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    Mayo Team Leaving For Mt. Everest

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    Dana Sparks

Mayo Research Team Packs for Everest Expedition

MEDIA ADVISORY: 

Mayo Clinic Everest Team Leaves

Monday April 16th @ 3:30 p.m. Rochester, MN Airport

Mayo Clinic’s research team of physiologists leave for Nepal Monday afternoon from Rochester, Minn.  The team of six will be available for photos and comments before they go through TSA screening.  The researchers will be conducting a range of scientific tests on a team of Everest climbers sponsored by The North Face and the National Geographic Society, returning May 15th.

For background on the expedition and ongoing reports during the expedition, visit Mayo Clinic on Everest and read this Star Tribune preview article.

 

 

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