British Soldiers Make Everest History Using New Method
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on the BBC.
It is also a follow-up of Briton Attempts ‘Fastest Ever’ Everest Mission, Using Xenon Gas on this blog.
This is the sub-heading.
Four British former special forces soldiers have set a record by climbing Mount Everest in under five days without acclimatising on the mountain, as part of a high-speed expedition controversially aided by xenon gas.
These two introductory paragraphs add more detail.
The team, which included a UK government minister, summited the world’s highest peak early on Wednesday.
Xenon was used to help them pre-acclimatise to low oxygen at high altitudes. Climbers usually spend between six to eight weeks on Everest before summiting.
I still feel, that getting to the bottom of why xenon improves performance may have a medical application.
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