[Loyalist]

From a safety perspective, it's perfectly reasonable.

But for the love of God, will there be nowhere left on Earth we can go to avoid people yakking on their cell phones?

[HiTech RedNeck]

Well, the peak of Mt. Everest is the ultimate place to put a cell tower.

[Red Badger]

I'm Bill Kurtis, and I just found The Internet.........On top of Mt. Everest!...............

[Red Badger]

I guess the Yeti have a large need to "keep in touch".............Can you hear me now?...................

[bert]

In the recent issue of Forbes there is a long article on the firm Irridium. That company already has global phone coverage and is currently working on data. Your laptop will be connected everywhere.

[Le Chien Rouge]

[angkor]

Gorak Shep consists of the two "tea houses" (guest house/food joint) shown below. That's it. Nothing more.

Behind the house on the right are lots of stowed-away ladders and piles of snow stakes used in Everest ascents through the Khumbu Icefall (the bottom of which can be seen just up and right of the houses). There's no point in taking them down any further since they're used every year.

In fact I "slept" one night on a pile of snow stakes in the house at right because there was no available bed or cot remaining. Uncomfortable to say the least.

This is not my photo, but it's a good one.

[Sig Sauer P220]

Its about damn time. I’m tired of using a pay phone when I’m at the top of Mt. Everest.

[IronJack]

Oh great! Now every silver-plated tourist with a Cricket can call from the summit and tell the wife he will be a little late for dinner because he’s suffering from cerebral edema and advanced frostbite.

[count-your-change]

Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!