NickDG 23 #1 June 4, 2005 Even though he didn't get out and walk around it's still impressive. Check the video . . . http://www.mounteverest.net/story/FrenchEverestMysteryChoppersUtopiasummit-VIDEOMay272005.shtml NickD BASE 194 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,381 #2 June 4, 2005 And next will come daily scheduled landings on the summit to disgorge snow-boarders. Revised list of risks of climbing Everest: - Hypothermia. - Altitude sickness. - Falls. - Medical emergencies. - Getting clipped by a snow-boarder yelling "Yo!! Sorry Duuude!""There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hipwrddude 0 #3 June 4, 2005 Thanks! I have a friend who's gungho about one day climbing Everest and all I can say is, "You can freeze your cajones off maricone, me, I'll take a chopper to the top, touch a toe and call it a day!" You're always the starter in your own life! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #4 June 4, 2005 DUDE.. just think of the canopy ground lauch from there. the landing at the base camp.. might be a bit brisk though...serious field elevation there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #5 June 4, 2005 Guess these doctors will have to wait their turn, then! ltdiver http://archives.moneyplans.net/frontend206-verify-7405.html Doctors plan Everest climb to unveil health secrets A team of doctors from London's University College is planning to climb the Mount Everest to conduct self-experiments and learn how the human body copes in extreme conditions. According to the seven doctors, the expedition would yield vital information that could explain what happens when the body touches the void - on a mountaintop and in a medical emergency, reported Guardian Unlimited. They are hoping the results of the tests, which include bike experiments and blood samples taken 8,850 m above sea level on Mount Everest, could help treat patients. "If you reached the top of Everest without acclimatising, you would be unconscious within two minutes and death would rapidly follow. Acclimatisation has allowed human beings to survive and thrive in the most extreme conditions, but it remains a poorly understood process. Our goal is to study life at the very limit," said expedition leader Mike Grocott, a consultant in intensive care medicine. Other team members include skydiver Hugh Montgomery, breathing system designer Roger McMorrow, doctor Sundeep Dhillon, space expert Kevin Fong and diving specialist Denny Levett. They are now seeking 500,000 to 1 million pounds from private sponsors to finance the "Xtreme Everest" expedition scheduled for spring 2007. Oxygen levels in the blood plummet at high altitudes, to a point where most people cannot survive without support. The same happens to many intensive care patients. And just as certain individuals cope with high altitudes better than others, or find it easier to acclimatise, some patients are better than others at surviving trauma. "If we can understand how some patients are able to cope with low oxygen levels, and why others are not, we may be able to make a large difference to levels of survival," Montgomery said. The scientists will set up high altitude laboratories comprising the bikes, breath analysis equipment and other apparatus along the route and will use them to investigate the effects of thin air on the body, including fluid on the brain and in the lungs as well as acute mountain sickness. A separate initiative - Project Everest - will recruit over 1,000 volunteers to take part in a fitness research at University College in the run-up to the expedition. Since helicopters cannot operate in the thin air around Everest, the team will have to carry all its equipment up and down the mountain. Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #6 June 4, 2005 QuoteSince helicopters cannot operate in the thin air around Everest I guess that this statement now goes into the "Oh really now" category I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adamsr 0 #7 June 4, 2005 QuoteTime to climb” records to the heights of 3,000, 6,000 and 9,000 meters performed on April 14th, 2005 in respectively 2 minutes 21 seconds, 5 minutes 6 seconds and 9 minutes 26 seconds is it just me or is that chopper damn fast...2 minutes 21 seconds to 3000 metres seems waaaay too fast for a chopper!! plus it doesn't seem to clow down much aty higher altitudes either Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #8 June 4, 2005 Quoteplus it doesn't seem to clow down much aty higher altitudes either Hmmm was that hypoxia coming on when you typed that??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kris 0 #9 June 4, 2005 Quoteis it just me or is that chopper damn fast...2 minutes 21 seconds to 3000 metres seems waaaay too fast for a chopper!! plus it doesn't seem to clow down much aty higher altitudes either For a Eurocopter, that's pretty standard. The US Army has cargo choppers that will beat some fighter aircraft to about 8-10K feet.Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adamsr 0 #10 June 4, 2005 QuoteQuoteplus it doesn't seem to clow down much aty higher altitudes either Hmmm was that hypoxia coming on when you typed that??? doh, really need to check the spelling in my posts before posting!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
