, but guess what, there was a train strike in France. Surprise, surprise! No rental cars available, so that was the end of that. Even Lydia Lunch couldn´t win against the force of nature with Eyjafjallajokul! I started to think that there might be something to Lydia´s apocalyptic premonitions. We all felt that Rowland must be laughing at this absurd situation.
We all carried on anyway. The Rowland tribute still happened and was filmed without Lydia and her band. The bands were great, good crowd, atmosphere, we filmed the concert, did all the interviews and were pleased with the results, but I was not satisfied. I kept in contact with Lydia hoping that we could hook up and do the interview at a convenient place while she was touring through Europe. Some of the concerts had to be canceled, but it seemed that the volcano threat calmed down. Lydia contacted me that she was doing a special performance in Vienna in June. Vienna is only five hours away from Prague, so it all seemed good to me. I contacted the filmmaker/Lushfilms Andrew C. Standen-Raz in Vienna. I knew I could count on him. I saw his talent through his documentary film about the Vienna music/performance scene called Vinyl. He promised to get a good camera person, he would film with another camera and I would be free to interview Lydia. The time came and Andrew was true to his word. He got the talented cameraman Sako Missirian. Sako had organized a van for us to film in and Andrew put together a music studio to do the second part of the interview in. The day finally came. I was prepared, but a bit nervous not knowing what to expect from Lydia. We picked her up in the van and she didn´t want to waste time and we got right into it. We filmed Lydia in a van that moved through the streets of Vienna. It was perfect, Lydia spoke intensely as I saw see the background of Vienna going by. Sako was crunched in a very uncomfortable position filming with his big camera. The seats were movable and my seat was turned around and I was able to interview Lydia properly, while Andrew was driving the van. Lydia was in good form and spoke intensely about politics, culture and of course Rowland. We continued the second part of the interview in the music studio. While Andrew and Sako set up the equipment, I took this photo in the courtyard of the music studio. I was totally relaxed with Lydia. She was intense, no bullshit and directly to the point. It was one of the best interviews that I did and I was really pleased with the results. I enjoyed the time spent with Lydia. She was very gracious and at times inspiring. We found the right note to the interview concerning Lydia´s work with Rowland and finished, but my work was not finished. I continued to interview people in Berlin that was connected to Rowland. I photographed them as well and have included the portraits in this series: The Rowland S. Howard documentary interview portraits".
Final thoughts about Lydia: The wonderful thing about Lydia is: she has never ever sold out once. The best thing to end this with is this: Do yourself a favor and listen to these Lydia Lunch songs. These are some of my favorite ones at the moment. Dance to these songs and kick in some walls. This is music made by a true passionate artist unlike all the Gaga crap that masquerades itself as being underground and shocking. Have a taste of the real deal! Go to youtube and search for these following songs: "Kill Your Sons " with Lydia´s band Big Sexy Noise, "Some Velvet morning" her demented beautiful ballad with Rowland, "Atomic Bongos" from Queen of Siam, "Touch My Evil" and finally I thought it proper, fitting and showing respect to end this with: "What is Memory" with Rowland´s screeching guitar playing.
Highest peak (2928 m) in the mountains north of Grindelwald. It is a nice hike/climb, and the summit offers superb views of the basin of the Brienzersee to the north and all the tall peaks of the Bernese Alps to the south.
Highest position in Explore: #324 - 21 Agosto 2009
Para que luego digan. El Skyline de rascacielos no se originó en Nueva York, ni en Chicago... Está aquí, cerquita, en A Coruña, al lado de la "patrimonizada" Torre de Hércules.
Bolivia is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.
La Paz, Bolivia, is the most extraordinary city.
La Paz, city, administrative capital of Bolivia, west-central Bolivia. It is situated some 68 km southeast of Lake Titicaca.
Sitting in a valley in the Andes Mountains, La Paz is the city that touches the clouds.
A country of extremes, landlocked Bolivia is the highest and most isolated country in South America.
There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.
Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is.
Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving.
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... in Myanmar and with 116m the second highest statue in the world !
Bodhi Tataung Laykyun Setkyar Standing Buddha statue.
Construction began in 1996 and was completed on 21 February 2008.
seen in Khatakan Taung, near Monywa, Myanmar - Even Larger On Black
Highest Explore Position #251 ~ On January 27th 2008.
Goose - Regents Park, London, England - Friday January 25th 2008.
View from Great/Central Tower. Grade I listed historic cathedral.
"The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, commonly known as York Minster, is the cathedral of York, England, and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. The minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the third-highest office of the Church of England (after the monarch as Supreme Governor and the Archbishop of Canterbury), and is the mother church for the Diocese of York and the Province of York. It is run by a dean and chapter, under the Dean of York. The title "minster" is attributed to churches established in the Anglo-Saxon period as missionary teaching churches, and serves now as an honorific title. Services in the minster are sometimes regarded as on the High Church or Anglo-Catholic end of the Anglican continuum.
The minster, devoted to Saint Peter, has a very wide Decorated Gothic nave and chapter house, a Perpendicular Gothic quire and east end and Early English North and South transepts. The nave contains the West Window, constructed in 1338, and over the Lady Chapel in the east end is the Great East Window (finished in 1408), the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world. In the north transept is the Five Sisters Window, each lancet being over 53 feet (16.3 m) high. The south transept contains a rose window, while the West Window contains a heart-shaped design colloquially known as The Heart of Yorkshire.
A bishop of York was summoned to the Council of Arles in 314 indicating the presence of a Christian community in York at this time; however, archaeological evidence of Christianity in Roman York is limited. The first recorded church on the site was a wooden structure built hurriedly in 627 to provide a place to baptise Edwin, King of Northumbria. Moves toward a more substantial building began in the decade of the 630s. A stone structure was completed in 637 by Oswald and was dedicated to Saint Peter. The church soon fell into disrepair and was dilapidated by 670 when Saint Wilfrid ascended to the See of York. He repaired and renewed the structure. The attached school and library were established and by the 8th century were some of the most substantial in Northern Europe.
In 741, the church was destroyed in a fire. It was rebuilt as a more impressive structure containing thirty altars. The church and the entire area then passed through the hands of numerous invaders, and its history is obscure until the 10th century. There were a series of Benedictine archbishops, including Saint Oswald of Worcester, Wulfstan and Ealdred, who travelled to Westminster to crown William in 1066. Ealdred died in 1069 and was buried in the church.
The church was damaged in 1069 during William the Conqueror's harrying of the North, but the first Norman archbishop, Thomas of Bayeux, arriving in 1070, organised repairs. The Danes destroyed the church in 1075, but it was again rebuilt from 1080. Built in the Norman style, it was 111 m (364.173 ft) long and rendered in white and red lines. The new structure was damaged by fire in 1137 but was soon repaired. The choir and crypt were remodelled in 1154, and a new chapel was built, all in the Norman style.
The Gothic style in cathedrals had arrived in the mid 12th century. Walter de Gray was made archbishop in 1215 and ordered the construction of a Gothic structure to compare to Canterbury; building began in 1220. The north and south transepts were the first new structures; completed in the 1250s, both were built in the Early English Gothic style but had markedly different wall elevations. A substantial central tower was also completed, with a wooden spire. Building continued into the 15th century.
The Chapter House was begun in the 1260s and was completed before 1296. The wide nave was constructed from the 1280s on the Norman foundations. The outer roof was completed in the 1330s, but the vaulting was not finished until 1360. Construction then moved on to the eastern arm and chapels, with the last Norman structure, the choir, being demolished in the 1390s. Work here finished around 1405. In 1407 the central tower collapsed; the piers were then reinforced, and a new tower was built from 1420. The western towers were added between 1433 and 1472. The cathedral was declared complete and consecrated in 1472.
The English Reformation led to the looting of much of the cathedral's treasures and the loss of much of the church lands. Under Elizabeth I there was a concerted effort to remove all traces of Roman Catholicism from the cathedral; there was much destruction of tombs, windows and altars. In the English Civil War the city was besieged and fell to the forces of Cromwell in 1644, but Thomas Fairfax prevented any further damage to the cathedral.
Following the easing of religious tensions there was some work to restore the cathedral. From 1730 to 1736 the whole floor of the minster was relaid in patterned marble and from 1802 there was a major restoration. However, on 2 February 1829, an arson attack by Jonathan Martin inflicted heavy damage on the east arm. An accidental fire in 1840 left the nave, south west tower and south aisle roofless and blackened shells. The cathedral slumped deeply into debt and in the 1850s services were suspended. From 1858 Augustus Duncombe worked successfully to revive the cathedral. In 1866, there were six residentiary canonries: of which one was the Chancellor's, one the Sub-Dean's, and another annexed to the Archdeaconry of York.
During the 20th century there was more concerted preservation work, especially following a 1967 survey that revealed the building, in particular the central tower, was close to collapse. £2,000,000 was raised and spent by 1972 to reinforce and strengthen the building foundations and roof. During the excavations that were carried out, remains of the north corner of the Roman Principia (headquarters of the Roman fort, Eboracum) were found under the south transept. This area, as well as remains of the Norman cathedral, re-opened to the public in spring 2013 as part of the new exhibition exploring the history of the building of York Minster.
York is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in North Yorkshire, England. The population of the council area which includes nearby villages was 208,200 as of 2017 and the population of the urban area was 153,717 at the 2011 census. Located at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss, it is the county town of the historic county of Yorkshire. The city is known for its famous historical landmarks such as York Minster and the city walls, as well as a variety of cultural and sporting activities, which makes it a popular tourist destination in England. The local authority is the City of York Council, a single tier governing body responsible for providing all local services and facilities throughout the city. The City of York local government district includes rural areas beyond the old city boundaries. It is about 25 miles north-east of Leeds and 34 miles north-west of Kingston upon Hull. York is the largest settlement in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire.
The city was founded by the Romans as Eboracum in 71 AD. It became the capital of the Roman province of Britannia Inferior, and later of the kingdoms of Deira, Northumbria and Jórvík. In the Middle Ages, York grew as a major wool trading centre and became the capital of the northern ecclesiastical province of the Church of England, a role it has retained. In the 19th century, York became a major hub of the railway network and a confectionery manufacturing centre, a status it maintained well into the 20th century. During the Second World War, York was bombed as part of the Baedeker Blitz. Although less affected by bombing than other northern cities, several historic buildings were gutted and restoration efforts continued into the 1960s.
The economy of York is dominated by services. The University of York and National Health Service are major employers, whilst tourism has become an important element of the local economy. In 2016, York became sister cities with the Chinese city of Nanjing, as per an agreement signed by the Lord Mayor of York, focusing on building links in tourism, education, science, technology and culture. Today, the city is a popular tourist attraction, especially for international visitors from America, Germany, France and China. In 2017, York became UK's first human rights city, which formalised the city's aim to use human rights in decision making." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
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Highest explore position: 450 on Monday, April 12, 2010. Thanks for your comments, faves, and views!