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«_ This, despite the nerveâ€"wracking Zexperience of an avalanche passing by *his tent one night just 100 metres away. The group ranged in age from seven (the trip leader‘s daughter stayed with the group for the first 10 days) to 57; from an Ottawa newspaâ€" per editor, a fresh water biologist, to a number of engineers. And all, despite the myths about climbers being crazy guys, these were fairly normal. "They weren‘t that weird at all," said McDowell. "They were just ordinary guys." ranges, facing 50â€"foot ice walls, dodgâ€" ing huge ice cubes â€" all of this and still the 36â€"yearâ€"old general practitionâ€" er would love to do it all again. "The people I was with were great. I‘d mention my lack of experience and they all said not to worry; that they‘d get me to the top." July 7, 1993 Coping with the threat of an avalanche, often laboriously climbing up the side of the 24,000 foot mounâ€" tain, crossing over three mountain New phone service means big savings for college "The others knew we were safe, but I stayed up all night waiting for the next one to hit," he said, with a laugh. The system, which features voice mail and automated attendant (which answers incoming calls from the public), should also result in more effective responses to general enquiries from the public, Raymond said. | (Continued from page 1) "It‘s a new love of mine now," he said, from his offices at Oakville‘s Argus Medical Centre. College officials said the new telephone sysâ€" tem will result in more efficient and costâ€"effective communications between its five campuses locatâ€" ed in Oakville, Brampton, Credit Valley and Burlington "As of last weekend, it was the first time in Sheridan‘s history you could pick up a phone on one campus and call another without having to go through another phone network," Randy Raymond, the college‘s director of information technology said in an interview Tuesday (June Sheridan College‘s telecommunications probâ€" lems are a thing of the past, thanks to a new $2.5â€" million interâ€"campus telecommunications netâ€" work that is expected to save the college in excess of $100,000 a year in long distance calls alone. 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"I‘d never done any ice climbing As the July heat wave continues Oakville resâ€" idents may have to choose whether to sweat it out in bed at night or chance becoming victim of a breakâ€"in. "We tried twice...the most experiâ€" enced guys had to turn back because of the weather," said McDowell. "We‘ve noticed in the last couple of days there are breakâ€"ins resulting from people leaving their windows open because of the hot weather. People are going into homes through the open windows," said Halton Regional Police Acting Det. Sgt. Grant Wilkinson. At 2:36 a.m. Tuesday, a Hudson Place resiâ€" He said the trip was exciting from the moment go. From the packing of the gear to spending a couple of days in Bangkok, then in Katmandu, and even getting interviewed by a prestiâ€" gious American climbing magazine, all just added to it. And little mishaps like the bus that broke down six or eight times along a 100â€"kilometre journey to the start of the trek didn‘t matter a bit. The 15â€"member group didn‘t make it to the top, but it wasn‘t for lack of trying. ; Heat wave a boon to burglars police warn Bill Wassell, the college‘s telecommunications manager said included in the $2.5â€"million cost of the new phone system is $100,000 for physical infrastructure construction to accommodate the new phone system. $100,000 in long distance bills alone next year, the first full year of operations for the new phone system. The system should pay for itself at the end of five years, he said. "A study by John Abrahams (a telecommuniâ€" cations instructor at the college in 1989) pointed out deficiencies in our phone system," said Raymond. "When we looked at it in 1991, it was decided that we should replace our phone system. If we‘d continued with the old system, the costs would have been exponential," he said. Abrahams‘ report pointed out callers to the college often endured long delays before reaching a switchboard operator in Oakville or Brampton. A large percentage of the calls were not callâ€"forâ€" warded at all, Abrahams reported. As well, Wassell said approximately 40% of the capital costs went to the implementation of the system‘s Integrated Building Distribution Network (IBDN). AND YOUR 4TH IS O@GN US! before, so that‘s where I stopped," said McDowell, adding the greatest disappointment for the group was watching as the American and Swiss groups followed in the Canadian footâ€" steps and went right to the top. Among the approximate $2,300 worth of goods stolen were two 14" color TVs, 10 cases of various types of Brunswick sardines, a dozen packages of hair coloring and 27 Oriental rugs. Police said it appeared the empty store‘s front doors weren‘t properly secure. Sardines, televisions, hair dye and Oriental rugs were the booty when thieves broke into what used to be the Bargain Harold‘s store, now used to film Kmart TV commercials on Rebecca Street last week. 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"It‘s something people should be aware can happen," said the sergeant. dent awoke to hear noises coming from his kitchen. He went downstairs to investigate and found a man fleeing out his kitchen door. Wilkinson said nothing was taken in the interâ€" rupted breakâ€"in but a beer bottle was left at the scene. THE OAKVILLE BEAVER "The new telephone system is the catalyst for other things. It will also support other communiâ€" cations requirements such as computers and interâ€" networking," he said. Wassell said the Information Technology department can now generate a telephone report for respective departments so managers can keep a closer tab on longâ€"distance telephone bills. The system also helps the department track valuable telecommunications data, which can be used to cut costs in the future. "The system incorporates about 1,000 km of either copper or fibreâ€" optic wire," noted Wassell. IBDN, which was developed by Northern Telecom, puts the college in a good position to meet all of its telecommunications needs over the next 10 to 20 years, said Raymond. Apart from the cost savings associated with the new system, it also affords the college autonomy over its own telecommunications network. "If a manager at the college wants to have some control over longâ€"distance charges in his or her own department, we can now make those sorts of changes themselves without having to incur costs to have Bell Canada do the work," Wassell said. ssage ‘"We blazed the trail for them," he said. "But it was fabulous just the same. Just the exercise in getting there was worth it." He recalled watching the sun set on Mt. Everest and watching it rise on Safety tips? "The only thing you can do is close the doors and windows," said Wilkinson, adding perhaps even securing lower level windows could prove helpful. ‘"There are people who are taking advantage of the hot weather and the open windows," the sergeant said. At the Hudson Place breakâ€"in, police said the man got in by sliding the screen to a kitchen window. But altitude fluctuations could cause the fit members on the team to sometimes "take two steps and fall back, exhausted," said McDowell. As if that weren‘t enough. He has slides of the unforgettable trip showâ€" ing the spectacular beauty of the area. And the doctor was called upon to practise medicine up on the mountainâ€" tops, particularly with members of the group trying to get used to the large fluctuations in altitude. According to McDowell, the rule of thumb on climbing expeditions is not go to highâ€" er or lower than 1,000 feet per day. Mt. Pumori â€" a spectacular sight he says he‘ll always remember. "It‘s incredibly beautiful; just a great experience," he said. With their start of the trek, they would climb up to 12,000 feet, then oc dmses : se es s (heee dtee X es s See es es Soear Bs e 9Â¥ J % 1. F e Cr s & ta=â€"r e ane ce S3 uce t es y2f T 1 y & eS y C e > _ _ sn es ago S Nes "ge s Sss * "emeenaee C ow Regaene Aemsnete ' ,:.5:.53:';;:::::-5:5 y F oob ie se s lnd ww "It was funny, on some days of some really hard work, there‘s no undue stress, but then on other days just carrying two sleeping bags caused incredible lethargy," said McDowell. back down 4,000 feet, then up again over a number of days. For instance, after they walked for 15 days from where the bus dropped them off â€" there are no roads in Nepal â€" they crossed over three mountain ranges going up and down in altitude. He said it was difficult to predict exactly how the body reacts to the changes in altitude; he suffered no ill effects except for a feeling of lethargy on some days. _ And whatever the hardships on the adventure, they were worth it. Already he talks enthusiastically of the rock climbing he does every weekend and doing some more climbing in the Rockies this summer. And who knows? When some of the members of the group begin organizing another Canadian expedition â€" this time to Peru in another year â€" it may be McDowell who will be clamoring up the mountain again. "Two guys had severe headaches, some nausea," he said, explaining a portable pressure changer carried with the group alleviated the symptoms and allowed the men to continue. There was one woman from Winnipeg as part of the team. Snonnns Sss \\‘