NEWS: 7th Sep 2006
 
Headaches and Shakes!

Last night, a bottle of scotch was discovered- a gift from Kit at the Summit hotel. Once opened, it mysteriously evaporated, as did two other bottles. Presumably the fumes overcame those nearby, as there are some very thick heads and unsteady feet this morning!

But the big excitement is that the CPX (cardiopulmonary exercise test) equipment is up, calibrated, powered? and works! This speaks highly of Dan, Denny, Kay and Helen, and also of the Lode and Cortex kit. Indeed, Cortex have spent months working with the team testing in cold/high altitude chambers to ?make it all work?. Patrick and Hugh thus become the first two people to have a breath-by-breath CPX test at this altitude, and the data look fantastically interesting already!

Hugh spends the rest of the morning taking blood samples and spinning them. We have been given a fridge by Waeco, which is just terrific, keeping all our bottles and reagents cool by day and warm by night.