January 23, 2008
Davos men and women are very heavy
As always at conferences - especially those at which you have to walk about a lot - one of the biggest headaches is how much stuff you have to carry around with you.
The World Economic Forum hands out various briefing books and background documents and it can all get rather heavy. A particularly weighty document is the booklet with the names and details of all of the participants.
As it happens, I know exactly how heavy - 860 grams. I know this because a resourceful colleague asked the waitress in the restaurant we were in last night to weigh it. Good heavens, that is almost a kilogram. I think it can remain in my hotel room.
