we first went to kilimanjaro in 1999.nd in 2000, we had aerial photographs -- flown -- so that we could make a map of the ice on the mountain in 2000. and it's when we started comparing the results of that map with all the other maps that had been made from the mountain, going back to 1912, that you could really see the loss of ice that has occurred there. and some of the skeptics will look at a mountain like kilimanjaro, and they say, "well, how do you know that it's not land-use changes, "changes in moisture supply -- droughts and the like?" and the answer to that is that it's not just kilimanjaro. it's mount kenya. it's the ruwenzoris. it's all the glaciers in the andes of south america and throughout the himalayas that are giving the same message. so the confidence comes from this large scale evidence that all points in the same direction. to me -- and particularly the tropical glaciers are kind of our canaries in a coal mine. so the fact that every tropical glacier is retreating, i think, is our warning that the syst

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that i would do mount kilimanjaro again. i think i would try rainier, which is technical liming. -- climbing. rainier is a mountain that one of my colleagues has done a number of times where you have to rope up. >> you do the billy goat trail. >> yes, my six and four-year- olds go hike in the great falls. be able toposed to hike your age. for my six-year-old, that would be traumatic. >> i am trying to shoot my age in golf. i didn't know about this hike thing. >> enjoy hiking with the children. >> thank you, all of you who are watching. one thing google and the tory burch foundation for making this possible. thank you for a fantastic conversation. >> happy to be here. [applause] >> several live events to tell you about this morning. jack lew will be at the pew charitable trusts to discuss the state of financial reform. that is that c-span2. , members of the house and energy subcommittee will hear from federal regulatory commissioners. democraticover a onering committee meeting unemployment benefits that are set to expire at t

. >> we've seen people extreme ironing at the top of montana ki kilimanjaro, for example.n the antarctic, on the back of fast-moving cars. >> but no one takes it to greater extremes than andy ford and mike frost. two professional sky divers from great britain. in 1998, andy spots extreme ironing in a magazine. >> so we're going on a mountain top and we said, we could make a sick movie, we could really make this look good. >> at the time, andy and mike are focusing on another extreme sport. sky surfing. a mix of skydiving and surfing. >> you surf on the actual air and you're burning this great big just trail through the sky and you're having as much fun as you really want to. you think, what am i going to do this time? am i going to fly on my back, on my front, slide down and spin? if i'm going to spin, how fast can i spin? >> how do you make that more exteam? well, you add a little home appliance to the mix. in autumn 1998, the two decide to do a little extreme ironing of their own. >> what excited us the most is that we saw the other guys were doing and thought, yep, we c