Items Tagged ‘Mount Kilimanjaro’
August 12, 2016
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
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February 26, 2010
Mayo doctor describes life at 15,000 feet on Kilimanjaro
The moonscape environment Wednesday brought amazing beauty to the climbing team high on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania,Africa. Mayo Clinic cardiologist Dr. Robert Frantz said the team hiked up and down to various elevations, ending at about 15,000 feet… “We’re getting short of breath literally getting dressed, which is really amazing. Post-Bulletin, by […]
February 19, 2010
Mayo doctor to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to understand his patients’ symptoms
Dr. Robert Frantz has been training to climb of the tallest mountain in Africa — Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro at a summit of a little over 19,300 feet — and now it’s time to go. Frantz leaves for Tanzania on Wednesday, starts climbing on Friday and expects to summit on Feb. 26… It’s a fundraiser […]
Tags: Dr. Robert Frantz, Mount Kilimanjaro, pulmonary arterial hypertension