Everest Online
Everest, the roof of the world, a place of freezing winds, glittering skies, and awesome silence. Or maybe not. Climb the mountain this spring and you may encounter a middle-aged entrepreneur chattering busily into his mobile phone. It will be Charles Zhang, founder and chief executive of Sohu.com, one of China's most successful internet companies. Mr Zhang's trekking diary will appear daily on Sohu.com's site alongside a medley of news, shopping tips and adverts. Expect it to be garnished with digital snapshots from his mobile handset. [BBC]

A blog from Everest could prove to be the most remote location for a web diary yet. Weblogs are becoming increasing popular as online diaries discuss every topic under the sun, including now one of the world's most ambitious climbs. Lorenzo Gariano is one of an army of climbers who will be setting out to tackle the world's largest mountain in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Everest's conquest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. He has been recording every stage of his momentous journey via a satellite phone which beams live audio blogs to a website run by the Open University's Knowledge Media Institute, (KMI), based in Milton Keynes. [BBC] [Lorenzo Homepage]

Man the world is gonna be a real geeky place soon... :)