Telluride Mountainfilm 2008

The 30th Mountainfilm in Telluride, Colorado will be held on May 23 - 26. This is a four-day experience that draws athletes, artists, and activists from around the world. The wide range of short and feature length films aims to inspire and challenge the audience. Mountainfilm in Telluride seeks to explore critical and compelling issues the world is facing while showcasing the art of documentary and filmmaking.

A few highlights from the upcoming lineup of non-film events include:
“Moving Mountains Symposium on Water”
“Tribute to the Late Sir Edmund Hillary” hosted by David Breashears
“Foreign Policy Roundtable, Hot Spots Around the World” with Christiane Amanpour, Richard Holbrooke, Roger Cohen and Samantha Power
“The Village Green,” a discussion Ashton Hayes, England, and its efforts to be carbon neutral

Big names in the world of travel, art, adventure, and environmental awareness will grace the event. Early bird tickets are on sale until May 1. For more information please visit mountainfilm.org.

International Activities-A Refocus

Our phenomenal month with our wilderness medicine class has catapulted us to many activities in the wilderness and international medicine scene. Our Mount Rainier 2008 conference on July 31 to August 3 is gonna be amazing, and many of you know about it. But in the works is an amazing international emergency medicine conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina. On June 11-13, we will join in with the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and the Argentine Society of Emergency Medicine (SAE-Sociedad Argentina de Emergencias) to bring participants an exceptional educational event, whether you speak Spanish or English. Not only will talks on emergency and wiliderness medicine be given, but a unique opportunity to meet with the "movers and shakers" in emergency medicine throughout the Americas will be there. And don't forget the Patagonia backcountry skiing and jungle tours to take place after the conference! More information can be found at http://internationalemergencymedicine.blogspot.com.
Also in the makings are a four day mountain medicine survival course in October, and an opportunity to participate in many other activities in the future. Feel free to mail us at mail@mountainandmarinemedicine.com for more info!

Congratulations to Wilderness Medicine Class Participants

Our March Wilderness Medicine Class at the University of New Mexico was our best yet! Congratulations to our student and physician participants. We wish you well in all your future endeavors.

Our next course will be our Mt. Rainier High Altitude Medicine Course this July 31 - August 3, 2008.

Sneak Peak of upcoming courses: events for the upcoming fall and winter will include a some courses a little closer to home here in New Mexico. We are busy planning a weekend survival course in a spectacular little-known wilderness area and a wilderness medicine course for non-medical providers!

Check back for more details!

Joe Alcock MD