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“What Everest Teaches About Disease” – WSJ

May 29th, 2012 - 8:42 am

Kudos to Shirley Wang for her article in today’s Wall St. Journal on the Mayo Everest expedition. Page D3 in the print edition, here’s the online story. Share/Bookmark

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The Why of Researching on Everest

May 28th, 2012 - 10:56 am

Dr. Bruce Johnson explains about researching in extreme environments: Our research laboratory has a long history of studying the limits of human performance and human adaptation in extreme environments. This has a number of practical applications, such as the deployment … Continue reading →

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Summit Expected This Evening

May 24th, 2012 - 4:11 pm

The North Face/NatGeo Everest team is now climbing the last leg of the ascent of the highest peak in the world. They left camp 4…and are estimated to summit about 7 pm Central Time tonight. Check out the latest from … Continue reading →

“After” Tests Now Underway

May 24th, 2012 - 11:57 am

With many experiments it boils down to a “before” and an “after” — today was the after experience for North Face’s Derek Campbell and Mayo’s Joel Streed. They were both back in the lab on Mayo’s Rochester campus running through … Continue reading →

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What is the Death Zone?

May 21st, 2012 - 10:21 am

Another in our series on the science of the expedition, Dr. Jim McEachen, Mayo Clinic aerospace medicine fellow provides background [Editor's note: this was written before the most recent deaths] In 1998, the popular PBS series Nova reported an ominous piece of data. … Continue reading →

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Tragic news from Everest, but Team Begins Ascent

May 21st, 2012 - 10:16 am

At this writing the deaths of four climbers from various expeditions have been confirmed and a fifth climber remains missing on the upper levels of Mount Everest. The French news service lists the climbers as originating from China, Canada, South … Continue reading →

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Tales from Everest

May 20th, 2012 - 12:56 pm

We had the pleasure of sitting in on Edie Grossfield’s Post-Bulletin interview with Amine and Bryan. Some untold stories were told and a good deal of the team’s personality came through. The team is watching for news of the Everest ascent … Continue reading →

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High Altitude Pulmonary Edema

May 17th, 2012 - 2:45 pm

One in a series of articles on the science of the expedition, this by Doug Summerfield, M.D. and Bryan Taylor, Ph.D. One interesting, and potentially very dangerous, component of Mountain Sickness is the development of High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE). … Continue reading →

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Everest Ascent planned for 25th

May 16th, 2012 - 8:42 am

National Geographic and North Face have announced the decision to abandon the planned ascent on the West Ridge of Everest due to bad conditions. Conrad Anker, head of the expedition, hopes to climb with the team going up the Southeast … Continue reading →

Reflections of Climbers on Research

May 15th, 2012 - 9:30 am

Research is continuing on the Everest climb. Yes, the Mayo team is back in Minnesota, but now the data crunching begins as equipment is being retrieved via one shipping outlet or another on its way back from Nepal. At least … Continue reading →