Ha, funny you say that. Last time I was at Everest Base Camp nearly everyone had an e-ink kindle. The long battery life and light weight are ideal for long isolated stretches in the Himalayas.

> Last time I was at Everest Base Camp nearly everyone had an e-ink kindle

that's not surprising.

it's the most popular e-reader.

anyway, base camp is not the top of the mountain :)

where they downloading e-books with the device 2g connection from there?

> The long battery life and light weight are ideal for long isolated stretches in the Himalayas.

modern e-readers last weeks on battery and weight less than 200 grams.

> where they downloading e-books with the device 2g connection from there?

Yes. The nearest village (30 min walk) had cell towers when I was last there 7 years ago. I recall having surprisingly fantastic cell service in the entire Khumbu region.

> where they downloading e-books with the device 2g connection from there?

Someone able to prep for Everest knows to load all the ebooks they want on their Kindles before they leave home.

My dear Sherlock,

not to brag, but I am the same person who wrote

"I have around 50 books and a dozen of comic books on my e-reader.

It works perfectly without any connection whatsoever.

I'm not sure that being able to download a book while sitting on top of Mountain Everest it's a such an important feature"

The point being: you can preload years worth of reading material on e-books, a connection is not needed.

It was in response to a post that said

"The older kindles with 2G/3G "Whispersync" functionality had another major drawcard of working just about anywhere, even if you didn't have wifi coverage or a phone with data services"

It wasn't about mount Everest.

Sincerely yours

Check and Mate.