April 8, 2012
Conrad Anker and The North Face Team at Everest Base Camp
If you’re into high profile climbing ascents and high profile climbers, well I don’t think you can get much more high profile than this. Conrad Anker, Cory Richards, Sam Elias, and Emily Harrington are attempting to tackle the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest… Anker and partner Cory Richards will tackle the famed and […]
Tags: Conrad Anker, Cory Richards, Emily Harrington, extreme altitude, Mount Everest, Sam Elias
March 25, 2012
Mount Everest – A Living Laboratory
As part of a study programme, from mid-April to Mid-May researchers from the Mayo Clinic are to join an expedition to Everest where they will monitor nine climbers for the duration of their climb. The leader of the scientific expedition is physiologist Dr Bruce Johnson. He has already conducted research at the South Pole and […]