

A STUDENT-LED, HIGH ALTITUDE MEDICAL RESEARCH EXPEDITION
APEX 7
APEX 7 is our latest expedition, set for June/July 2025, once again heading back to Huayna Potosi in the Bolivian Andes at 4800m above sea level. The team will explore how extreme altitudes and low oxygen levels affect human physiology, with projects ranging from hormone regulation to genetic expression.
Taking 88 student volunteers from the University of Edinburgh, 8 expedition organisers and 4 doctors, APEX 7 is the largest controlled, simultaneous ascent of a mountain in history.
Meet the Expedition Team
APEX 7 is being organised by a group of senior medical students at the
University of Edinburgh.
APEX 7
Contact us at apex7@altitude.org
or via our social media below
Expedition Outline
Country
Bolivia
Dates
June/July 2025
Elevation
4800m
APEX 7 would like to offer our profound thanks to the following people. It truly takes a mountain (no pun intended) to organise such an expedition and without any of the names below, the APEX 7 expedition would not be able to happen:
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Jon Cassidy
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Professor Kenneth Baillie
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Laura Rankin
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Ellie Mcmaster
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Sarah Atkins
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Dr Jeremy Windsor
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Graham Ayres
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Dr Jane Redford
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Alexios Papachronopoulos
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Lindsay Murray
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Professor Kate Heal
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Dr Oliver Vick
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Professor David Argyle
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Marrianne Watson
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Philip Argo
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Professor Neeraj Dhaun
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Rhiannon Cameron
- Dr Nina Rzechorzek
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Dr Roger Thomson
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Clara Lopez Velasco
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Mr Andrew Sutherland
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Dr Ian McCormack
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Professor Sarah Walmsley
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Dr Manuel Alejandro Sanchez Garcia
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Cat Graham
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Dr Matt Wilkes
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Dr Shona Main
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Anthony Davie
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Edinburgh ACCORD Team
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Edinburgh EMREC Team
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APEX Charity
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Rena Gertz
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Simon J Smith
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Jamie Smith
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Maggie Smela