Tuesday 19 May 2009

The World's Highest Tweet?

A Northern Ireland man is hoping to send the world's highest tweet, but only if he makes it to the summit of Mount Everest. Gavin Bate, 37, from Belfast, has never reached the summit of the world's highest peak and is hoping this time, his fifth attempt, will be different. Using a satellite phone, he has been detailing his ascent to the summit on the microblogging Twitter website. His main aim is to raise money for the charity Moving Mountains, which he set up in 2001 to help build schools, hospitals and monasteries in both Nepal and Kenya. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8054493.stm

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