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Mount Everest experiments

March 19, 2009 at 11:39PM

Elevation at peak: 29,035 feet above sea level

First ascent to peak: May 29, 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, via the South Col route

SMITHS MEDICAL

President: Srini Seshandri

U.S. headquarters: Arden Hills

Twin Cities-area employment: 600

Parent company: Smiths Group PLC, London

Annual revenue: $35 billion

Smiths' Laboratory: Namche Bazaar, Nepal (11,154 feet)

Next study: A closed-circuit breathing device that could help people suffering from chronic lung diseases.

Source: Star Tribune research

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