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A Geek On Everest

Posted by kdawson on from the high-adventure dept.

mysterious_mark writes "Recently I was recruited by Altitude Films to be the IT geek for a filming expedition to the north side of Mount Everest. I have written an account of my experience. It is a tale of high latency, low bandwidth, blown hard drives, and frozen fingers. Summit day is June 14th. See the expedition's site for the overall picture (caution: total Flash site)."

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  1. Re:Bah .... by Spritzer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Main Entry: masturbatory
    Pronunciation: 'mas-t&r-b&-"tor-E
    Function: adjective
    2 : excessively self-absorbed or self-indulgent (write tedious, masturbatory books...about themselves for people to read...with envy -- D. R. Katz)

    Main Entry: self masturbatory
    Pronunciation: 'self 'mas-t&r-b&-"tor-E
    Function: redundant adjective
    1 : a redundant form of the word masturbatory
    see also: self autonomy, self narcissism

  2. The sexual equivalent... by Life2Short · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Kind of like shagging Paris Hilton????

    I'm not saying everyone on the planet could pull it off (perhaps only a handful of Slashdot readers), but when it happens it's not exactly big news, is it????