It’s May day… The first of the month, and now that Conrad, Sam, Emily, Hillaree and the other climbers in the group have rotated back down to base camp, it’s a day to run them through the field testing so that there are data points to compare with their baseline scores gathered in Rochester a couple of months ago.


About Joel Streed
Joel Streed, (St. Cloud State University) is an award-winning veteran journalist. He is a producer of Mayo’s Medical Edge series, as well as an avid biker, hiker and runner. As a correspondent for the Mayo Clinic News Network, he will be reporting from base camp on the Mayo activities, blogging, Tweeting and shooting video. Watch for his updates here.