World's highest cellphone call made with Motorola Z8

by Thomas Ricker posted May 22nd 2007 at 5:59AM

He did it, British climber Rod Baber made a ~~cell~~ 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." Real cute, Rod. 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 Rob had to tape the batteries to his body just to keep them active. We're not sure where he stored the banana-shaped Z8. Of course, anyone who has ever made a call from a commercial aircraft (hey, it happens) knows that it's really not a record, but who are we to argue with Guinness?

[Via BBC, thanks Mook]

Filed under: Handsets, Misc

Tags: baber, breaking news, BreakingNews, everest, motorizr z8, MotorizrZ8, motorola, mount everest, MountEverest, rizr, rizr z8, RizrZ8, rod baber, RodBaber, z8

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nojok3 @ May 22nd 2007 7:48PM

Cool that he had to keep the battery warm.

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Justin @ May 24th 2007 3:12AM

Aughs! Battery Leak!

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edgar @ May 24th 2007 7:22PM

how did he get service up there? is it a rigged unit?

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Teh ub3r 1337 h@x0rz @ May 25th 2007 11:59AM

Dude, did you not see this

"The Motorola sponsored "world record" was made possible by a Chinese mobile base station installed with a line of sight to the north ridge"

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`pisceaN>> @ May 26th 2007 7:15PM

lol at the same exact time, it is also reported, that he made the worlds highest farts(plural) , cell phone call , and tirate ,when he found out verizon passed up the iphone.in other news all engadget mobile employees can have a discount at my cell phone store(verizon) 614 804 7371!!!!! oh my god why did i do that

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