Lots cooking up on Mt. Everest the past few days, related in part to the Olympic torch. Not our usual fare, but check out these reports:

Jim Curtin's blog here.

Wired Magazine summary of who's blogging from the mountain.

More recent news and a bunch of links to climber blogs at mteverest.net.

And even more at Peakfreaks.

It is amazing how much technology has permeated the world of high altitude mountaineering.