First Mobile Call From Everest Summit

Mick Ryan

22nd May, 2007

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A few weeks ago UKClimbing.com was in touch with Kevin Thaw at Everest Base Camp by mobile phone, made possible by China Telecom, which has set up a mobile phone tower at base camp on the north side of the mountain.

This morning, British climber Rod Baber, sponsored by Motorola and using a MOTORIZR Z8, was the first person to make a phone call and text message from the summit of Everest.

He said on his blog,

"This is the call I made using my MOTO Z8 from 29,035 feet / 8848 meters on the highest peak of Everest at 5.37am local time this morning. Everyone is in good spirits and it's absolutely amazing up here being surrounded by the Himalayas.

You can hear his phone call at his blog:Rod Baber moblog

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TobyA

23 May, 2007

Considering some f****r driving a car whilst talking on his mobile nearly knocked me off my bike two days ago, this hardly seems a positive story. How long before some sherpa gets knocked off the summit ridge because some punter going the other way was too busy chatting on their mobile? More seriously, who cares? All this "news" seems to be is an advert for Motorola? The text doesn't even make much sense: "This is the call I made using my MOTO Z8 from 29,035 feet / 8848 meters on the highest peak of Everest..." You mean there is a less high peak of Everest? Well done to the chap for getting to the top, but I don't really care that he took his phone with him. That ain't climbing news.

hutchm

23 May, 2007

Apparently he had to head a couple of hundred feet down the South face before he got a signal, though.

Morgan Woods

23 May, 2007

Can you hear me now...how about now....how about...aaaahhhhhhh!

jkarran

23 May, 2007

I'm kind of impressed the phone handset works in that environment but its not news really. jk

Wibble Wibble

23 May, 2007

I'm afraid I've got Dom Jolly running through my head: "yea, yea, I'm on Everest. Yea, piece of piss really.." Of course this is an absolute non-story in climbing terms. Must be a quiet day for Mick.

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