Signs of the times...

[jducoeur]

Things that make you realize just how ubiquitous the Net has become:

My stepbrother Mike Teger is currently climbing Shishapangma, the 14th tallest peak in the world. With his digital camera. Using a satellite uplink to maintain a website describing the trip, complete with photos, as they climb the mountain.

Really quite neat -- Mike's gotten a number of cool pictures from Tibet. My favorite shot, of the base camp at night, is on this page, which currently isn't available from the navigation, due to a link error. (OTOH, I can't really fault them for having a few bugs, given that they're maintaining the page from three miles up...)

Comments

[herooftheage.livejournal.com]

It's the satellite phone that's the cool bit. I've sort of lusted after one since I read the Stephenson article in Wired about the guys who lay cable. If I decide to become a first responder support person as an avocation, I'm likely to just get one for when cell phones are no good. They're a bit pricey for TMOTS, being around $2K the last time I checked.

[patsmor.livejournal.com]

How wonderful!

My moment of illumination came at Pennsic when I was out of cash to pay a vendor who didn't take checks, and I went over to the Internet cafe, sent them $ by paypal, and then came back with the printout to pick-up my item. Not as far away as the Himalayan range, but...

[madamruppy.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much - that is seriously going to be the highlight of my day. I have always been fascinated by mountain climbing even though I don't do it. I'm going to Nepal and Everest (just base camp) in two years, although I do plan on summiting Kiliminjaro in 7. I have bookmarked the page and will be following the expedition.