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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. Blown Hard Drives? by Vulcann · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I havent RTFA but I cant help thinking that when someone puts so much money and effort to climb everest why the hell dont they carry a "Flash" drive? Ran out of money?

  2. hey by jgarra23 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    That's wonderful!! Be safe & careful. I hope you're taking lots of pics.

  3. Real geeks ... by KayakFun · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... don't code in Flash. They write their own CMS or handcode XHTML + CSS.