No kidding. We called for a helicopter to charter us down from the last tea house (Lobuche, I think), and there was no helicopter available, even in Kathmandu 45 minutes away, that could fly high enough. Also, the weather a mile below was too bad to fly, even if they had the right one.

A lot of people do this. Stay up there for weeks. Things will be different depending on the month you go, of course. Trekking season is probably much more crowded but I bet by next year there will be double the number of rooms up there - they are building a lot.

Definitely do it. This is late May 2014.

No mention of any of the engineering. Because they left all of it out including, but not limited to, structural, electrical, mechanical, seismic, fire protection, signage, and security.

So, I randomly took a picture of the plant while i was leaving at 10:30a for San Luis Obispo. one of the stacks was raining fire like a second sun (I live about 3.5 miles away) and though it was neat. Grabbed my coffee and headed north. Then my dad called to see if I'd felt what had registered as a 1.7 on the Richter…

This one. Goes in the CD tray that nobody uses anymore. Works brilliantly. $17.

Was about to share a video of me running around the helipad on the US Bank building... not sure it's a good idea. Everyone is in agreement that the helipads are useless. An artifact of the Los Angeles City strategy that, until recently as you'd stated, was written specifically for the City (and with the foundation…

This article would have been a lot shorter if the answer was: top, bottom, left, right, middle.

What was this little video popup ad that just happened when I came up on this page?

Let's just all agree to never make a car in this burnt orange copper color again, ever. Mmmk, pumpkin?

really? because I HATE YOU. i'm kidding, of course. pretty sure my sub 10 year old dumb idiot self was too cracked out on dunkin donuts and swedish fish to sit in my video game bean bag chair with enough patience to pass the level.

you done messed up, now, boy.

second the magic carpet nightmare. impossible. had to quit. it will bug me until my dying day.

It's just like the moon to hold a grudge and crash into the earth... Like I always say: "Never trust anything you can't see the back of."

so what you're saying is, if you stopped earths orbit, it would probably fall into orbit? makes sense...

ruh roh... slow your role, dr. gero.

great movie.

Figures Hermosa Beach pier would be on the front cover. Hard to tell that the christmas tree is over 15 feet tall, easily. Sure don't miss MA in February...

Awesome that you report on this. Met with these guys about two months ago. There are a lot of incentives to this technology, with very little downside; the downside being the footprint, which, when planned accordingly for new construction isn't a huge deal.

Don't worry. As soon as he leaves the compound, he's still in Los Angeles, arguably the shittiest place on the west coast of the continent.