The more intelligent ones among you will note my mail below had nothing to do with boundaries, and yet: IT HAS, indeed. On Rockall they were not only no boundaries in the sense usually applied, nor boundary points, nor tripoints, but our combined aspirations culminated in a climax of unheard-of thrill: This was not only OUR boundary, but our limit, beyond the border, across the fence, up in heaven.

Those specializing in going to countries of ill-defined status and interested in reaching Rockall may let me know at Wolfgang.Schaub@...; I may have recommendations to offer.

Best wishes,

Wolfgang

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Von: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com]Im Auftrag von Wolfgang Schaub
Gesendet: Dienstag, 21. Juni 2005 16:45
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Betreff: [BoundaryPoint] The greater is our triumph the smaller we realize we are

Dear all, Ultra mare usque nusquam - out in the cruel North Atlantic lies a tiny speck of granite: Rockall, the most isolated island in the world - no other island around for about 200 miles. About 12 times less people have ever stood on its top than on Mt. Everest, and this within a climbing history about 4 times longer than Everest. For details visit www.therockalltimes.co.uk. Who were the kings of Rockall? - WE ARE!!! On 16th June our team displayed on http://www.therockalltimes.co.uk/rockall-ho/2005-team.html have hit the only possible weather window allowing a landing operation and have hauled us up to the 20-m-high top, and this "by fair means"! We were goddam'n fu...'n lucky. After sailing 48 hours to the west off the Scottish Orkney Islands our mission was completed within 8 hours and 20 minutes, and over 200 radio contacts established world wide from our amateur radio station. The Scottish flag was proudly hoisted, and one of us has even swum around the rock in a remarkable swell - never done by anybody before. My personal record: I was the first German since Greenpeace's 1997 occupation, and am the second oldest ever on Rockall. Expect us next to issue a declaration of independence and a constitution: Long live the People's Republic of Rockall! Stamps are already printed. Also in the next weeks watch out for a picture gallery. One pic is attached to stimulate your saliva... Setting off for Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan now... Best wishes, Wolfgang