In the event you haven’t seen it yet, this 3.8 billion pixel gigapan of Mt. Everest should kill at least a half hour in your day.  Considering that most of us will never see this view in person, this is not a bad alternative.  In fact, as creator David Breashears points out in this NPR interview about the project, the view offered by this project is actually better in some ways because of the resolution offered compared to the abilities of the naked eye and the fact that you can avoid that whole out-of-breath-at-18,000-feet thing.

The North Face is putting on a live stream of an event tonight with Jimmy Chin, Renan Ozturk and Conrad Anker as they recount their 2011 expedition to Mt .Meru’s Shark’s Fin.  The live stream starts at 7 PM PDT at TheNorthFace.com or on Facebook or on Ustream so take your pick.  You can ask questions of the group on Twitter using the hashtag #MeruLive.