Been a climber for almost 20 years, I have a few friends who have attempted everest,(Barry Blanchard(famous super climber dude), Grant Stetham) both of them got kicked off the mountain by bad snow conditions. And know a woman who has stood on the top. Used to date her Nanny when I lived out west.
Also there have been a couple of webcasts from the top of the world.
I wish I had first hand knowledge with my own eyes of a laptop on Everest, just reports from friends and from following the climbing comunity.
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On Wed, 5 Feb 2003 00:06:58
 Jonathan Johnson wrote:
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>From: "m tanski" <mtanski@LYCOS.COM>
>To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 11:00 PM
>Subject: Re: [PIC]: Shuttle related question
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>> I know a laptop can work fine at over 8000 meters     >(Everest)
>unpressurized at about 100 below zero if you >keep the batteries next to
>your body to keep them >warm.
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>OK I'm gunna bite...........and how do you know this? :-)
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>JJ
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