Just some interesting (or not!) numbers about our time up here and all it involved:
730kgs of experimental equipment carried by 19 porters (not including personal gear!)
7000L of cylinder gases
53 sleep studies
107 ventilatory response tests (about an hour duration each)
107 arterial blood samples
720 transcranial magnetic stimulation "zaps"
200 cardiac echos
18 hours of hyperventilation
20L of infused saline (plus one that exploded in the microwave)
8 life-saving intramuscular (bum!) Dexamethasone injections
And the data we collected - 1042800000 sampling points across 6 channels!!
All this made possible by the consumption of 1200 hot drinks, 132 mars/snickers bars and only 12 HOT SHOWERS between us!!
Today the packing up begins and the trek down starts tomorrow...
Kate :)
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