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Everest hosts breathtaking medical research | Greg Foot
The Xtreme Everest project is investigating why some people cope better with low oxygen conditions than othersIt is a disconcerting feeling, not being able to breathe. It wasn't as though I was running for a bus or anything like that either; I was simply walking to the lab – a gentle 50 or so metres up a very shallow incline. Yet, every few steps I found myself buckled into an almost vertical foetal position, trying to suck the cold, thin air deep into my lungs.It shouldn't have been a surprise. I was higher than I'd ever been in my life, bent double on a point that would soar over anywhere in Europe, even the ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 29, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Greg Foot Tags: Blogposts Mountaineering World news Health guardian.co.uk Medical research Human biology Society Mount Everest Science Source Type: news
