Location: Mt. Acongcagua, Argentina — 13,300 to 18,000 feet

Charges: Acer Aspire One, Yaesu Radios, Sat phones “and of course iPods”

The Climb for Prostate team from British Columbia set out to raise over $100,000 for prostate research and climb one of the highest peaks in South America. Besides getting critical weather updates, having remote power for their netbook allowed them to blog and keep all their donors up to date on the trip.

Here are more cases of people using Voltaic for solar camping and solar hiking.