A British man has set a world record by making the first mobile telephone call from the summit of Mount Everest, taking the blessing — or curse — of the cell phone to new heights.
"It's cold, it's fantastic, the Himalayas are everywhere," Rod Baber said in the phone call from the top of the 8,848m peak early on the morning of May 21, according to a voice recording posted on his weblog.
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"I can't feel my toes, everyone is in good spirits — we got here in record time, it is amazing," said Baber.
His achievement was made possible by a mobile phone tower set up by China Telecom at base camp on the north side of the mountain.
While the Himalayas had been cherished as one of the few places on earth where you can truly get away from it all, the news has nevertheless been welcomed by those involved in the adventure business.
"It's good news because communications are essential in the mountains where climbers face huge risks," said Ang Tsering Sherpa, the president of Nepal's Mountaineering Association.
"The mobile coverage could help in rescue operations," he said.
The call is one of several high altitude stunts being carried out in the current Everest climbing season.
In mid-May, a Briton pulled off the season's first big stunt by making the first flight over the summit using a powered paraglider.
A Nepali mountaineer has also broken his own world record by scaling the peak for a breathtaking seventeenth time. (AFP)
一名英國男子創下世界紀錄，成為世上第一位從艾佛勒斯峰頂打手機的人，將手機的恩澤或詛咒，帶到新高點。
洛德．巴柏個人部落格上的語音檔案可聽見，他五月二十一日清晨在八千八百四十八公尺的艾佛勒斯峰頂，用手機說︰「天氣很冷，美不勝收，喜瑪拉雅山無所不在。」
巴柏說︰「我的腳趾失去了感覺，大家都興高采烈，我們以破紀錄的時間來到此地，實在棒極了。」
中國電信在喜瑪拉雅山北麓的基地建造手機塔台，讓他一圓夢想。
喜瑪拉雅山一向被視為地球上少數幾個可以讓人們遠離塵囂的寶地之一，但這個消息卻讓以追求冒險刺激為職志的人感到開心。
尼泊爾登山協會的會長安格．瑟林．薛薾巴說︰「山間通訊對於面臨劇險的登山者相當重要，所以是好消息。」
他說︰「手機通訊在搜尋救難時幫得上忙。」
這通電話是艾佛勒斯峰正值攀登旺季時，以高度主打的噱頭之一。
五月中，一名英國人率先成就這個季節的第一個創舉，成為第一個用滑翔傘飛越艾佛勒斯峰的人。
尼泊爾一位登山玩家破了自己寫下的世界紀錄，令人讚嘆地第十七度登上艾佛勒斯峰頂。
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