[pct-l] Using hard drive above 10,000'

[Jeff Eckert]

I remember reading an article 5 or 6 years ago in which the 8000 meter climbers in the Himalaya were grousing that they couldn't listen to their music or watch video when they were in base camp.  Their determination was hard drive failure due to altitude.

eckert

On Jan 14, 2012, at 11:32 AM, Jeffrey Olson wrote:

> A couple years ago I met a guy filming his hike on the JMT.  He had a 
> Canon HD camera.  He made the point of saying that the camera used cards 
> rather than having a hard drive because hard drives have been known to 
> fail at higher elevations.  Anybody actually ever experience this???
> 
> Jeff, just Jeff...
> 
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