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COMPETITION - Outdoor Retail
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WIN! The Oxford
SGB contributor Barry Roberts
reviews The Oxford Handbook
Handbook of
of Expedition & Wilderness
Medicine
Seminal: influential, especially in some original way
Expedition &
Periodically, a seminal publication comes along that
re-defines an outdoor subject. From my library,
examples include Bill Mason’s Path of the Paddle
Wilderness
(about Canadian canoeing), Yvonne Choinard’s
Climbing Ice and Ian Currer’s Touching Cloudbase
(paragliding). Now add to this list the new OUP
Medicine
Handbook of Expedition & Wilderness Medicine.
The co-editors (five) and contributing authors (56,
including me, I’m proud to confess), have achieved a
remarkable 710 page publication. It is compact
enough to fit into a rucksack pocket and is
suitable for professional medics and the keen
Wilderness Medical Training with SGB – Sports and Outdoor amateur, which I initially had doubts about.
is pleased to sponsor a reader competition to win one of six The OUP house style is easy to digest; 23
copies of the comprehensive Oxford Handbook of chapters are laid out in short paragraphs or
Expedition & Wilderness Medicine. headings followed by bullet points throughout. It
WMT is the original company that specialises in expedition took nearly three years to bring the handbook to
medical training for medics and explorers in the UK, print. I submitted the first drafts of my three
Chamonix and Morocco. WMT also runs courses with chapters in February 2006 – just a few weeks before
partners Glenmore Lodge in Aviemore and the Royal fighting off a polar bear attack in Greenland. Page 518
Geographical Society/IBG in London. WMT's suite of usefully advises “in polar bear country carry a firearm
programmes is comprehensive and ranges from a 2-day and flares and know how to use them”.
foundation programme for explorers - Far From Help - This book is a sign of how vibrant the UK’s
to weekend Jungle and Mountain Medicine practical expedition scene is. Today, thousands of gap students,
seminars for medics, up to a week long Morocco university researchers, overland drivers, yachtsmen,
Mountain Medicine Expedition. climbers, rowers, cyclists and other highly motivated
explorers depart the UK for the mountains (41%),
Contact: tropical places (33%) or marine, polar and desert
Barry Roberts, Commercial Director regions in pursuit of their dreams. The days of ill-
+44 (0)1539 823183 prepared, bumbling Brits abroad are fast fading.
www.wildernessmedicaltraining.co.uk There’s unprecedented access to specialised training,
email: wmt@wildernessmedicaltraining.co.uk information and the best equipment, advice and
technology ever available. My heroes, Eric Shipton
To enter the competition, send a postcard with and Bill Tilman, the original proponents of the “go
your full name, address and contact details light and fast” generation, would be bewildered and
including email address and telephone number maybe saddened.
to Datateam Publishing, 15a London Road, A few years ago, my company (Wilderness Medical
Maidstone, Kent by January 31st 2009 and include Training) trained Sir Chay Blyth’s BT Global
your answer to the following question: Challenge yachtsmen. Chay confessed that when he
rowed the Atlantic in 1966 he took nothing more
What is the name of WMT's Medical Director who co-edited the Oxford Handbook of Expedition & Wilderness than a few plasters and paracetamol. A modern
Medicine? expedition would be negligent, if not foolish, in not
being trained and equipped to deal with the likely
Only one entry per person. No substitute prizes are available. You agree that your email address can be used to contact medical problems they might face. But just because
you with related offers. The names of winners will be published in a subsequent edition of SGB. expeditions are without doubt safer (only one death
per 41,500 journeys and one to three deaths a year
related to expedition travel) they need not be
SGB READER OFFER! sanitised. As the OUP handbook editors profess;
Net yourself 20 per cent off the Oxford Handbook of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine by visiting the “correctly practised, expedition medicine should not
following web address and ordering online direct from Oxford University Press: constrain the enthusiasms and ambitions [of
www.oup.co.uk/sale/webohewm08/ expeditions], but by anticipating preventable medical
The offer ends December 2009 and entitles readers to purchase the book for the bargain price of £23.96. The problems, facilitate the achievements and enjoyment
offer is ONLY applicable when buying direct from OUP via the special web address. What are you waiting for? of all participants.”
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