In May 1996, Dr. Kenneth Kamler was at Camp III on Mount Everest preparing for a summit attempt when a ferocious storm engulfed three teams of climber returning from the peak. As the only doctor on the mountain when the storm hit, he treated the survivors as they descended from camp IV. His treatment of Beck Weathers and Makalu Gau was portrayed in the bestselling book, Into Thin Air and in the IMAX film documentary, Everest.
In May 1996, Dr. Kenneth Kamler was at Camp III on Mount Everest preparing for a summit attempt when a ferocious storm engulfed three teams of climber returning from the peak. As the only doctor on the mountain when the storm hit, he treated the survivors as they descended from camp IV. His treatment of Beck Weathers and Makalu Gau was portrayed in the bestselling book, Into Thin Air and in the IMAX film documentary, Everest.
This was hardly Dr. Kamler's first experience with "extreme medicine." A climber and doctor on many Everest expeditions, he has worked with National Geographic to carry out geological research and precision mapping using laser telescopes and global positioning satellite beacons. He has been on Everest twice at the request of NASA, helping to test space-age remote medical monitoring equipment. The project was featured on Nightline where, in a television first, Dr. Kamler was interviewed live from base camp by Forrest Sawyer.He has been on many network news shows including CBS's 48 Hours with Dan Rather and Public Eye with Byrant Gumbel. CNN featured him as an "Extreme Medicine Pioneer" in a round-table discussion on the future of exploration. In-depth interviews have been broadcast by NPR and other nationally syndicated radio shows. He has been profiled by the New York Times, USA Today, Newsday, US News and World Report and other major newspapers and magazines. He has written articles for climbing and scuba diving magazines, for the Explorers Journal and for National Geographic book, Everest: Mountain Without Mercy. Lyons Press published his first book, Doctor on Everest. His new book Extreme Medicine has just been released by Saint Martin's Press
In May 1996, Dr. Kenneth Kamler was at Camp III on Mount Everest preparing for a summit attempt when a ferocious storm engulfed three teams of climber returning from the peak. As the only doctor on the mountain when the storm hit, he treated the survivors as they descended from camp IV. His treatment of Beck Weathers and Makalu Gau was portrayed in the bestselling book, Into Thin Air and in the IMAX film documentary, Everest.
This was hardly Dr. Kamler's first experience with "extreme medicine." A climber and doctor on many Everest expeditions, he has worked with National Geographic to carry out geological research and precision mapping using laser telescopes and global positioning satellite beacons. He has been on Everest twice at the request of NASA, helping to test space-age remote medical monitoring equipment. The project was featured on Nightline where, in a television first, Dr. Kamler was interviewed live from base camp by Forrest Sawyer.He has been on many network news shows including CBS's 48 Hours with Dan Rather and Public Eye with Byrant Gumbel. CNN featured him as an "Extreme Medicine Pioneer" in a round-table discussion on the future of exploration. In-depth interviews have been broadcast by NPR and other nationally syndicated radio shows. He has been profiled by the New York Times, USA Today, Newsday, US News and World Report and other major newspapers and magazines. He has written articles for climbing and scuba diving magazines, for the Explorers Journal and for National Geographic book, Everest: Mountain Without Mercy. Lyons Press published his first book, Doctor on Everest. His new book Extreme Medicine has just been released by Saint Martin's Press
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