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What a beautiful gift!!! I was given one for Christmas, and I had to buy more. These are a wonderful way to do our part to clean the world up without breaking the bank

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By lam the bell buyer from Washington, DC on 3/3/2006

I got these as a gift for my husband. He's a climber (although not quite to Everest yet.) I understood what they were -- clear Christmas ornaments with shavings from the making of the actual bells. They were a way for me to participate in the activities to clean up Everest without paying the huge price of one of the actual bells... Note, I think the bells are fantastic, and I'd love to have one, just can't afford it. These balls are very pretty, and Christmasy. I like that if you don't know what they are, you'd never guess... They're not ostentatious -- they are doing your part without patting yourself on the back for it. My husband says: "They are pretty. I like the fact that they are reusing trash. The association of what they are is cool -- lots of people carried those oxygen tanks up the mountain, and many sherpas carried them down the mountain."
The only change I might make is to make sure they're labeled clearly -- I understood what I was getting, but another reviewer didn't...

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By Idaho Guy from Idaho Falls, ID on 1/26/2006

These bells were a big disappointment. Have you ever bought glass ornaments filled with chopped up dollar bills? These aren't far off from that. Reading the description, you'd think they were small bells machined from scraps of Everest O2 cylinders. In fact, they are the scraps of metal shavings from the expensive bells made from those cylinders, packed in glass balls. No bells. Only positive thing that I can say is that I paid a lot to help clean up Base Camp!