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Nokia E71 climbs Everest and survives to video-blog the story to the summit

By Mike on 12 May 2009

EVEREST, Himalayas – The Nokia E71 mightn’t appear the athletic sort, but it recently earned some extreme endurance kudos courtesy of climbing Mount Everest alongside world-renowned climber Marc Batard, with Nathalie Lamoureux (pictured) video blogging and reporting on the climb using Nokia’s extreme Eseries smartphone.

Marc Batard was the guy who climbed Everest back in 1990 without an oxygen bottle in a record 22 hours and 29 minutes. Late last week he began another oxygen-less ascent with Nathalie reporting on their progress and providing daily updates via SMS, picture messages and video live blogs for the site NumeriMatch.com. Her full report is an inspiring digital diary and proof that the Nokia E71 can hack it in one of the harshest environments on the planet. Here are her latest videos (in French):

Everest: Last hours with the camp (video sent via Nokia E71)

Everest: Glacier at 5900m with Marc Batard (video sent via Nokia E71)

Photo from NumeriMatch.com

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Nokia E71 Reaches new Heights - Everest and survives to video-blog the story to the summit | Inside Nokia Phones Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 3:13 pm

[...] from Nokia Conversations has recently posted about Nathalie Lamoureux, and climber, Mark Batard taking their Nokia E71 to [...]

The E71 Climbs Mount Everest! Survives Intact - Nokia Mobile Blog | All About Nokia Mobile Phones Says:
May 13th, 2009 at 1:20 pm

[...] The Nokia E71 is the closes thing Nokia has to a ruggedized phone, by far the Nokia with the best build quality and quality materials. The E71 is an amazing device that got a lot of fans and happy users, and now, the E71 even went to an expedition on Mount Everest and survived intact! Marc Batard and Nathalie from NumeriMatch were the guys that climbed Mount Everest back in 1990 without Oxygen and in the record time of 22 hours and 29 minutes, and now they did it again, only this time they got a Nokia E71 to share their experience with the world, they did several videos and took many pictures of the highest mountain in the world, the Mount Everest. Here is a video they did with the E71, all I can think is, Doesn’t the E71 get ridiculously cold to hold on Mount Everest? It is all metal! Via: Nokia Conversations [...]