World’s highest cellphone call made From Mount Everest Nepal
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British climber Rod Baber made a mobile phone (apparently using a MOTORIZR Z8, not a satellite phone) call from the top of Mount Everest. In fact, he made the record breaking call twice: the first to a voice mail account, the other to his wife and children. He even sent a text message to Moto which read, “One small text for man, one giant leap for mobilekind - thanks Motorola.” . The Motorola sponsored “world record” was made possible by a Chinese mobile base station installed with a line of sight to the north ridge. Officially, the calls were made at 29,035 feet (about 8,848 meters) in temperatures of -22 degress fahrenheit (-30 degrees centigrade) — so cold that Rod had to tape the batteries to his body just to keep them active.
Mr Baber also did not have much time to make the call because those climbing Everest typically only stay at the summit for 15 minutes. Making such a call is dangerous as talking into the handset meant he had to remove his oxygen mask.
Mr Baber also claimed a separate record for sending the highest text message.
From base camp before making the attempt to reach the summit of Everest, Mr Baber said: “Everest symbolises the greatest challenge to any climber.” He added that making the call from the mountain was a “once in a lifetime” opportunity.
listen to the call here at BBC
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1.
asis From 
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This also one new way to keep record!!
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hem acharya From 
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Yes it is
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Court From 
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That is hilarious! Maybe we should figure out a scheme to break it… make a cell phone call from space?
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hem acharya From 
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Good idea Court
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nepalsites From 
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Land line calls should be cheaper & clearer. may be NTC should sponsor the next climber. But instead of climbing ropes they will have to use telephone wires. Go climbers go!
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hem acharya From 
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Great idea “Nepalsites” another way to set a record.. landline call from Everest…;-)
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Cade From 
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I have to say that I wish my phone would do this. It seems so crazy to me that he could get his cell phone to do that. My Sprint must really blow because I have trouble in weird locations. Maybe I should change to Motorola?
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Bucky From 
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What about calls made from airplanes…do those not count?
They would be higher than everest…and a lot more expensive!
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hem acharya From 
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Bucky …. making call from Everest sets record just not because its the highest call but also the coldest and the call made will be the open air at the Peak which is difficult due to low oxygen there at peak