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| For Quokka, there was no history before digital. “We hit the ground running with digital,” says Chester. “Quokka uses digital technology to bring athlete and spectator together. We wanted to wire the athletes rather than encumber them. People could send email to a guy climbing a mountain. They could see him, because he had a digital camera on him. And he could email back to them. Some of them asked technical questions, and some just wanted to give support.” | ||
| The First Ascent field team transmitting dispatches. Photo by John Climaco/Quokka.com >  | 
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First Ascent climbers in sleeping tents at base camp in the Chinese Karakoram. Photo by John Climaco/Quokka.com > |
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| On the south face of Rhumsiki Tower, in the Mandara Mountains, Cameroon, they could see the sheer rock, check a map to locate it in Africa, see a photo of the planned route, and talk to the expedition leader. At a Grand Prix race, they see photos of mechanics in the pit, see the taut face of the driver going into a turn, watch as a car spins out of control, and hear a driver’s own description of a race he miraculously survived. | ||
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