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I promise, those other old farts will contribute to this thing, it is just taking a little while to get them to give up the old Smith Coronas. We are all getting together on Thursday, and we will post something from Borders, "You will have to release...

One of the great things about being an old fart is that we get to blow quantities of fragrant hot air about whatever we want. So here is my first attempt to clear the room: Last spring, I represented the Board of AEE at the opening of the Lenzate or Leadership...

by Paul Auerbach, M.D. reposted with permission from the Medicine for the Outdoors Blog This is the seventh post based upon educational sessions and syllabus material presented at the Wilderness Medical Society Annual Meeting & 25th Anniversary held...

If you teach wilderness medicine you get used to questions about sildenafil (Viagra) and altitude illness. While there are many drugs considered as prevention or treatment of altitude illness, sildenafil seems to tweak more interest – imagine that...

Dr. Betty van der Smissen, pioneer in the field of outdoor education for more than 50 years, passed away on November 6, 2008 from cancer. Her contributions have influenced outdoor programming, legal liability, research and the accreditation fields. You...

Print publication is one of the most challenging businesses out there. You are in a constant push to write and edit content, find and keep subcribers, and find advertisers. Two small but well-respected niche print publications have stopped publishing...

I was recently asked what to do if you can't make it back to the trailhead in one day with frozen toes and have to spend the night in the field? How do you keep the toes from thawing while keeping the rest of your body warm? This is a practical and...

For those of you who aren't able to be here, I'll try and give you a flavor of this year's Wilderness Risk Management Conference. OutdoorEd.com will be covering the conference and bringing you both highlights and key information from conference...