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Lake Manyara, Tanzania - Safari :

Lake Manyara, Tanzania - Safari

Updated: Apr 16, 2007 6:21pm PST

Pre-Safari Northern Tanzania :

Pre-Safari Northern Tanzania

Updated: Apr 16, 2007 6:20pm PST

Stanford vs Cal Hockey - The Big Freeze - Jan 27, 2007 : Final Score
Stanford 9, Cal 4

Stanford vs Cal Hockey - The Big Freeze - Jan 27, 2007

Final Score Stanford 9, Cal 4

Updated: Jan 28, 2007 1:17am PST

Mt. Kilimanjaro - December 2006 - with GPS mapping ("map this!") : Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania in December of 2006.

Individual photo captions below the photos.

GPS-based mapping is enabled. Click on "map this!" at the top-right corner. The default view is too narrow, drag the slider at the left down a few notches and follow the trail of photos to the southeast and then around up to the top of Kilimanjaro.

Photos (c) 2006 David C. Thompson
http://www.davidcthompson.com

Mt. Kilimanjaro - December 2006 - with GPS mapping ("map this!")

Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania in December of 2006. Individual ...

Updated: Jan 03, 2007 10:26am PST

Stanford vs. Cal Ice Hockey - Dec 1, 2006 at Stanford (Ice Oasis) :

Stanford vs. Cal Ice Hockey - Dec 1, 2006 at Stanford (Ice Oasis)

Updated: Dec 04, 2006 4:12am PST

Stanford Dish Walk with GPS Mapping Enabled : Walking the Stanford Dish / Palo Alto Foothills on December 3, 2006 with a Sony GPS unit attached to my camera. See the "map this" button to see how it works. A bunch of photos are clustered because I generally stopped to take pictures in one place.

Stanford Dish Walk with GPS Mapping Enabled

Walking the Stanford Dish / Palo Alto Foothills on December 3, 2006 wi ...

Updated: Dec 03, 2006 3:41pm PST

Test of mapping :

Test of mapping

Updated: Nov 26, 2006 12:53pm PST

Hot Air Balloons over Napa Valley, CA -- 24 Nov 2006 : Photos taken from Terry's balloon with the Napa Valley Drifters on November 24, 2006. We launched from just north of the city of Napa around sunrise. The Napa Valley Drifters are highly reccomended; Terry was a great pilot and guide.

Hot Air Balloons over Napa Valley, CA -- 24 Nov 2006

Photos taken from Terry's balloon with the Napa Valley Drifters on Nov ...

Updated: Nov 24, 2006 10:48pm PST

Wildlife in the Stanford Foothills (20 November 2006) -- Palo Alto, CA :

Wildlife in the Stanford Foothills (20 November 2006) -- Palo Alto, CA

Updated: Nov 20, 2006 11:56pm PST

Stanford Hockey vs UC Davis - October 21, 2006 at Ice Oasis : Stanford defeated U.C. Davis 6-4.

All photos (c) 2007 David Thompson

Stanford Hockey vs UC Davis - October 21, 2006 at Ice Oasis

Stanford defeated U.C. Davis 6-4. All photos (c) 2007 David Thompso ...

Updated: Oct 22, 2006 2:17pm PST

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12/19/06

Again, the summit on the morning of Day 5.

Tanzania December 2006 - D. Thompson GPS mapping is enabled: select "map this!" and zoom out by using the slider on the left side of the screen.

Okay, this is way too adorable.

Photos (c) 2006 David C. Thompson

12/21/06

Morning of Day 7, looking up toward the summit. We had been there not 24 hours previous, but we were already 7,000' down from the summit.

Tanzania December 2006 - D. Thompson GPS mapping is enabled: select "map this!" and zoom out by using the slider on the left side of the screen.

12/20/06

My favorite shot of the trip. Sunrise from Stella Point 5685m.

Sunrise over Hans Meyer Point (?) from Stella's Point. 5685m AMSL.

Tanzania December 2006 - D. Thompson GPS mapping is enabled: select "map this!" and zoom out by using the slider on the left side of the screen.

12/20/06

Sunrise over Mawensi (?) from Stella's Point. 5685m AMSL.

Tanzania December 2006 - D. Thompson GPS mapping is enabled: select "map this!" and zoom out by using the slider on the left side of the screen.

12/20/06

Sunrise over the glaciers from Stella's Point. 5685m AMSL.

Tanzania December 2006 - D. Thompson GPS mapping is enabled: select "map this!" and zoom out by using the slider on the left side of the screen.

Seriously! Does it get any cuter than this!

Photos (c) 2006 David C. Thompson

12/20/06

Made it! We had to wait a few minutes to take the picture, but the sun was definitely up by the time we got there. Highest point in Africa, 5895m AMSL. The top of the world. A few maps list it as 5896m, but who is really keeping score?

Tanzania December 2006 - D. Thompson GPS mapping is enabled: select "map this!" and zoom out by using the slider on the left side of the screen.

12/20/06

Sunrise on Day 6, from Stella's Point. We started at Barfu around midnight, got up to Stella's around 6 am. (Click "exif" to see that this photo was taken at 5:56 am local time. 5685m AMSL.

Tanzania December 2006 - D. Thompson GPS mapping is enabled: select "map this!" and zoom out by using the slider on the left side of the screen.

12/19/06

More rough rocks on the way up to 4600m on Day 5.

Tanzania December 2006 - D. Thompson GPS mapping is enabled: select "map this!" and zoom out by using the slider on the left side of the screen.

12/19/06

Heading toward our rest break on Day 5.

Tanzania December 2006 - D. Thompson GPS mapping is enabled: select "map this!" and zoom out by using the slider on the left side of the screen.

12/19/06

The summit at sunrise on Day 5, leading up to our summit push at midnight. We felt a lot closer this morning than the day before. Same as previous image, differnet exposure.

Tanzania December 2006 - D. Thompson GPS mapping is enabled: select "map this!" and zoom out by using the slider on the left side of the screen.

12/18/06

Another cliff wall on Day 4, but with visible uplift patterns. The force it must have taken to lift that giant slab of rock is somewhat amazing.

Tanzania December 2006 - D. Thompson GPS mapping is enabled: select "map this!" and zoom out by using the slider on the left side of the screen.

12/16/06

Stream near Shira 2.

Tanzania December 2006 - D. Thompson GPS mapping is enabled: select "map this!" and zoom out by using the slider on the left side of the screen.

12/16/06

Porters' tent at Shira 2.

Tanzania December 2006 - D. Thompson GPS mapping is enabled: select "map this!" and zoom out by using the slider on the left side of the screen.

12/16/06

Shira 2 after the rains ended. The big tent is the porter tent, the small tent is the guide tent.

Tanzania December 2006 - D. Thompson GPS mapping is enabled: select "map this!" and zoom out by using the slider on the left side of the screen.

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