The Caudwell Xtreme Everest team climbed from the south, via the South East Ridge, setting up laboratories at Base Camp (5300m), in the Western Cwm (6400m) and even doing some experiments on the South Col (7950m). The climbing team also sampled arterial blood on the Balcony at 8400m.
The climbers were confronted with temperatures down to -40?C, high winds, and critically low oxygen levels. Frostbite, exhaustion, hypothermia and high altitude illness (mountain sickness) were ever-present and potentially fatal risks.
The team were involved in a high profile rescue of a Nepalese climber. For more details see our media page.
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Raising funds for the Namche Youth Group
16/06/07:
The Caudwell Xtreme Everest team are pleased to announce that the Smiths Medical Laboratory staff in Namche bazaar have raised more than $3500 USD to date for the Namche Youth Group.
The nose and throat at altitude
04/06/07:
High altitude mountaineers from the first ever reconnaissance expedition to Everest in 1921 complained about a variety of problems affecting their nose and throat.
Trekking to Base Camp
03/06/07:
My name is Isabelle. I left London on 12th May with Group M.
The Climbing Team - 29th May
29/05/07:
The Caudwell Xtreme Everest team are extremely pleased to announce that the Sherpa team have made their last trips into the ice fall.
The Climbing Team - 26th May
26/05/07:
Mike Grocott, Denny Levett, Sundeep Dhillon, Chris Imray, Nigel Hart, Mick O'Dwyer, Roger McMorrow, Jeremy Windsor, Maryam Khosravi, Vijay Ahuja, Michael Brown, Paul Gunning, Andre Vercueil, and Dan Martin have made it back to base camp.
The Climbing Team - 25th May
25/05/07:
Patrick Doyle and Dave Rasmussen arrived back in Base Camp this morning and look fit and well, if thinner and a little tired.
The Climbing Team - 24th May
24/05/07:
The Caudwell Xtreme Everest Team are pleased to announce that Michael Brown, Roger McMorrow, Jeremy Windsor, and Mick O?Dwyer summitted Everest from the south side this morning (Nepal time).
The Climbing Team - 23rd May
23/05/07:
The Caudwell Xtreme Everest Team are pleased to announce that Mike Grocott, Sundeep Dhillon, Chris Imray, Dan Martin, Nigel Hart, and Dave Rasmussen summitted Everest from the south side at 06.30 this morning (Nepal time).
Supplementary Oxygen and High Altitude
23/05/07:
The use of supplementary oxygen for climbing at high altitude has been debated for many decades.
The Climbing Team - 22nd May
22/05/07:
Mike Grocott, Sundeep Dhillon, Chris Imray, Dan Martin, Michael Brown, Dave Rasmussen, Vijay Ahuja and Dave Rasmussen are currently at Camp Four.
The Climbing Team - 21st May
21/05/07:
Dan Martin, Vijay Ahuja, Maryam Khosravi, Sundeep Dhillon, Chris Imray and Michael Brown remain at Camp Four.
The Climbing Team - 19th May
20/05/07:
Dan Martin, Vijay Ahuja, and Maryam Khosravi have remained at Camp Three today.
Oxygen Delivery
20/05/07:
Oxygen delivery is a term used in medicine to describe the process of how oxygen is presented to the cells which need it for generating the energy which keeps us alive.
The Climbing Team - 20th May
20/05/07:
Dan Martin, Maryam Khosravi, Michael Brown, Sundeep Dhillon, Chris Imray and Vijay Ahuja have now reached Camp Four at the South Col.
Climbing Team - 18th May
18/05/07:
Five members of the Caudwell Xtreme Everest Climbing Team have moved from Camp Two to Camp Three.
Sleep at High Altitude
18/05/07:
Ascending to high altitude forces climbers and trekkers to deal with many physiological challenges.
The Climbing Story - 17 May 2007
17/05/07:
The Caudwell Xtreme Everest climbing team are currently resting at Camp Two. They have been joined there by Michael Brown from MacGillivray Freeman Films and David Rasmussen from BBC Horizon.
Climbing Plan
16/05/07:
The Caudwell Xtreme Everest Team is pleased to announce that the climbing team have left Everest base camp today, and have started moving up the mountain.
Hypoxia and Medicine
16/05/07:
Hypoxia, or lack of oxygen, is a very common phenomenon in medicine. Sudden and severe hypoxia such as drowning is obvious and frequently fatal.
Nutrition and Weight Loss Studies At Extreme High Altitude
14/05/07:
Life at high altitude has many different effects on the body. One interesting and important effect is the pronounced weight loss observed in people.
What is Hypoxia?
12/05/07:
Hypoxia, put simply, is a lack of oxygen. Oxygen forms approximately 21% of the air we breathe and is the part of the air which is vital for human life.
The story so far
09/05/07:
Caudwell Xtreme Everest are pleased to announce that they are halfway through their research programme in Nepal.
Translating the lessons learnt from hypoxia in the mountains
07/05/07:
"We need help urgently. We have a man in his forties who cannot move his right side"
High Altitude Eye Study
16/04/07:
As part of the Neurosciences work we are carrying out the most extensive high altitude eye study.
Everest Facts and Figures
08/04/07:
Fascinating facts and figures about the world's highest peak.
Medical Research Expeditions: 1960, 1981, 2007
06/04/07:
We arrived here at Everest Base Camp yesterday and I am writing this in a comfortable tent with a view of the Ice Fall one way and of Pumori the other.
Low Oxygen Research ? An Excuse for a Jolly up a Mountain?
04/04/07:
The single most asked question to Caudwell Xtreme Everest is: Why are you climbing a mountain when you could just use pressure chambers instead?
What is intensive care?
02/04/07:
Intensive care, also known as critical care, or intensive therapy, originated approximately 50 years ago as a response to a polio epidemic in Copenhagen.
Where did Mount Everest come from?
01/04/07:
A good analogy of our planet is a pot of soup that has been left on the stove at a slow boil for too long.
Caudwell Xtreme Everest Trekking ? 31st March
01/04/07:
The first Caudwell Xtreme Everest trek is set to leave London Heathrow this evening.
Smiths Medical are sponsoring the Namche Bazaar laboratory
30/03/07:
Smiths Medical are sponsoring the Namche Bazaar laboratory. Smiths Medical is a supplier of specialist medical devices to global markets.
The Unsung Heroes
29/03/07:
It seems fitting that while we are based in Namche Bazaar, the Sherpa capital, we should reflect on the people of the Kumbu Valley who help us on our expedition.
Why going to Everest may help patients in intensive care
28/03/07:
One in six people are admitted to an intensive care unit in the United Kingdom during their life. Of these people, 20% will die whilst on the intensive care unit.
Contacting individual members of the Caudwell Xtreme Everest Team by mail
28/03/07:
If you wish to write to an individual member of the Caudwell Xtreme Everest Team, you can do so using the following code:
The adventures of the calibration team ? Helen, Alan and Paul.
28/03/07:
After successfully calibrating the exercise testing equipment at the Namche laboratory, the team left their fantastic host, Lhakpa Sonam, at the Sherwi Khangba lodge.
Namche Bazaar
27/03/07:
Namche Bazaar is situated at 3440m, and most trekkers take two days to walk there from Lukla. The name Namche is actually a Nepali mispronunciation
Kathmandu City
23/03/07:
In 1982, the forward looking Dean of Charing Cross Hospital Medical School was seduced by the enthusiastic plans of one of his medical students to take a year out of his studies in order to work (and climb) in Nepal.
Nepalese culture and religion
21/03/07:
Nepal has diverse cultural heritage, lying as it does in between the plains of India to the south and the mountainous Tibetan plateau to the north.
Caudwell Xtreme Everest team arrrive in Kathmandu
19/03/07:
The Caudwell Xtreme Everest team arrived in Kathmandu today. They are staying at the Summit hotel in the Patan region of Kathmandu.
Nepal Facts and Figures
18/03/07:
Nepal is a land-locked country sandwiched between India and Tibet (China). It includes 8 of the 10 highest mountains on the planet, including Annapurna and Everest.
The Logistics team leave for Nepal
04/03/07:
Yesterday, the Caudwell Xtreme Everest Logistics team left from London Heathrow to fly to Kathmandu.