The Mountain Climber

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Mountain Climber by johng562.

They tell the story of a mountain climber, who desperate to conquer the Aconcagua, initiated his climb after years of preparation. But he wanted the glory to himself, therefore, he went up alone. He started climbing and it was becoming later, and later. He did not prepare for camping but decided to keep on going. Soon it got dark…

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Night fell with heaviness at a very high altitude. Visibility was zero. Everything was black. There was no moon, and the stars were covered by clouds. As he was climbing a ridge at about 100 meters from the top, he slipped and fell. Falling rapidly he could only see blotches of darkness that passed. He felt a terrible sensation of being sucked in by gravity.

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He kept falling….and in those anguishing moments good and bad memories passed

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Comments (0) Sep 30 2009

Meet The Newest ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ Sensation

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Lungs Of Steel

Hollie Steel on 'Britain's Got Talent' (ABC)

Hollie Steel 

Awkward girl amazes ‘Talent’

At first, 10-year-old Hollie had trouble dancing, but then she started to sing. » Better than Boyle, Shaheen?

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Posted Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:40am PDT
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I don’t know about you, but I’m already sick of Susan Boyle from Britain’s Got Talent. And I don’t even live in Britain! I’ve just reached my Boyling point with her.
Well, it does seem now that the population of Britain agrees with me, at least, because U.K. viewers’ fickle attention has already turned first to younger and cuter 12-year-old Britain’s Got Talent hopeful Shaheen Jafargholi and then, as of last night, to the even younger and cuter 10-year-old singing ballerina, Hollie Steel.
Hollie’s performance on Britain’s runaway-hit talent show is the latest Interweb sensation after airing on U.K. television yesterday, and along with the obvious
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Comments (0) Apr 27 2009

Scottish singing sensation gets dye job, makeover

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Story photo: Susan Boyle Shows Off New, Darker Do

Susan Boyle’s new look on right

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LONDON — Say it ain’t so, Susan!

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Singing sensation Susan Boyle — whose dowdy image contrasted so greatly with her angelic voice that she became an instant Internet celebrity — has gone in for a makeover.

Boyle, 47, had her graying, frizzy hair dyed chestnut brown and styled in what The Sun tabloid says was a 35-pound ($50) makeover. And instead of the old-fashioned dress

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Comments (0) Apr 25 2009

Susan Boyle Gets a New Look

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April 22, 2009 8:07 AM PDT

Story photo: Susan Boyle Gets a New Look

“Britain’s Got Talent” contestant Susan Boyle gestures to onlookers in Blackburn in West Lothian, Scotland April 21, 2009
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Looks like Susan Boyle went shopping.
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On Tuesday, the famously frumpy Britain’s Got Talent singer, 48, stepped out in a new patterned dress, leather-look jacket and, yes, high heels, the British
Daily Mail points out. Her bushy brows have also gone bye-bye.

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Boyle never ruled out amping up her look ever since she reached international fame for her touching performance of “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Miserables.

“Maybe I’ll consider a makeover later on,” she told the London Times on Saturday. “For now I’m happy the way I am short and plump. I would not go in for Botox or anything like that. I’m content with the way I look. What’s wrong with looking like Susan Boyle? What’s the matter with that?” Read More

Comments (0) Apr 23 2009

Susan Boyle Eclipsed By 12-Year-Old Talent

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Posted Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:41pm PDT
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Britain’s Got Talent hopeful Susan Boyle became an overnight sensation last week with her moving performance of “I Dream A Dream” from the Broadway musical Les Miserables. Her back story of being a 48-year-old plain Jane who had never been kissed and lives with her cat helped her rack up tens of millions of YouTube video plays in days.
But 12-year-old Shaheen Jafargholi from Mount Pleasant, Swansea appears to have the goods to eclipse Boyle.

Jafargholi’s performance Saturday night on the competition show has given the Internet yet another new buzz.

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Comments (0) Apr 21 2009

The Mountain Climber

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They tell the story of a mountain climber, who desperate to conquer the Aconcagua, initiated his climb after years of preparation. But he wanted the glory to himself, therefore, he went up alone. He started climbing and it was becoming later, and later. He did not prepare for camping but decided to keep on going. Soon it got dark…

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Night fell with heaviness at a very high altitude. Visibility was zero. Everything was black. There was no moon, and the stars were covered by clouds. As he was climbing a ridge at about 100 meters from the top, he slipped and fell. Falling rapidly he could only see blotches of darkness that passed. He felt a terrible sensation of being sucked in by gravity.

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Comments (0) Mar 28 2009