Although the first snowfall has hit the Adirondacks, my current “Adirondoc” column is on heat illnesses. It seemed timely because…
As I write this, it is 48 degrees in the southern Adirondacks. Yet, the ice is off of the lakes,…
ALTHOUGH MOST Adirondack lakes are frozen as I write this column, they will be approaching swimmable by the time you…
IN DECADES OF RUNNING, hiking, and climbing, I have had only one ankle sprain. I was running on a dark…
IN MANY OUTDOOR SPORTS equipment malfunction or misuse is a major cause of injury. This is generally not the case…
THIS COLUMN’S TITLE is one of the pithy aphorisms I learned from my medical school surgery professor, the acclaimed trauma…
“SHOCK” is one of those terms that has a very precise medical definition, but is thrown around imprecisely in casual…
A FEW YEARS AGO, while attending a running camp at Lake Tahoe, I had my first introduction to mountain biking.…
Several issues back, we discussed hypothermia. one of the wo cold-related environmental problems affecting backcountry users. This column appears in…
The field management of snake bites is one of those topics which is included in most every wilderness medication publication,…