Samples were collected from teams in the Tian Shan mountains in central Asia, the Himlung Himal in Nepal, the Rwenzori mountains between Congo and Uganda, and the South Pole. This project is one ...

He then set out to climb Himalayan peak, Himlung Himal. As he relates in this memoir, what began as a daring expedition quickly became a test of survival.

Methods Thirty-nine subjects underwent maximal CPET at lowlands and during ascent to Mount Himlung Himal (7126 m) at 4844 m, before and after 12 days of acclimatisation, and at 6022 m. Daily records ...