Hey, Voom crowd.

I am going on vacation tomorrow. Four of us are going to climb Kilimanjaro - the tallest peak in Africa.

With the recent developments, I'd like to dedicate my climb to Voom.

I am not a Voom customer, but lets just say... I am directly involved. :)

I will post some pics in two weeks upon my return. I will bring the Voom logo to the the Roof of Africa!! Wish me luck.

VIVA LA VOOM!!!!

Hey, Voom crowd.

I am going on vacation tomorrow. Four of us are going to climb Kilimanjaro - the tallest peak in Africa.

With the recent developments, I'd like to dedicate my climb to Voom.

I am not a Voom customer, but lets just say... I am directly involved. :)

I will post some pics in two weeks upon my return. I will bring the Voom logo to the the Roof of Africa!! Wish me luck.

VIVA LA VOOM!!!!
GOOD LUCK & DON'T FALL OFF THE MOUNTAIN

Man that sounds awesome. I hope your "involvement" is a Rush production :yes .

GOOD LUCK & DON'T FALL OFF THE MOUNTAIN

Unless his name is James

Thank you for the good vibes :)

I wish! (about the Rush production) Well, may be they'll let me put a voom logo on my parachute :)

Like this pic here

Ladies and Gentlemen, This just in. James Dolan the CEO of Cablevision has just fallen 20,000 feet off the Kilimanjaro mountain. We have no word on either or not his body has been found.

20 minutes later, we regret to inform you that we found his body at the bottom of the mountain. What a bloddy fu*kin' mess! Thank God It's Over!!!!!! OOPS! I can't say that on air can I? Oh well it looks like I just did.

I will post some pics in two weeks upon my return. I will bring the Voom logo to the the Roof of Africa!! Wish me luck.

VIVA LA VOOM!!!!
Good luck man. Are we going to see you in Rush-HD? :D

good luck also...can't wait to see the pics!

Awesome :cool: and good luck!

Hey gang.

We made it. It wasnt a super hard climb - no technical stuff, just a VERY demanding hike. We took 5 days to climb to the summit, where other climbers take 9-11 days. The main danger here is the HAPE (altitude sickness). Each day adds about a 30% chance of success to the top. We still got a little sick, but made it to the very top.

There are two points the Gilman point (lower) and the Uhuru point (highest). Only 75% of climbers make it to the Gilman point and just 50% to Uhuru. In total we hiked 75-80 km at altitudes between 6000 feet and >19000 feet. It was an acompishment and we are all proud of ourselves for doing it. Anyone can do it, just not everyone does ;)

So here are a few pics, as promised. I didnt take the Voom logo to the very top (every ounce counts) but I did take a shot of it at camp 2. And with help of my friend and photoshop this is what it may have looked like! :)

Those shots look awesome!!

Those pictures are Classic...way to go!!! :up :up

COOL PICS!!! I 'me glad that you guys made it and came down safely (going down is always the most dangerous part).

thank you guys! Appreciate the good words.

Here are a few more shots

COOL PICS!!! I 'me glad that you guys made it and came down safely (going down is always the most dangerous part).

But sometimes the fastest!!!!! LOL

thank you guys! Appreciate the good words.

Here are a few more shots

Now we just need VOOM flags on top of all of the world's highest mountains. Anyone here good with Photoshop?

Still enjoying HDTV under lightly raining Seattle skies, Gill

Congratulations. Great pictures.

I don't suppose you'd climb onto my roof to adjust my OAB antenna.................

How are the OTA's up there???

Please be careful. Awesome pix!!

Great accomplishment...!!!
Good going sixfrost...kudos!!!

How did the weather look at the top and at the bottom?
Must be a huge temperature difference?

That crevasse is really beautiful! [Mind out of the gutter, this is actually an appropriate moment to use the word.]

And the Crater/Cone area? Is that Shira or Mawenzi?

It is very cool looking. Nice images. The cloud shots are terrific. You can tell why the Masai call it Oldoinyo Oibor (white mountain... but don't tell New Hampshire, because as a Vermonter, I'd hate for them to coopt Tanzania unless they are moving there.)

Thank you for bringing this to us. It is another bright spot in a tense and uncertain future on the VOOM end user front. Grin.

I hope you got some killer Peaberry coffee.

Best,

Rick
[Former and Future ATSC Human and ongoing Videogame Professional]

Wow that's awesome, standing above the clouds, very cool!

Thank you all again for the good words.

We decided to take the Rongai route, which is MUCH less traveled. It was closed to climbers up until a few years ago. The starting point is almost on the border with Kenya. Going this way allowed us to experience two routes: Rongai - up and Marangu - down. Marangu is the very crowded tourist route, on the way up we were the only group, but on the way down we met close to a 100 people making their way up.

We stopped by Mawenzi - camp 4 (Mawenzi Tarn), the beautiful "little" sister mountain of Kilimanjaro. It is about 100 meters lower then the Kibo Hut point (base camp of Kili) which is at 4750 meters (about 15500 feet). But this is a VERY technical peak, with straight up walls requiring major skills.

The weather changes were very drastic. From +90 at the bottom to -20 at the top... Water in the bottles froze by 3rd hour as we started our final climb to the top at 12 midnight on the 5th day. We got to Uhuru (5,896 m) at about 8 am. Tired and breathless, from the climb and from the view of the world below us, we toasted with a small can of Heineken. It was nice and cold :)) How many people can say they drank beer on the Roof of Africa? :)

It was just amazing. The site and the feeling of being on top of the highest peak in Africa and one of the 7 highest peaks of the world was incredible.

As far as OTAs up there... dont know yet, but I called Installs and made an appointment for next week. My directions: Take a left at Mawenzi, stop by Kibo Hut and continue up to the top of the big hill. :)

WOW, sixfrost, that's all I can say...I checked in too late a few weeks ago to wish you well on the ascent, but am delighted that the ascent and the descent were so successful...the pics were exquisite!!

How lucky you are to have had such a wonderful adventure!! You have made me really jealous...but I'm still hoping I'll have such a day to come!

Congratulations...and I'm wishing you many more adventures (hopefully, with HD cameras in hand!) Vicki :D

thank you guys! Appreciate the good words.

Here are a few more shots
Line of Sight not an issue here i imagine :)
although with the low angle , are you above the sat ? :confused:

Awesome pictures! Thanks for sharing with us.

Thanks for sharing the pics, what a great adventure!

Hey, Voom crowd.

I am going on vacation tomorrow. Four of us are going to climb Kilimanjaro - the tallest peak in Africa.

With the recent developments, I'd like to dedicate my climb to Voom.

I am not a Voom customer, but lets just say... I am directly involved. :)

I will post some pics in two weeks upon my return. I will bring the Voom logo to the the Roof of Africa!! Wish me luck.

VIVA LA VOOM!!!!

Awesome, good luck!

Which cam are you guys going to use? The 900? :)