CALLING MOUNT EVEREST
BASE CAMP.......... COME IN.....
Peak Freak Expeditions Inc. offers our clients
satellite phone service for emails and phone calls on all our Mt. Everest
expeditions. When the wind is howling outside and you are nestled in your tent,
a voice from home can make all the difference on a climbers state of mind increasing
their chances of success and focus on their individual goals.
Calling Everest base camp is getting easier each year.
Not all expeditions are set-up with communications.
Iridium is the only hand-held satellite
telephone to connect you to the whole of the world. It delivers essential
communications services to and from remote areas where no other form of
communications is available. Available in Canada and the USA.
Thuraya provides a reliable means of satellite
communications in the form of a small, lightweight and hand-held phone.
The system will work in over 100 countries throughout the world. Now
available in Nepal.
Satellite line charges cost approximately $8US per minute.
Transfer times take approximately 2.5kbs to 9.6kbs.