Peak moments on Mount Qomolangma
China DailyMembers of a Chinese scientific expedition team led by captain Dechen Ngodrup establish an automatic meteorological monitoring station on Mount Qomolangma on May 4. SONAM DORJE/XINHUA Zhu Tong, head of the College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering of Peking University, led his team to explore the impact of an ultra-high altitude environment on human health. The team of 27 scientific researchers have monitored the health condition of 50 volunteers positioned at varying altitudes: 5,200 meters, 5,800 meters, 6,350 meters and 8,848 meters. The team has collected blood, urine, saliva, feces and other samples, measure blood pressure, and monitor the pulse wave velocity of the volunteers, including Zhu himself, to provide samples for follow-up research.
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