Tag Archives: Mount Everest

Mayo Research Adds “New Chapter” to National Geographic’s Everest

May 15th, 2013 - 9:21 am

Our friend, the veteran mountaineer Conrad Anker, is the author of the latest National Geographic book on Mount Everest, covering the earliest days of attempted assaults on the peak to the latest climbs including the expedition that included Mayo Clinic’s … Continue reading →

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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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Another Summit

May 26th, 2012 - 10:08 pm

Conrad Anker has summited as well. What’s more, he did it without oxygen. Part of a day’s rest and he was off. See the NatGeo report. That makes six climbers from the North Face/NatGeo expedition that successfully reached the top … Continue reading →

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Summit

May 25th, 2012 - 8:32 am

The team summited just about when predicted…about 9:15 Central time last evening, but morning in Nepal. Emily Harrington’s Facebook page says “Stood on the top of the world this morning, en route back down safely.” NatGeo reports all climbers are … 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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Heading to Camp 4

May 24th, 2012 - 9:40 am

As of this morning, the North Face/NatGeo team headed out of Camp 3 for the long trek up to Camp 4. Weather appears favorable and everyone is well. Mark Jenkins filed a report on the NatGeo blog as the last … 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 →