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Travel At High Altitude, a booklet that can be freely download by clicking this link - a guide to staying healthy in the mountains.

  1. Altitude Symposium Wednesday 3rd December 2008 at Worcester College, Oxford.

  2. Mountain Medicine and High Altitude, Physiology Course, December 5th-7th 2008

  3. Important dates for 2008

  4. Research proposals for Hidden Valley Expedition 2008

  5. The International HAPE Database www.altitude.org/hape.htm

  6. Medex Hidden Valley Expedition 2008 Blogsite

  7. Booking Information for Medex Hidden Valley Expedition 2008

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Swedish Oak ready to build interior

Underside of deck (upside down October 2004)

Preparing the fibreglass Oct 04

Cutting the matting October 04

foreward shower compartment oct 04

Laying up the hull October 04

Bilge October 04

Preparing to glue the floor in place October 04

Laminating the floor inplace October 2004

Completed Deck November 04

Completed deck November 2004

Completed Deck November 2004

Still in the mould November 2004

Inside the cast hull

Underside of mould

Bow of mould

A ply mock up of one of the bulkheads November 2004

Completed bulkhead prior to installation

Completed deck Novemer 2004

Completed deck November 2004

completed deck November 2004

Completed deck November 2004

Inside the finished hull

Looking towards the stern from inside the hull november 2004

Building the ply mock up of the bulkhead

Still in the mould Nov 30th 2004

Deck mould

5,800 kg keel with stainless bolts

Laying up the bulkheads December 3rd 2004

Laying up the bulkheads December 3rd 2004

Laying up the bulkheads December 3rd 2004

Bulkheads in laminated in situ 9th December 2004

Bulkheads in laminated in situ 9th December 2004

Bulkheads in laminated in situ 9th December 2004

Lowering deck into position

Lowering deck into position

Lowering deck into position

Lowering deck into position

Now installed in main fitting out shed

Lead bulb fitted to Keel

January 30th 2005, Deck now bolted to hull

January 30th 2005, Deck now bolted to hull

January 30th 2005, Deck now bolted to hull

January 30th 2005, Coach roof still missing

January 30th 2005, View of transom

January 30th 2005, Divinyl foam insulating deck

January 30th 2005, Companion way

January 30th 2005, Deck saloon minus coach roof from bow

January 30th 2005

January 30th 2005, Forward Sail locker

January 30th 2005, escape hatch from starboard aft cabin beneath cockpit seat

January 30th 2005, The two lazarette lockers aft

January 30th 2005, One of the bulkheads

January 30th 2005, Mast bulkhead

January 30th 2005, Entrance into aft starboard cabin

January 30th 2005, The Navigation station will be where Damien is standing and raised saloon is in front of him

January 30th 2005,

January 30th 2005, Entrance into Port aft cabin (to be enlarged!)

January 30th 2005, Bulkheads on which the bed will rest starboard aft cabin

January 30th 2005, Bulkheads supporting the raised saloon

January 30th 2005, Bulkheads supporting the raised saloon

January 30th 2005, Entrance to foreward cabin

January 30th 2005, One of the starboard saloon windows

January 30th 2005,

Oak interior of Saloon

GAlley

Forward starboar bunk

MArch 1st 2005

March 1st 2005

March 1st 2005

Henan Marina March 14th 2005

MArch 14th 2005 Forward port berth

March 14 2005. Forward starboard berth

April 30 2005

April 30 2005

April 30 2005

April 30 2005

May 21st 2005

May 21st 2005

May 21st 2005

May 21st 2005

Galley May 28

Heads May 28

Toe rail May 28

Work room May 28

Engine

Engine Number

Work Room June 2nd 2005

Upper bunk in work room

Upper bunk in work room June 9th 2005

Generator platform in work room

June 9th 2005

Owners Cabin June 9th 2005

Sail locker with bow thruster hole June 9th 2005

June 10th 2005

Krista

Hole for bow thruster

Tanks ready to instal

Auxilliary diesel tank under bed in aft cabin

Installin main diesel and water taks

Generator in work room

Upgrade to large double sink

Cupboard below settee accessed from galley

6/7/05 Generator installed

6/7/05 Auxilliary diesel tank installed

6/7/05 Some of the wiring being installed behind chart table

6/7/2005 Bowthruster installed and forward looking sonar transducer

Elecricity control box and fuses to toggle between battery, shorepower and generator circuits

Manufacturing the rudder with sacrificial lower third

Manual bilge pump

Starboard steering position

Gas regulator and solenoid

Deck saltwater pump

Bow t