Band Name of the Day

01/13/04’s illustrious band:

Dufourspitze

Brought to you by Switzerland. Dufourspitze is this mountainous nation’s highest point, at 4,634 meters above sea level. That’s 15,203.4 feet, or 2.87943 miles.

I’m talking about high points today because I’m having one, but not having one. What I mean is, I’m feeling good, but really tired, because I donated blood this morning. Since actual thinking seems like too much work, here’s a little round-the-world tour of great elevations, chosen almost entirely at random by my wandering eye. Enjoy the trivia -- and enjoy saying Dufourspitze. Has anybody ever been to any of these places?

Argentina: Cerro Aconcagua, 6,960 m (22,834.6 feet/4.32474 miles)

Australia: Mount Kosciuszko, 2,229 m (7,312.99 feet/1.38504 miles)

Canada: Mount Logan, 5,959 m (19,550.5 feet/3.70275 miles)

Great Britain: Ben Nevis, 1,343 m (4,406.17 feet/0.834502 miles)

Iceland: Hvannadalshnukur, 2,119 m (at Vatnajokull glacier) (6,952.1 feet/1.31669 miles)

India: Kanchenjunga, 8,598 m (28,208.7 feet/5.34255 miles)

Iraq: unnamed peak, 3,611 m; (note -- this peak is not Gundah Zhur 3,607 m or Kuh-e Hajji-Ebrahim 3,595 m) (11,847.1 feet/2.24377 miles)

Jamaica: Blue Mountain Peak, 2,256 m (7,401.57 feet/1.40181 miles)

Japan: Mount Fuji, 3,776 m (12,388.5 feet/2.3463 miles)

Nepal: Mt. Everest, Mount Everest, 8,850 m (29,035.4 feet/5.49914 miles)

United States: Mt. McKinley, 6,194 m (20,321.5 feet/3.84877 miles)

Zimbabwe: Inyangani, 2,592 m (8,503.94 feet/1.61059 miles)

Today around the world: January 13 is Silversterchläuse in Switzerland. I tried for half an hour to find out what that means, but couldn’t. Does anyone else know?