Few stories with the words “rock” “band” “huge stone” and “high” are news, but this piqued my interest. Recently, five british musicians, from five different bands, joined together for a charity gig at Everest Base Camp, 5,545m above sea level.

The 40-minute concert, in front of about 100 mountaineers, was to raise money for children victimised by armed conflict in Nepal…. [It] raised almost £30,000 overall to help Nepalese children…. a shelter and skills centre will be set up for the conflict-affected children at Dhulikhel, east of capital Kathmandu…

Rights groups say almost 400 children have died in the nine-year-old armed conflict in Nepal. [Link]

The concert was the highest rock concert in the world. This was actually the second world record set by the organizing charity, British charity The Nepal Balabalika Trust (Trust for Nepalese Children). In September, another group of musicians set the world record for the longest concert by “by performing continuously for almost 44 hours in a bar in London’s Soho district.” [Link]

For more on this story, see their webpage: The Worlds Highest Gig – October 2005