A Small Obsession

This is NOT my photo.It's by photographer David Breashears and from this NPR article - a pixel tour of Mount Everest. And the photo is nothing compared to the interactive "pixel tour" of the mountain. I can't wait to play with the interactive, narrated version they're creating.I do not know what pulls me, but Mount Everest is a small obsession of mine. It's been since I read Into Thin Air a few years ago. I am as mystified with the moutain as I am with the people who want to scale it. If I had some impossible dream, that would be it. Maybe one day, if given the opportunity, I could volunteer at base camp for a bit - just to get in on the action. But climb the beast? Probably not in this lifetime.I could be blogging about the end of the 2012 work year, how we didn't die in the Mayan apocalypse or how I ran too far, too fast this week, but after stumbling upon this article, it had to be today's post. It's important I track the things I care about - Mount Everest, and her story, is definitely one of them.