October Meeting

Join us for our October meeting on the 20th at noon! It will feature Dr. Jeremy Stich, a second year ER resident here at UK. He will be talking about resuscitation in a wilderness setting.
We will be providing our usual Chinese food dues paying members, but please bring your own drink. Also more info will be available about our upcoming Red River Gorge Wilderness Workshop on Nov 14!

Are the Mountains Killing Your Brain?

Check out this article Dr. Davis forwarded to me from Outside magazine. What a classic picture of Conrad Anker, too. Why does he always look like he's in the death zone in his pictures?

MedWAR Tennessee

Andrew posted about the organization MedWAR (Medical Wilderness Adventure Race) back in May. At that time the nearest scheduled race was in Michigan. Since then, they have added a race at a new location: just south of Cumberland Gap in Tennessee! It's only about 2.5 hours away from Lexington. If anyone is interested in signing up a team, the race is on November 7th and the registration deadline is October 24th. It costs $150 for a team of three (which includes camping fee, dinner, and a T-shirt). More information can be found at:

http://www.medwar.org/tennessee/

More reads...

Here are some more books about wilderness medicine or the world in general.

Where There is No Doctor
by David Werner

The Worst Journey in the World
by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues
by Paul Farmer

The World is Flat
by Thomas Friedman

Surviving the Extremes: What Happens to the Body and Mind at the Limits of Human Endurance
by Kenneth Kamler

Three Cups of Tea
by Greg Moretenson

Wilderness Medicine
by Paul Auerbach