Well, he made it. After cycling some 450km over 10 days through the south of Germany, he crossed the finish line about 5pm Sunday and treated himself to a well deserved beer.

As I mentioned in last weeks post about his trip, Chippy completed the entire 10 day cycle using only the sun to power his mobile phone and Samsung Q1b ultra mobile laptop, with which he kept up his blogging on his site. As he mentioned in the post he wrote while enjoying his beer:

“I've learned a lot about how solar energy works, how it can be applied to mobile computing and how different battery technology affects the results. But it hasn't just been about solar energy. It’s mainly been about energy efficient mobile computing, mobile Internet connectivity and the balance of tasks between a mobile phone and a UMPC. Although I managed to perform a lot of tasks on my simple mobile phone, none of the mapping updates, images, GPS tracks and detailed postings would have been possible without a UMPC and the VIA-based Samsung Q1b has been a reliable and efficient partner all the way through.”

I look forward to hearing more about his solar computing experiences after he’s had a few days to recover.

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