On My Way

The last several hours have flown by and here we go.. UA #857 from SFO to Shanghai departs today. I'm on my way to the airport in a few minutes.

Couple quick items that have been of interest in the last two days:

Nepal caved to the Chinese, showing the world what exactly 100 million Euro will buy you. The Nepal Government can now go down as official puppets to the Chinese. Here are some interesting links.. as of now, the climb is still a go but we'll be pressed for time at the back end. More to follow on this, I'm sure. Here are some interesting links:


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/sports/othersports/15everest.html?ref=othersports
http://www.everestnews.com/everest2008/everestam03142008.htm

We successfully played with the BGAN terminal and ruggedized laptop. Here's a pic of what the whole setup looks like when placed together:

Ever see what a person looks like break dancing in an 8000 meter climbing suit? If not, you have now..

More from Shanghai when I arrive! Here we go....