Haven't they introduced mobile phone calling from planes now? I think they might win on this one...

...he fathomed the user interface to a Motorola mobile phone!

Kinda beats the ~1,000 metre phone call I made on Snowdon's neighbour.... (Which incidently is far nicer! You actually have to climb the thing and no one else is up there)

In October 2005, Boeing demonstrated the use of mobile telephony aboard a commercial jet liner. This flight may be the "world's highest mobile phone call", but in the news release (http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2005/q4/nr_051017j.html), Boeing did not state the altitude of said aircraft at the time the calls were made.

Typically commercial aircraft fly between say 28 000 ft (8 534m) and 35 000ft (10 668m), which places the top of Everest between cruising altitudes.

The Everest call may still be able to claim fame as the highest land-based mobile call.

Last time I checked, most modern airliners cruise at 38,000 feet and are equipped with phones.

Not quite the Mile High Club one aspires to, but...

I'm not sure.

One part of me thinks that having a cell phone tower in the middle of the Himalayas is WRONG.

The other part (the part that sees my cell phone connectivity go to zero when I turn a mile off the Interstate) thinks this is so freaking cool.

me and my buds were smoking the kindest green yesterday for hours on end. i could barely see the keys on the phone to make the call-dialed the wrong # twice. i think this qualifies for the highest mobile call. ali g for life.

Yawn.

Lets see them talk for more then 30 mins in that kind of temperature. If you're hand doesn't freeze before the mobile dies. I can usually get about 30 mins out of my Motorola Razr before it goes dies in the canadian winter.

I know, I'll get my coat....

Just as well it wasn't a woman then!