Para-Monte was set up in memory of Adam Savory in 2012. Adam was a fit and healthy 25-year old who lost his life to altitude sickness which developed following a 15-hour bus trip to the city of Cusco in Peru. Read Adam’s story and find out more information about the Para-Monte charity.

The University of Brighton have been working with Para-Monte since 2013, when they kindly supported our own Learning Through Adventure Expedition To Peru, where we took 26 students and 5 staff to carry out altitude-based research, climb Machu Picchu and carry out relief work in a local primary school.

In 2017, the Para-Monte charity presented a cheque for £10,000 to the University of Brighton, linked to equipment, research, education and ultimately raising awareness around altitude illness. The donation is being used to, raise awareness and educate schools, colleges and the wider community about the effects of altitude illness, and to fund research into assessing individual response to acute and chronic altitude exposure.

Visit our EEL Blog about our relationship with Para-Monte