Company has the right altitude
Ever since it was formed, the Walking and Climbing Company has been helping people to fulfil their personal ambitions of trekking and climbing in the majestic Himalayan mountain range. Now our reputation for exceptional client care has been recognised by one of the leading medical experts in the country and features in a recent article in The Times.
The company has been helping Monty Mythen, Professor of Anaesthesia and Critical Care at University College, London to push back the frontiers of medical science. Monty’s pursuit of life saving treatment for critically sick children led him to take the unusual and groundbreaking step of testing the effects of altitude on his own children in the Himalayas and he chose the Walking and Climbing Company to manage the whole trip.
| "I just wanted to say a quick thank you for
arranging the most amazing trip for us. It was such a beautiful place and it seemed like the best time of year to enjoy it. The trek to Namche was lovely (and the blossom was out on the trees on our way back down) and onwards from Tengboche was very hard, but the
views and the mountains made it all worthwhile!
Please pass on our thanks to Kelsang. He looked after us all so well and Tim and I stayed healthy the whole trip which I'm sure was thanks to the slow ascent you designed for us, the places we stayed and ate at, and the advice from Kelsang and the Sherpas." Emma Scrase Senior Respiratory Physiologist |
Known as the Smiths Medical Young Everest Study, the research involved taking a group of youngsters and medical experts on an expedition to Namche Bazaar, high up in the Himalayan Everest region, where the Professor had set up a medical laboratory.
Testing the effects of altitude on the children took place throughout the expedition which was organised by Kalsang Sherpa, Director of the company and leader of the logistics team of Sherpas and porters who supported the group. If you’d like to find out more about the Study and see photographs of the expedition go to: http://Timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article1615419.ece