Is there cell phone signal on the summit of Mount Everest?

A signal base station was built next to Mount Everest, and the first mobile phone call was made on the world’s highest peak

Because China installed a new mobile phone 19 kilometers away from the summit of Mount Everest Signal base station, so that mountaineers challenging Mount Everest can now make mobile phone calls on the top of Mount Everest. On the morning of May 21, after the 36-year-old British mountaineer Rod Barber successfully climbed Mount Everest, he used his mobile phone to make the first call from the top of Mount Everest to his blog website voicemail and his wife and children in the UK. As a result, Barber became the first person to make mobile phone calls on Mount Everest.

"Hi, I am Rod, today is May 21st, and I am making a call on my mobile phone on the highest mountain in the world." (Source: Modern Express)

On Mount Everest Make a mobile phone call

According to reports, 36-year-old Rod Barber is a mountaineer from Gloucestershire, England. On the morning of May 21, he and a group of climbing teammates successfully climbed After climbing the 8,848-meter-high Mount Everest, Barber took out his cell phone and started dialing the voicemail on his blog website. In order to prevent the cell phone battery from losing its effectiveness in the extreme cold, Barber had previously tied the cell phone battery tightly to the place closest to the body's skin.

In the severe cold climate of minus 30 degrees Celsius at the summit of Mount Everest, Barber was panting for lack of oxygen while leaving a message on his mobile phone to the voice mailbox of his blog website: "Hi, I'm Luo. Germany, today is May 21st, and I am making a call on my mobile phone on the highest mountain in the world." After a moment of breath, Barber continued to say in a rapid tone: "It is 5:37, and the temperature is minus 30 degrees Celsius. It is really cold here. It was so cold, but also so amazing. The Himalayas were everywhere in my eyes. I was so cold that I couldn’t feel my toes. Everyone was in good spirits and we climbed to the top in record time. This is really amazing, I just want to get down the mountain quickly."

Then Barber made a second call to his wife and children. He said to his wife on the phone: "Hello. , Dear, it’s me, I climbed Mount Everest!”

Subsequently, he sent a mobile phone text message to the sponsor company that provided him with a mobile phone. The text message said: “For humans, It’s just a text message, but it’s a big step for mobile phone manufacturers.”

Mobile phone signal coverage on Mount Everest

It is reported that Barber came from the summit of Mount Everest. The first person to make a mobile phone call. Before that, communication on high mountains and dangerous peaks generally relied on short-wave radio systems, but radio communication tools had strict restrictions on distance. In addition, mountaineers sometimes relied on satellite phones to communicate with the outside world. But satellite phones are expensive and often don't work in bad weather.

However, not long ago, China Mobile Communications Department finally established a mobile phone signal base station in the Rongbuk area, about 8 kilometers away from the expedition camp and about 19 kilometers from the summit of Mount Everest, so that the mobile phone signal can cover Mount Everest, allowing It's finally possible for climbers to make cell phone calls from the top of Mount Everest.

Being able to make mobile phone calls from Mount Everest not only creates another milestone in the history of Mount Everest, but is also welcomed by many climbers. Because from now on, mobile phones that everyone can own will become a potential life-saving tool on Mount Everest. Alan Richardson, secretary of the British Mountain Guides Association, said: "From the perspective of enhancing safety, any method of improving communication can help climbers call the base camp for help in a timely manner when encountering a crisis situation."

Shortwave radio is the safest

Initially, climbers on Everest mainly communicated with the ground through Morse code. Shortwave radio and satellite phones have since replaced it as the common means of mountain radio communications. However, the former has a limited call range, while the latter is expensive and susceptible to weather effects.

Compared with other means of communication, one of the biggest advantages of mobile phones is that they are cheap. Although shortwave radio remains the most reliable means of communication in the mountains, some low-cost expedition organizations are unable to provide radio equipment to their members.

On Saturday, four Italian mountaineers who were part of a cheap mountaineering team encountered danger near the summit of Mount Everest. They had to use expensive satellite phones to call the Italian police for help. The four Italian climbers survived because they received timely oxygen supplements from the organizer of the climbing team that Barber joined, the "Experience Himalayas" climbing company. The "Experience Himalayas" mountaineering company usually charges 20,000 pounds per mountaineering team member.

Mount Everest has been experiencing constant miracles recently

Mount Everest is a place where miracles continue to happen. Barber's cell phone call was just one of this year's Everest miracles. Last week, British man Bear Grylls set a record by flying a powered paraglider from the summit of Mount Everest. Earlier this month, a Nepali climber climbed Mount Everest for the 17th time, breaking his own record.

Among the miraculous anecdotes about Mount Everest, a Slovenian athlete became the first person to ski all the way down from the summit in 2000. In 2005, the first wedding was held on Mount Everest. In 2006, a Nepalese man was naked for three minutes on the summit of Mount Everest.

A total of 550 people will try to challenge Mount Everest this year. By the end of 2006, 2,062 climbers have successfully conquered Mount Everest, and another 203 people have unfortunately died while climbing Mount Everest. Breaking Mount Everest.