Scvngr founder Seth Priebatsch scavenges for a WiFi signal on what could be the first iPad on Mt. Washington.
By Rodney H. Brown
In a news world filled with endless stories about Apple Inc.’s new iPad tablet device, here’s one you probably haven’t heard – the alleged first use of an iPad at the top of New Hampshire’s Mt. Washington.
Seth Priebatsch, founder and ‘chief ninja’ of the location-based gaming technology platform company Scvngr Inc., sent in a picture of the chief ninja himself sitting on the top of Mt. Washington this weekend with his iPad in hand. Always prepared, Priebatsch knew he wouldn’t get a WiFi signal up there – and the 3G cellular versions of the iPad aren’t out yet – so he brought along a Sprint Overdrive mobile hotspot so his iPad could also arguably be the first to surf the web on the tallest mountain in New England.
After getting on some post-hiking web surfing (and knowing him, some Scvngr work), Priebatsch then “skied down Tuckermans Ravine with the skis on my feet and the iPad in my backpack. I’ve got some scratches, but the iPad is flawless.”
So what does this tell us? The iPad doesn’t get altitude sickness. Being at the top of the tallest mountain on the Eastern Seaboard, which has just about every type of radio tower on it, gets you at least five bars on your cell device. Preibatsch is fit (have you hiked up Tucks – and past it to the summit – recently?). And geeks never want to be far from their latest toy.
No word, though, on whether or not Priebatsch was actually running a scavenger hunt while up there. Probably not – trying to stop and search for clues while schussing down Tucks can be hazardous to your health.
As many as 400 tech-minded students, bankers, lawyers, investors and entrepreneurs took to Boston’s streets in the drizzle last Friday afternoon in the 
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