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In 2005, an Everest climber rated his mental state, relationshipwith teammates, attitude and even his bowels on a scale from 1 to 10.Perhaps a bit of TMI!For 2010, social media has taken a strong hold on the climbingcommunity. Google reports over 38 million sites with "climbing" andalmost 3 million with "Mt. Everest". Every serious expedition replica Audemars Piguet watches companyhas a website. And many individual climbers have a website or blog.Climbers report during their climbs using nothing more than a satphone and a PDA or laptop computer. A system that used to cost over$10K can now be outfitted for less than $1K. Sat phone time is now wellless than $1 a minute with a direct connection to the Internet. Thefolks at HumanEdgeTech can set teams up with a one-stop shop from phones to websites.

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