BMMS UCLan Mountain Medicine Winter Webinar Series
Posted by Jeremy Windsor on Sep 18, 2023
We’re back! The Mountain Medicine Winter Webinar Series returns in October 2023 for a fourth year! Thanks to support from the British Mountain Medicine Society (BMMS), University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), the Alpkit Foundation and Vertebrate Publishing, these events are FREE to all!
Like previous years, each webinar will last for one hour and feature a talk from a fascinating guest speaker. Plenty of time will be set aside for questions and comments at the end!
CPD approval is being sought and a certificate of attendance will be provided to those who complete the feedback questionnaire. This will be FREE to BMMS members and £3 to non members.
All webinars will begin at 2000 GMT.
Recordings of the 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23 webinars can be found on this blog.
Details of our speakers for this winter can be found here...
Mike Parsons
Performance Layering
24th October 2023
What’s the best way to dress for the outdoors? Mike Parsons knows. As a former MD of Karrimor and founder of OMM Ltd he has devoted more than 40 years to answering this very question. Along the way he’s become an expert on the textiles we use in the mountains and how they're best put together. Join Mike for what promises to be a fascinating and highly practical talk!
Take a look at Mike’s brilliant website.
Places can be reserved here.
Wes Cole
Marathon des Sable
28th November 2023
In 2021, Wes completed the 6 day 250km Marathon Des Sable. Carrying all his own food and equipment, he encountered temperatures of more than 50 degrees C. Not to mention, scorpions, blank sections on the map and very hot drinking water! What does it take to survive in such a challenging environment? Find out in what promises to be an eye opening talk!
Places can be reserved here.
Jon Dallimore
Oxford Handbook Of Expedition And Wilderness Medicine
30th January 2024
Described as an, "indispensible guide to medicine in remote places", the award winning, "Oxford Handbook of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine" is now into it's third edition. Hear from editor Jon Dallimore about the efforts that went into the book and the impact it has made upon generations of expedition members!
Places can be reserved here.
Sarah Pickman
Journeys In The History Of Mountain Medicine
27th February 2024
The history of mountain medicine is filled with colourful personalities, unusual theories and groundbreaking experiments. Join historian Sarah Pickman for a talk about this fascinating speciality and find out how treatments for high altitude illness, snow blindness and sunburn have evolved and, the development of the mountaineering first aid kit!
Read more about Sarah's work.
Places can be reserved here.
Mike Dixon
One Man's Legacy
5th March 2024
Mike Dixon's new book "One Man's Legacy" is the long awaited biography of Dr Tom Patey. A GP in Ullapool, Tom made an enormous contribution to the development of climbing in Scotland as well as the Alps and Greater Ranges. But more than that, he was a fascinating character - a musician, storyteller and raconteur - the life and soul of any climbing group! Find out more about Tom in what promises to be a fascinating talk.
See David Hillebrandt's review of "One Man's Legacy".
Places can be reserved here.
If you want to find out more about mountain medicine why not join the British Mountain Medicine Society? See this link for details.
For more information about the University of Central Lancashire's Diploma in Mountain Medicine (DiMM) take a look at this.
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