There are times you just marvel at the kind of improvements and advances that have taken place in the world of communications. Indeed, so many folks do not even know that even during Everest 2010 it has become possible to Tweet away to keep folks back at home in the know. This is what Alan Arnette has been able to dive home, as he Tweets away sweetly from Everest 2010. And this is what we are discussing today, that communication modes have got totally transformed over the years. Now you have so many ways of keeping in

With Everest 2010 you would know that things have changed drastically. In earlier times, people would just vanish for a month or two once they got up to Everest and remain inaccessible for a coulee of months. Now people back home get daily and perhaps even hourly reports though Twitter and Facebook. This is also true for people who have taken to sat phones and who depend on it for dear life. The spread of the internet has made all this possible such that even when you are in faraway Nepal, you can be connected with family and friends from round the globe.

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