Demented Hamsters
15-08-2006, 12:56
This sounds awesome:
Volunteer call for Everest 'lab'
A group of medics are seeking volunteers to conduct experiments in what they say is the world's highest laboratory - on the slopes of Everest.
The Xtreme Everest team will be made up of medics seeking to find out effects of high altitude on the human body.
They want 208 volunteers for the 23-day expedition to Everest Base Camp - which is 5,300 metres (17,225 ft) above sea level - early next year.
Candidates will need to have a good level of fitness (well duh), organisers say.
Equipment carried up
They will take part in fitness experiments which will include using exercise cycles on the base camp.
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The equipment the team will use in their lab will have to be carried up by expedition members.
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It is expected at least 10 of the team will make an attempt on the summit of Everest.
Volunteers wanting to take part will need to pay £2,395, which includes return flights from the UK to Kathmandu and a £500 contribution to scientific research.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4793009.stm
Putting aside the cost, would you take part?
I know I would. I've been up to 4300m this year and that was hard going, so 5300m will be bloody tough, but what an amazing ezperience.
Here's a picture of Mt Everest (among others) from space just for the hell of it:
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/57379main_MM_image_feature_152_jw4.jpg
And here's a virtual panorama from the top (56k warning):
http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen2/full22.html
Volunteer call for Everest 'lab'
A group of medics are seeking volunteers to conduct experiments in what they say is the world's highest laboratory - on the slopes of Everest.
The Xtreme Everest team will be made up of medics seeking to find out effects of high altitude on the human body.
They want 208 volunteers for the 23-day expedition to Everest Base Camp - which is 5,300 metres (17,225 ft) above sea level - early next year.
Candidates will need to have a good level of fitness (well duh), organisers say.
Equipment carried up
They will take part in fitness experiments which will include using exercise cycles on the base camp.
...
The equipment the team will use in their lab will have to be carried up by expedition members.
...
It is expected at least 10 of the team will make an attempt on the summit of Everest.
Volunteers wanting to take part will need to pay £2,395, which includes return flights from the UK to Kathmandu and a £500 contribution to scientific research.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4793009.stm
Putting aside the cost, would you take part?
I know I would. I've been up to 4300m this year and that was hard going, so 5300m will be bloody tough, but what an amazing ezperience.
Here's a picture of Mt Everest (among others) from space just for the hell of it:
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/57379main_MM_image_feature_152_jw4.jpg
And here's a virtual panorama from the top (56k warning):
http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen2/full22.html