Nature does nothing by starts and leaps, or in a hurry.

A 19-year-old Pakistani has become the youngest person to summit K2, the world's second highest mountain, the Alpine Club of Pakistan said on Tuesday. Shehroze Kashif reached the 8,611 metre (28,251 foot) summit at 8:10 a.m. on Tuesday.

Now birdbaths can be as fun and lively as you like, suited to any style and budget, and super-simple or gizmo-riffic.

Between explosions, outrollings of the tolling bells pass them in waves. Fizzy wine is sloshed into their meagre selection of glasses.