Thanks to Japanese government officials, Wi-Fi is available at the summit of the country’s highest mountain.

From 10 July climbers of the 3,776.24 metres Mount Fuji will be able to tweet, Instagram and MSN message.

Not so long ago the whole point of climbing a big mountain was the way to escape the travails of normal life. Now everything has changed.

There is no phone signal when you are halfway up the side of a mountain. Japanese officials told that this was a problem, because “many climbers from the United States and Europe have said they wanted to use the internet to share their experiences while on the mountain”. Hence the Wi-Fi.

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