[Redbob]

"...the first ascent of Everest on 29 May 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing."

Wasn't that Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa?

[RightWhale]

50,000 hardy trekkers a year. Isn't that special.

[Sparta]

Tech ping

[GSWarrior]

I was hoping for a Krispy Kreme.

[Boot Hill]

Silicon.com reports:   "Climbers can now email friends and family from 17,400 feet thanks to the highest cybercafé in the world at the Mount Everest base camp."

Not well thought out.

The hard drive in the computer has heads that "fly" just a few millionths of an inch off the disk on a cushion of air. If air density is reduced (as it is at altitude), the head will fly lower, vastly increasing the risk of a head crash and consequent destruction of the drive and all data. Because of this, I know of no commercially available hard drives that are rated to perform at over 10,000 feet in altitude. At 17,400 feet spoken of in this article, density is approximately 50% of that found at sea level.

--Boot Hill