Cyber Cafe on Everest

By Lynn Neary

Published January 29, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

NPR's Lynn Neary talks with Tsering Gyaltsen, Nepalese cybercafe owner and grandson of the only surviving sherpa to accompany Sir Edmund Hilary on his Everest climb. Gyaltsen talks about his efforts to install a cybercafe at the Mount Everest Base Camp.

Lynn Neary

Lynn Neary is an NPR arts correspondent covering books and publishing.

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