shodan
23-05-2007, 08:18 PM
Do you reckon this is part of getting everyone used to the idea of mobile phone masts everywhere?
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article1826723.ece
From The Times May 23, 2007
‘Hello, darling . . . it’s me. I’m on Everest’
Love it or hate it, there is no escape from the mobile phone – even on the roof of the world. A British mountaineer has become the first person to make a call from the summit of Everest.
Rod Baber, 36, made the call on Monday morning after completing his final ascent of the 8,848m (29,000ft) peak on the Nepal-Tibet border. With the temperature at minus 30C (-22F), he had been forced to keep the mobile phone’s batteries strapped close to his body during the ascent to ensure that they remained active.
“Hi, this is Rod. Making the world’s highest phone call on the 21st of May,” he said, gasping from lack of oxygen, in his first call to a voicemail account posted on his blog. After fumbling for a moment, he continued in short, breathless phrases: “It’s 5.37. It’s about minus 30. It’s cold. It’s fantastic. The Himalayas are everywhere. I can’t feel my toes. Everyone’s in good spirits. We got here in record time. It is amazing. I cannot wait to get back.”
He made a second call to his wife and children and sent a text message to Motorola, which sponsored him and provided the handset, saying: “One small text for man, one giant leap for mobilekind – thanks Motorola.”
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article1826723.ece
From The Times May 23, 2007
‘Hello, darling . . . it’s me. I’m on Everest’
Love it or hate it, there is no escape from the mobile phone – even on the roof of the world. A British mountaineer has become the first person to make a call from the summit of Everest.
Rod Baber, 36, made the call on Monday morning after completing his final ascent of the 8,848m (29,000ft) peak on the Nepal-Tibet border. With the temperature at minus 30C (-22F), he had been forced to keep the mobile phone’s batteries strapped close to his body during the ascent to ensure that they remained active.
“Hi, this is Rod. Making the world’s highest phone call on the 21st of May,” he said, gasping from lack of oxygen, in his first call to a voicemail account posted on his blog. After fumbling for a moment, he continued in short, breathless phrases: “It’s 5.37. It’s about minus 30. It’s cold. It’s fantastic. The Himalayas are everywhere. I can’t feel my toes. Everyone’s in good spirits. We got here in record time. It is amazing. I cannot wait to get back.”
He made a second call to his wife and children and sent a text message to Motorola, which sponsored him and provided the handset, saying: “One small text for man, one giant leap for mobilekind – thanks Motorola.”