Reaching the summit of K2
An evening pause: Climbing those last few hundred feet and reaching the summit of K2, the world’s second highest mountain.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Percy Sledge – When a Man Loves A Woman
Rapping flight attendant
Piano Guys – Without you
An evening pause: A beautiful piece performed by the Piano Guys.
George Harrison – Here comes the Sun
Fauré – Pie Jesu
Moody Blues – Nights in White Satin
Panda escape
I Know Him So Well – Judy Kuhn & Sissel
How it’s made – Bubble gum
Cesar Espinoza – Unchained Melody
Philip Sparke – Hymn of the Highlands, Dundonnell – Brass Band München
An evening pause: The third movement, Dundonell, of Philip Sparke’s Hymn of the Highlands, played by Brass Band München. This is so spirited that it doesn’t matter that the camera angle never changes. And watch the conductor give his all as well.
Riding a zip line in Alaska
An evening pause: This zip line is clearly not as long a ride as this one, but who cares? And the finish is faster.
Shawn Colvin – Hold On
Four Strings – Let it Rain
Dancing on Strings – Song of India
Clark Jaman – I’ll Meet You There
Robert Goulet – If ever I would leave you
Fun with dry ice
Trinity University’s winning lateral play vs Millsaps
An evening pause: In honor of college football today, here is probably one of the most unlikely winning plays in the history of football.
Eddi Reader – Auld Lang Syne
Jib Jab – 2011, Buh-Bye!
Fired employee goes on rampage
An evening pause: I think this is staged, but it’s worth sticking around for the punchline at the end.
Lurie and Atkinson – writing Shakespeare
The Music Man – Till there was you
An evening pause: The same song, two versions, from the 1962 movie, and then from the 2003 television production.
A day made of glass
An evening pause: Though it really doesn’t make sense to spend the money for electronic road signs, this public relations video from Corning still gives one a hint of some of the cool technology coming down the pike.
As Arthur Clarke once said, “Any science sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from magic.”