Wilderness Medicine Books

Here are a couple references for Wilderness Medicine:

Mountain Sickness: Prevention, Recognition, and Treatment by Peter H. Hackett
Medicine for Mountaineering and Other Wilderness Activities ed. James A Wilkerson et al.

Both are available, along with many others, from The Mountaineers Books at http://www.mountaineersbooks.org/showproducts.cfm?FullCat=105

O2

http://www.altitude.org/air_pressure.php

Running Numbers

Current Climbing Statistics

Finally Finding a Use for That CB Radio

From Summitpost:


Some climbers will bring transistor radios to catch radio stations from Anchorage. The Base Camp radio operator also issues a nightly report on the CB radio (Channel 19). CB radios can be rented from one of the air services, but contact them in advance of your arrival.

This Just In

Karl smells like beef and cheese.