It makes no mention of how they heated the food up...
even water boils at about 45C at those altitudes.
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Dining climbers reach new heights
The novice climbers sat down to dinner in top hats and white ties
A group of friends have completed their bid for a new world record for the highest altitude formal dinner.
The six Britons, most of whom grew up together in Forest Row, East Sussex, and one Australian had a five-course meal 22,000ft up a mountain in Tibet.
The team wore white ties and top hats and carried up tables, chairs, silver cutlery, floral centrepieces, a candelabra and their food and wine.
The meal on 3 May was to raise money for the British Lung Foundation.
It's all wonderfully surreal now, but I can still remember a lot of the pain.
Henry Shelford
The team is awaiting official confirmation from the Guinness Book of Records after climbing Lhakpa Ri mountain.
Although they actually climbed 23,113ft (7,045m), hurricane-strength winds forced them to descend to a more sheltered point at 22,326ft (6,805m) to hold the formal dinner, team leader Henry Shelford said.
The group of novice climbers began their attempt on 10 April - they were joined by three other friends who were later forced to abandon their attempt because of altitude sickness.
The idea came about after Mr Shelford, 30, recovered from a lung tissue disease, and decided he wanted to help others worse off than himself.
More than £25,000 has been raised for the British Lung Foundation
He said the team's success was due to their "arduous training programme of six-course meals in high restaurants without lifts".
"It's all wonderfully surreal now, but I can still remember a lot of the pain.
"It was incredibly difficult. Every effort leaves you panting, struggling for every breath.
"Then you start tucking in to the food and think: 'This is actually very nice'," he explained.
The meal included a starter of caviar and biscuits, followed by duck, couscous and a medley of vegetables.
A third course consisted of a chocolate pudding followed by a cheese board, with a birthday cake to finish.
It was all washed down by a white wine.
The group included Rob Sully, from Tunbridge Wells, who said: "We came, we climbed, we dined."
So far more than £25,000 has been raised for the British Lung Foundation to research into the lung disease Sarcoidosis.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3700529.stm
even water boils at about 45C at those altitudes.
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Dining climbers reach new heights
The novice climbers sat down to dinner in top hats and white ties
A group of friends have completed their bid for a new world record for the highest altitude formal dinner.
The six Britons, most of whom grew up together in Forest Row, East Sussex, and one Australian had a five-course meal 22,000ft up a mountain in Tibet.
The team wore white ties and top hats and carried up tables, chairs, silver cutlery, floral centrepieces, a candelabra and their food and wine.
The meal on 3 May was to raise money for the British Lung Foundation.
It's all wonderfully surreal now, but I can still remember a lot of the pain.
Henry Shelford
The team is awaiting official confirmation from the Guinness Book of Records after climbing Lhakpa Ri mountain.
Although they actually climbed 23,113ft (7,045m), hurricane-strength winds forced them to descend to a more sheltered point at 22,326ft (6,805m) to hold the formal dinner, team leader Henry Shelford said.
The group of novice climbers began their attempt on 10 April - they were joined by three other friends who were later forced to abandon their attempt because of altitude sickness.
The idea came about after Mr Shelford, 30, recovered from a lung tissue disease, and decided he wanted to help others worse off than himself.
More than £25,000 has been raised for the British Lung Foundation
He said the team's success was due to their "arduous training programme of six-course meals in high restaurants without lifts".
"It's all wonderfully surreal now, but I can still remember a lot of the pain.
"It was incredibly difficult. Every effort leaves you panting, struggling for every breath.
"Then you start tucking in to the food and think: 'This is actually very nice'," he explained.
The meal included a starter of caviar and biscuits, followed by duck, couscous and a medley of vegetables.
A third course consisted of a chocolate pudding followed by a cheese board, with a birthday cake to finish.
It was all washed down by a white wine.
The group included Rob Sully, from Tunbridge Wells, who said: "We came, we climbed, we dined."
So far more than £25,000 has been raised for the British Lung Foundation to research into the lung disease Sarcoidosis.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3700529.stm
