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...RECORDS 8,848 Altitude, in meters, at which the world's highest mobile phone call was made, on May 21, by climber Rod Baber from the summit of Mount Everest -30 Temperature, in degrees Celsius, when Baber made the call. The phone's batteries were taped to his body to ensure they would stay warm enough to work...
...indelible villain to give you the nightmare creeps, and a kind of hero - the kind the mass movie audience can root for, to get away with a $2 million satchel, and do it against Everest odds. Joel Coen says this is "about as close as we'll ever get to an action movie." On that count, and for most of the film, No Country delivers, with suspense scenes as taut as they are acutely observed. Moss spends most of his sorry time being chased and shot at: as he tries to ford a river pursued by a varmint posse...
TIBET China recently deported five Americans who protested its rule over Tibet. The torch is set to summit Mount Everest...
...Wilsdorf, never one to shy from promotion, gave an Oyster to Mercedes Gleitze, who wore it to swim across the English Channel. The Oyster Perpetual broke the sound barrier with Chuck Yeager in 1947 and reached the peak of Everest with Edmund Hillary in 1953. Rolex is still considered the gold standard among watch collectors. After all, nothing says you've made it like a Rolex...
...early planes was one in 6,000. Today, it's one in several million. He's not going to fly until he's sure today's spaceships are as safe as early planes, he says. "This isn't something for crazy avant-garde adventurers. This is not an Everest climb. I don't think Richard Branson would be comfortable thinking this is a long shot because he is already selling tickets...