此次严酷的珠穆朗玛探险由伦敦大学组织，目的是希望通过验证“人应对组织缺氧的能力通常是先天决定”这一理论来为这一问题的解决带来一线曙光。

• The Extreme Everest expedition, organized by University College London, hopes to shed light on the problem by testing the theory that a person's ability to handle hypoxia is genetically determined.