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Bit a funny one, I've got a 10 day winter climbing trip to Cham planned for early March, and want to spend a couple of days acclimatising before tackling some routes on the Tacul.

I'd normally do a couple of easy routes (cosmiques or something), but I have some work commitments the first 2 days I can't get out of ( I work remotely though) - anyone know how feasible will it be for me to take my laptop up and work from the cafe in the midi top station.  Anyone know if the wifi and/or 4g reception is good enough for zoom calls? Will I be kicked out by a waiter for hogging a table all day (fair enough really)? 

Have been in there plenty of times, but funnily enough haven't had a zoom call from there... and can't remember how good the internet is!

In reply to oaty:

I've just checked with someone who works in the hut: Yes. better than in the Valley [it needs to be]

In reply to oaty:

One can only assume that the couple of dislikes are from people who aren't happy with the view from their own offices?

In reply to tehmarks:

It's the background you really don't want to distort on a call, everyone would think it's fake. 

In reply to oaty:

I don't think the waiter will kick you out if you're paying 69 Euro a day to be there.

Can you claim it as business expenses?

In reply to tehmarks:

I'm all up for it - this has been the view from my home office window for the last 2 years - https://photos.app.goo.gl/vXazQFvjpNJkUwe6A

I make sure you can't see it on my video calls and I try to be sensitive to colleagues who aren't lucky enough to be in a similar location.

I'll be going into the London office in two weeks for the first time in two years for a team meeting. If you had asked me three years ago if I was looking forward to yet another business trip I would have thought you were joking but I'm quite looking forward to a few days of hussle and bussle and everything not closing at 7pm.

In reply to smithg: Unless you've got an EU passport claiming it as expenses could be interesting

In reply to yorkshireman:

That's the nearest I've come to giving anyone a dislike. 

In reply to 65:

I cracked and gave it a dislike out of pure envy!  

@Yorkshireman, Lovely view but ....   
Which part of Yorkshire is that?  

In reply to Slarti B:

Signed up in 2005 - life has changed a bit since then

In reply to oaty:

Just be aware that if your laptop uses them, old style hard disks will need thicker air to operate in, but the newer SSD type will be fine.  A quick search suggests Seagate only rate their disks to 10,000 ft. (3,048m).  

In reply to yorkshireman:

Permawinter?