From 44.9 degrees north to 49.3 degrees south, it would take another three and a half hour bus ride to reach El Chalten, a tiny Patagonian outpost that marks the setting off point for Los Glaciares National Park.
Lovina beach, a stretch of black sand on the northern coast of Bali is the setting off point for boat trips to see what the area is best known for, its pods of dolphins.
The next morning at 2 30, powered by some chalky biscuits and a few thermoses full of tea, 23 of the 26 climbers set off for Point Lenana, Mount Kenya's third highest peak at 16,355 feet.
Not far away from its setting-off point is is a static vessel, the Edmund Gardner, dazzled by the the Venezuelan artist Carlos Cruz-Diez last year.
Put differently: in another rock star's autobiography, the whole episode might have served as the setting-off point for a Heroine's Journey.
It was also used as a military depot, ceremonial setting-off point for regiments who had been stationed there and the execution location for 11 German spies.
It was also used as a military depot, ceremonial setting-off point for regiments stationed there and the execution location for 11 German spies.
The Tower also acted as a military depot and a ceremonial setting-off point for regiments who had been stationed here.
VICE News was invited on the excursion a month in advance, but the set-off point remained a secret until the day before — it was eventually revealed as Victoria Embankment, opposite the Ministry of Defense.
Set off key points with color.
They closed American financial markets for longer than they have ever been closed, and then set off the largest point drop in the Dow ever.
