Everest xtreme

[Marmot]

Have been perusing the old internet looking for gap year ideas - any suggestions welcome, a little bit different, a little bit tough, preferably somewhere "cold" and came across this

http://www.xtreme-everest.co.uk/Get_involved/main.html

UCL is running an epxedition to the base cmap of everest inorder to carry out experiments on people in low oxygen evironments - thought it might have meant a cheap ticket to get to base camp with guides, but for £2395 for only 23 days flight to flight didnt think it was a particularly cost effective use of money

so the hunt goes on