Category: Expeditions
Environmental Extremes Lab 2023 Round-up…We Reached 100 Research Publications!
Another (calendar) year nearly gone and to those who have followed our journey over the years, apologies for the lack of news from the Environmental Extremes Lab. To say it has been an intense, frenetic and at times exasperating year, would be an understatement. Nevertheless, we have been working extremely hard behind the scenes, still Read More…
Expedition Physiology Students Visit Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) for the 20th Year!
Our BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science students who have taken the 3rd year choice module, Expedition Physiology, have been visiting the Welsh Mountains before the Easter holidays for 20 years now. Visiting Bannau Brycheiniog (pronounced ban-aye bruch-ay-nee-og and meaning the peaks of Brychan’s kingdom, formerly Brecon Beacons) has formed an integral element to the Read More…
Dhiman Brothers take on the Jungle Survival Marathon
Over 6 days in the heart of the Belize Jungle, 2 brave athletes were faced with the hardest challenge, both physically and mentally that they had ever had to confront. The Jungle Survival Marathon entailed 6 days of survival training in the jungle followed by a 200km race across similar terrain to eventually escape and Read More…
Para-Monte Ambassador Matt Shore takes on Aconcagua…Again!
nd On just the third day of the new decade, with some of the UK still not recovered from their New Year hangovers, Para-Monte Ambassador and Train Strong personal training founder Matt Shore started his journey to the summit (6962m) of Mt. Aconcagua in Argentina, for the second time. Para-Monte The Adam Savory Memorial Fund: Read More…
Dr Sarah Davey Flies the Flag for Para-Monte in Peru
Altitude Experience, Lessons Learnt and Top Tips During the summer, Dr Sarah Davey, a Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science at Oxford Brookes University in the UK, and a former physiologist for the English Institute of Sport (EIS) and GB Rowing, set off to undertake several treks in the Cusco region of Peru (including Machu Read More…
Student Expedition News: 16 Years and Going Strong!
Well done to our SI627 – Expedition Physiology – students for another successful expedition, marking the 16th consecutive year since Dr Neil Maxwell started the module and the annual trip in 2004. This year, again led by Dr Alan Richardson, saw us back in Brecon Beacons where we arguably had the most spectacular weather yet. Thirty students, Read More…
Environmental Extremes Lab represent Para-Monte Altitude Awareness Charity at World Extreme Medicine Conference
On Friday 23 November, Dr Neil Maxwell and Dr Mark Hayes attended the World Extreme Medicine Conference at the Dynamic Earth Convention Centre in Edinburgh on behalf of Para-Monte. The aim was to raise awareness about the work the charity does and the importance of educating individuals about altitude illnesses. A YouTube Para-Monte Altitude Awareness Video Read More…
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…
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…