Thank you to everyone who has already filled this out (130 so far), which is a great response. I was advised to take out a premier post to keep it up the top of the forum which I will be for the next 5 weeks.
I am conducting a research project into hot aches as part of my medical degree at Dundee University.
The winter season has already begun, and if you are a winter climber, it would be great if you could spare 5 min to answer some questions on hot aches. Despite many of us being very familiar with them, as a phenomenon it is undocumented (in scientific literature) and not understood. This research it is aimed at Scottish winter climbers but any experiences of hot aches would be valuable.
This research will be used to try an understand what hot aches are to different people, and if there are any common factors that lead to them. I am also conducting a practical study to recreate hot aches in a controlled environment, i.e. not whilst climbing on Ben Nevis, to try and understand what is happening. If you are interested in participating then please complete the survey and leave your email address at the end in the space provided.
Please when asked if you have experienced hot aches answer yes or no. There are a lot of people leaving it blank!
Here is the link to the survey:
http://A1Surveys.com?u=hotaches
Your help is much appreciated.
Andrew
This research has been approved by the Dundee University Research Ethics Committee: UREC 14140