Ce have done. From today the new sensor to send weather information every hour to more valuable scientific research centers in the world. A project completely Italian very well conducted by a team of trained people and stubborn.
I have witnessed in the tests to confirm the correct transmission of data collected from the new weather station to South Col, at an altitude of 8000 meters: difficult to describe the explosion of joy of the crew, a chorus of loud applause and shouts that he joined the staff that ideally work here in Italy with members of the expedition that found on the slopes of Everest. Time needed the transmission of live images, and this time there is a small part of the work for me. Keep our fingers crossed!
Here's the press release announcing the extraordinary event:
Press release
No 008, 15 May 2008
Lobuche, Nepal - It 's a memorable one for today's science and the Italian mountaineering. In the midst of a violent storm, the climbers Italians Silvio Mondinelli, Marco Confortola and Michele enzymes have installed a meteorological station at South Col at 8,000 meters of altitude, without using oxygen. The station - by far the highest in the world - is sending a few minutes, from top of Mount Everest, given the atmosphere unique and valuable land. A great achievement, carried out in the mountaineering expedition scientific SHARE Everest 2008, led by Agostino Da Polenza, expedition leader and Chairman of the Committee EvK2Cnr. Read More »
