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Category: Altitude

Posted on April 18, 2018April 24, 2018 by Neil Maxwell

Hercule Poirot and Suchet Family Supported Before Inca Trail Trek to Machu Picchu!

“In a nutshell, your advice was not only spot on, it saved us. I believe that if your words about “Headache+1” had not gone through my head on that first night, I would have toughed it out, and in Dougie’s (professional guide) words, I would have lost. How seriously? Doesn’t bear thinking about.” (John Suchet, Read More…

Posted on February 15, 2018February 15, 2018 by Neil Maxwell

Hot vs. Cold vs. Altitude: which environmental extreme is worse?

As part of our HB710 – Applied Environmental Physiology – Module which sits within our MSc in Applied Sport Physiology or Applied Exercise Physiology we ran a debate yesterday which we have run for the last few years on which environmental extreme is worse – heat, cold or altitude? The idea came from two BBC Read More…

Posted on January 5, 2018January 12, 2018 by Neil Maxwell

Para-Monte UoB Study Participant Tackles Aconcagua

Para-Monte is starting 2018 off with exciting news of the Agoncagua climb by Matt Shore, one of the participants of our Environmental Extremes Lab Para-Monte funded altitude tolerance study. Matt is a Personal Trainer and with three of his friends, will attempt to climb this highest mountain in the world, outside the Himalayas, starting his Read More…

Posted on September 11, 2017December 19, 2017 by Neil Maxwell

Para-Monte Altitude App Goes Live

Para-Monte release their altitude sickness app. Please download and encourage anyone going to altitude to do the same.

Posted on June 27, 2017December 20, 2017 by Neil Maxwell

Altitude Support for British Airways

  The Sport and Exercise Science Consultancy Unit (SESCU) and Para-Monte have recently supported six members of staff from British Airways prior to their climb of Jebel Toubkal (4167m) in Morocco for Comic Relief. They visited the lab and performed an Altitude Screening Test in the hypoxic chamber, which is able to simulate the effects Read More…

Posted on January 28, 2017December 19, 2017 by Neil Maxwell

EEL Contribute to Para-Monte Open Day

A special event took place at the Sport and Exercise Science Laboratories in Eastbourne campus on Saturday 28 January 2017 when the Para-Monte charity presented the University of Brighton with a cheque for £10,000.

Posted on January 20, 2017December 15, 2017 by Neil Maxwell

Congratulations to Dr Ben Duncan!

Congratulations to Ben Duncan who passed his PhD defence on 20 January with only minor changes to complete the process. Ben’s work was on the effects of low oxygen concentration, high altitude exposure, on metabolism of fuel in humans. He did a lot of work in the labs and also translat-ed this to field work Read More…

Posted on December 8, 2016December 15, 2017 by Neil Maxwell

Congratulations to Dr Gareth Turner – Awarded PhD!

Gareth Turner was awarded his PhD subject to minor corrections on Thursday 8 December. His PhD thesis, entitled “Hypoxic exposure to optimise altitude training adaptations in elite endurance athletes” was examined by Dr Charlie Pedlar (external examiner, via Skype) and Professor Jo Doust (Internal Examiner). Dr Neil Maxwell (supervisor) sat in on the viva and Read More…

Posted on November 10, 2016December 4, 2017 by Neil Maxwell

Congratulations to Dr Rosie Twomey – Awarded PhD!

Congratulations to Dr Rosie Twomey who successfully defended her PhD entitled “Neurophysiological Responses to Rest and Fatiguing Exercise in Severe Hypoxia in Healthy Humans” on 10 November 2016. The external examiners Dr Jamie McDonald of Bangor University and Dr Thomas Rupp of the University of Chambery (France) were very impressed with the quality of Rosie’s Read More…

Posted on October 3, 2014December 20, 2017 by Neil Maxwell

Mount Everest Climber Visits University Laboratories

Bonita Norris, alongside Indus Films, visited the Sport and Exercise Science Consultancy Unit (SESCU) to film a promotional trailer for a new “Extreme Environments” documentary. The video was shot in the Welkin Laboratories as part of a pitch being made to Red Bull TV to commission the project. Bonita reached the summit of Mount Everest in Read More…

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