Practicing physician Dr Christopher Van Tilburg will present on risk management in mountain sports and how to mitigate common medical issues such as hypothermia, frostbite and heat illness. Dr. Van Tilburg is an emergency medicine physician, mountain rescue doctor with the Hood River Crag Rats, Chair of the Medical Committee of the Mountain Rescue Association, (more…)

Imagine being within striking distance of your lifelong dream, only to reach a decision point in which continuing on puts others in danger yet turning back means never fulfilling your dream. How would you respond? AMGA climbing guide, Hall of Fame field hockey coach, and Everest mountaineer Anne Parmenter will draw from her personal experiences (more…)

Retired military officer, endurance athlete, and high altitude mountaineer Dave Ashley will discuss how to build the strength and endurance necessary for monumental climbing efforts and what it takes to train for the biggest peaks in the world. In addition to climbing the Seven Summits, Dave has climbed multiple 5000+m peaks, holds the Guinness World (more…)