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In 2016, a 59-year-old Singaporean engineer drove his Nissan GT-R for 16,000 km from Singapore to the Everest Base Camp in Tibet and back. Now, the legendary vehicle is up for sale on sgCarMart! A grandfather of one, Mr Hoong, wanted to test the limits of the GT-R as stated by Nissan. The car manufacturer claimed that the vehicle is a supercar that can be driven by anyone, anytime, anywhere. Nicknamed Godzilla, the 2008 GT-R only acted up only once throughout the entire odyssey. According to the Straits Times, Mr Hoong took 22 days to arrive at the Everest Base Camp (North) with a Tibetan guide. He then took another 20 days to drive back to Singapore, clocking 16,000 km and 2,600 litres of fuel. Additionally, Mr Hoong made several modifications to the car for the journey. The full list can be found in the listing. Being the first of its own to travel to Everest from Singapore and back, the Nissan GT-R is currently going for $218,000 on sgCarMart. With 7 years of COE left, the 2008 Sports Car spits out 473 bhp of power with an engine cap of 3,799 cc. Equipped with a premium Bose sound system, the vehicle still has its original grey seats and is in tip-top condition. If you're looking to own a piece of national history, check out the full listing here! *This is not a sponsored ad. This is not an ad, period.

Huawei & China Mobile enable 5G network on Mount Everest Source: https://mothership.sg/2020/05/huawei-mount-everest/ Mount Everest might no longer be a remote spot. Whether you like it or not, mountaineers can remain connected with the rest of the world in the near future. 5G network made available on Mount Everest China Mobile and Huawei have mounted a 5G base station on Mount Everest recently at the altitude of 6,500 metres above sea-level. Two other base stations have also been built at the Mount Everest Base Camp at the altitude of 5,300 metres and in the Transition Camp at 5,800 metres. With these base stations, the two Chinese telecom giants will be able to run their dual Gigabit network on Mount Everest. Network specialists will also be stationed in the regions at an altitude of 5,300 metres 24/7 to ensure smooth network operations, according to Huawei. Huawei claims to be able to support a highly reliable and fast network with download speeds of more than 1.66 Gbps and upload speeds which top 215 Mbps. That means sending and receiving videos as well as live streaming on Mount Everest will soon be possible. Besides communication services, the 5G network will also enable a re-measurement of Mount Everest since the first measurement was made 45 years ago. For now, the summit of Mount Everest is recorded to be 8,848 metres above sea level. Here's a timelapse of the construction at one of the base station:

heard 10 died in 9 days, seem like climbing the Mount Everest is not difficult after all. At least seven other climbers have died on other 8,000-metre Himalayan peaks this season, while two are missing.