Episode 36 of the video podcast The Rest of Everest is now available for download through iTunes and direclty on the website. This episode is entitled The Highest Theater In The World and definitely lives up to the billing.
After spending weeks at Base Camp, the teams are a bit restless for entertainment. You'll get to see human ingenuity at it's finest as climbers from around the globe band together for a common goal. Namely, to create a movie theater at 18,000 feet. I have to say, after watching the video, that it was a well thought out endeavor. It's not easy to find a movie screen at Everest Base Camp, and someone had to have thought ahead to bring that projector along, which by the way, looks incredibly small and light. I need one of those! :)
On another technology note, isn't it interesting that the PC wouldn't work at altitude, but the Mac Powerbook kept on humming? They had to find something to play DVD's on, and Jon's laptop was the one that was still working. Jon even goes so far as to call himself an Apple fanboy in this episode, and that's just one more thing that he and I agree on.
The choice in movies could have been better. I have nothing agains Swordfish, afterall it's the groundbreaking film that allowed us to see Halle Berry topless. But couldn't some one bring along the Star Wars DVD's? At least the Orginal Trilogy? I suppose after that long at Base Camp with little entertainment, anything is well received.
This is a fun episode. Good stuff as always!
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