Dear Re-form Person;

I am a Mountaineering entrepreneur that routinely puts together climbing packages for the busy Professional, and am facing mounting competition from other outfitters that cater to the Professional who can’t afford to “leave the office behind”. To wit, my concern; I’m looking for a company that can equip and supply a fully business-operational workstation at the various mountain camp elevations. These would typically start at 18,000′, but would also require installation of workstations at and above the so-called “death-zone”; camps above 24,000′.

-          High in the Himalayas

Re-form has done extensive R&D on Extreme Workstationing High guy, as evidenced by how we added an “ing” to the end of the word “workstation”. Here is what we found:

Both the hearty Russian Mi-17’s that supply base camps at 5000’, and the Steelcase Avenir workstation are real beasts, and used Avenir is very competitively priced! Like all extreme workstations, they are staged fully assembled as shown below:

Farther up the mountain, we have found the intrepid Action Office workstation to be the best all-around choice for both higher altitude clerical work and professional collaboration. These are a little more expensive, but all the connectors are extruded aluminum and are light, further we found they won’t break in sub-zero temperatures like the plastic hinges used many other workstations.

Though they are indeed lighter, we have experienced Sherpa complaints carrying 8×8 managerial workstations past 10,000’. Persevere, but stick with 6×6 stations. A tip if you hear too much whining – the Re-form Person  found their complaints to be somewhat disingenuous as he witnessed them happily riding heavy worksurfaces down the mountain when climbers were not looking!

Farther up the mountain than 18,000’, there is no better choice than Resolve, though we have not figured out how to keep the fabric elements from tearing in the wind. An Aeron chair retrofitted with an oxygen bottle is a must in the Death Zone!