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Friday, 30 March 2007
Twenty year old Logan Woodard Jeter was rescued after falling approximately 120 feet about ten miles of the White Pass summit near Packwood.
Jeter was rescued by 911 after his friend flag ged down a passing motorist. He fell from a rock while scouting for a future rock climb together with his friend. He was airlifted and was brought to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
Both are believed to be recreational rock climbers and are both from Packwood area.
Source: www.theolympian.com
Thursday, 29 March 2007
This week, the first Group of Caudwell Xtreme Everest medical expedition volunteers arrives at Kathmandu, Nepal, heralding the start of the world’s largest human biology study ever performed at high al titude. The main purpose of the study is to investigate hypoxia - a deficiency of oxygen in the blood - and the results will be used to benefit clinical care worldwide, particularly those people in intensive care.
Over the course of the next two months, nearly 200 members of the public from the UK, Europe, USA and Australia will be tested at four different Himalayan elevations – at Kathmandu, 1,355 meters (4,379 ft), at Namche Bazaar, 3,450 meters (11,318) Pheriche, 4,280m (13,805 ft) and Everest Base Camp, 5,300 meters (17,225 ft).
A series of trials, including subjects pedaling a special exercise bike while wearing high tech breathing apparatus will determine the ability of healthy adults to adapt to the low oxygen levels found at high altitude. The effectiveness of a new portable closed-circuit breathing system devised to improve the mobility of supplementary oxygen-dependent patients will also be tested.
Neurological ability at altitude will also be checked through a series of cognitive examinations, including memory tests and problem solving. Base level tests were completed in February at The UCL (University College London) Institute of Human Health and Performance at the university’s Archway campus.
Caudwell Xtreme Everest expedition leader Dr Mike Grocott, also an Honorary Consultant Anaesthetist at North London’s Whittington Hospital explained, “By observing healthy individuals at high altitude where oxygen is scarce, we can learn about physiological changes that can improve critical care at the hospital bedside because low oxygen levels are an almost universal problem in critical care.”
Dr Mike Grocott, who once worked as a resident physician at the Himalayan Rescue Association Aid Post at Pheriche, heads up a clinical team of highly experienced climbers who, at the peak of their profession, have decided to take part in a concurrent, more audacious study that will potentially take the doctors and medics to the summit of Everest at 8,850m (29,035 feet). Many of these researchers usually work as intensive care nurses and doctors.
Starting this week, they will undergo a series of physical tests at Namche Bazaar and then begin their ascent towards Everest Base Camp for further tests. They will cross the treacherous Khumbu ice fields and then climb up the South Col route. A Milsys Deployable Rapid Assembly Shelter (DRASH) tent will be positioned around 7,000 metres (23,000 feet) on Everest’s Western Cwm, after being carried up by seven climbers in 14 separate parts. This will be one of the world’s highest laboratories and higher on the mountain the South Col camp at 8,000 m (26,000 ft) will have the world’s highest laboratory. The team also hopes to extract arterial blood at the summit, which will be another world first. Teams of up to ten are set to reach the peak in mid to late May and will return back to the UK at the end of June.
Dr Mike Grocott continues, “Patients that will be helped by the research range from those with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Cystic Fibrosis, emphysema, septic shock and ‘blue babies’.”
“Although it’s been possible to simulate low oxygen levels in specially designed, low pressure chambers, studies are very expensive and can produce variable results. Also, the experience for the subjects involved can be unpleasant. It’s the quest for original and accurate results from the field that is inspiring us.”
The £2 million medical study is being entirely funded by private enterprise. Entrepreneur and founder of Caudwell Children, John Caudwell, have donated £500k. John and his brother Brian were early volunteers to the expedition and will leave the UK on April 18.
BOC Medical has provided £300k support and a number of other organizations, including The London Clinic and Eli Lilly Critical Care, Deltex Medical, Smiths Medical and the Rolex Foundation have also given cash assistance. All of the volunteers have paid to participate in their trek to Everest Base Camp, organized by mountaineering specialists, Jagged Globe.
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Tuesday, 27 March 2007
Ten young brave climbers from Cebu will travel all the way to Tonsai to climb the rock formations of Thailand. The all Cebuano group composed of Wendel Getubig Jr., Patrick Costelo, Bill Carlo Chiong, Isabel Angela Pascuado, Sunshine Menoza, Crissy Pineda, Gay Nanette Belgira and Giandi Pages will spend fifteen days in southern Thailand.
According to Giandi Pages, their group whom they call "Team 330 Haiball" chose Thailand since hundreds of developed routes are available for beginners and advanced professionals in the area. It took the entire team one year to prepare their selves for the climb and preparations include climbing three to four times a week indoors and spending weekend’s outdoor trip to Cantabaco Toledo.
Team 330 Haiball group will be lead by Wendel Getubig the leader with 10 years of rock-climbing experience that started with him climbing indoors using the traditional method of temporary anchors. When asked if rock climbing was dangerous, Giandi Pages said "yes it is dangerous, but if all the rules and basic precautions are followed, and your equipment is always counter-checked by a fellow climber, then nothing should go wrong".
Visit www.sunstar.com.ph for more information about this news story.
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Monday, 26 March 2007
An American climber who was celebrating her 30th birthday was killed in Mount Cook National Park. She was climbing with three other members of the New Zealand Alpine Club when the accident happened.
Wellington City Council urban designer Nina Creedman who was climbing Mount Cook last Saturday died after she was struck by a falling rock while descending Mount Sealy. Creedman along with other climbers was descending about 250 meters when the rocks broke loose and fell onto their path. An Australian doctor who was one of the climbers was quick to help the victim and called for help.
Pilots came in to help rescue Creedman and was force to use night vision goggles because of high winds and the onset of dusk in the area. Thirty year old Creedman who turned 30 last Friday took the day off to go climbing which was her passion. She was believed to have died about ten in the evening after her body was recovered by rescuers.
Visit www.stuff.co.nz for more information about this news story.
Thursday, 22 March 2007
A first ever women rock climbing competition in Pakistan will be held on March 30 to 31 of this year. The Adventure Club Pakistan organized the event to celebrate Visit Pakistan Year, 2007, and to comm emorate Women's Day.
The Adventure Club has been promoting adventure activities in Pakistan and has organized several training programs and expeditions and trained more than one hundred rock climbers. They had produced good male and female rock climbers in the past years.
The first ever Women Rock Climbing Competition will be held at Margalla Hills and Federal Minister of Tourism, Ms. Nilofar Bakhtiar will attend the celebration to distribute awards to the winners.
Visit www.app.com.pk more information
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