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News Release from: Exide Technologies
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Team on 21 December 2006
Battery donation supports research
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Exide is sponsoring the X-treme Everest team with high quality batteries to use throughout the trip from base camp to the summit of Everest.
Exide Technologies Network Power is sponsoring a unique medical experiment and endurance test involving 208 volunteers and medical professionals climbing the 8000 metres to the summit of Mount Everest In spring 2007, a team of intensive care doctors will trek to the summit of Everest and carry out a number of unique experiments on the human body including tests indicating how the brain and breathing system respond to being at high altitude
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 11 Dec 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The aim of the research is to understand how the body copes to being exposed to low oxygen, mimicking what it is like for patients in intensive care.
This will lead to better treatment of those critically ill and those with hypoxia (low oxygen blood).
Exide will contribute to the expedition by providing the X-treme Everest team with high quality batteries to use throughout the trip from base camp to the summit of Everest.
They will be vital to enable pioneering medical experiments to be carried out, which will include taking blood samples and even ride a bike at 8000 metres to understand where oxygen is used when exercising at high altitude.
Commenting on the batteries, Paul Rosario, Sales Manager of Exide Technologies said: "The X-treme Everest expedition was looking for a battery which had to meet very stringent technical criteria considering that the team will only have one shot at this".
"The batteries will need to be very reliable, resilient to extreme temperature and altitude, as well as able to take rough handling".
"The team looked at a number of potential battery suppliers".
"They agreed that the Exide GF Gel range was the most suitable, having all of the technical requirements they demanded from the product".
After conducting a number of Everest preparatory sorties into France and Tibet the expedition has confirmed the GF Gel range performed to specification and met their demanding requirements admirably with no issues.
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