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Everest Season:
Inventions That
Make  It To the Top

May 10, 2010 - It's Everest season again, so we checked out inventions that make reaching the top safer or easier. Inventing something for the world's highest climb is a spiritual way of getting there yourself. Popular Science's 2010 Top 100 Inventions included anti-fog goggles that proved their Everest effectiveness. Be sure you climb with patent sunscreen from "Helioplex" or "Anthelios with mexoryl." These slow the breakdown of SPF materials. We secured a Mt. Everest equipment checklist listing dozens of high tech essentials, including "photo-gray" contact lenses and "Gore Tex" clothing. More intriguing were "Charlet Moser Super 12 Rapidfix Lanieres" (spiked clamp-ons) and "Black Diamond Alpamayo" (an ice axe fitted to the climber). Low tech items included a baseball cap with a "good visor to shade the nose and eyes," a Swiss Army knife, and a  BIC lighter. Can you really flick your BIC in 100 mph winds at 30 degrees below zero?  Next to last was "toilet paper" (no specifics), and last, but not least, was "camera gear," listed as "optional."