Ding! Level 70.
I hit 70 while running a Shadow Labs run, and I put on my 70 gear right then, because I had brought it along. After we got all the way through Slabs and downed all the bosses, I hearthed to Shattrath City and then flew to Shadowmoon Valley to train regular and epic flying and buy my mount.
A new friend I had been PUGging with on our way up to 70 over the past few weeks met me there and cheered as I took a picture of myself beside the epic mount training dude, and cheered again when I mounted the first time. Thanks E! That was a fun thing to share!
You can see some other pictures I took around this time - of my stats just before dinging and my stats just after I dinged and put on all my new gear - on Facebook. You shouldn't have to log in to see these but let me know if there's a problem:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=35439%26#038;l=b5fe2%26#038;id=686248734
Friends me if you're on there ;)
September 2008 Edit:
I've gotten some notes that I haven't bothered to post on this entry because they're stupid and rude. No, I didn't buy the gold for this stuff... I started gathering Primal Mooncloth (spec'd) at 61 and grinding for PvP honor at 65 to get this gear.
This is my 3rd toon to 70 and 3rd with Epic Flying, and as of September 2008, this Priest is now two blues shy of Epic'd out... mainly because I figured out how to earn a daily flow of cash from a low level and I've done well at maintaining riches throughout my years of playing the game.
In fact, I've done so well learning how to earn cash that I feel forced to level a FOURTH toon to 70 (to get epic flying) to spend the money, because I don't want to go and spend thousands at a time in Sunwell runs in minimal gear upgrades that will be replaced when WoTLK comes out.
Want to know how my strategies for earning gold? Strategies that can be used by someone far under level 60 to start a serious flow of cash that'll buy anything they need while leveling up?
I wrote and sell an eBook sharing my strategies:
http://www.WealthOnWarcraft.com
I have a family member playing his first toon to 70, and at 60 he bought epic riding right away, and at 62 is sitting on 1k of gold, which makes me believe he'll have no problem amassing 5k for epic flying as soon as HE hits 70 too. On his first toon.