Critical Skill

A Critical Skill is knowing how to act.
A Critical Skill is knowing when to act.
A Critical Skill is to be prepared.

If you are aiding earth-quake victims, or defending the borders of your country; if Himalaya, the Arctics or the Oceans are your next playground - we will tailor a training team to give you a wide range of critical skills in shortest possible time.

Jan 16-18, 2009 High Altitude Critical Skill Training Breckenridge Colorado

CS has contracted 7 of the world's greatest experts from 4 specific fields with a combined 13 Everest summits and hundreds of expeditions to mountains, oceans and polar areas. Three days that will forever change the way you behave in the extreme... overview schedule profile staff

Satellite phones

High speed modems

Ultra light solutions

Solar power

Altitude laptops

Live web conferencing

Expedition websites

Writing dispatches

Altitude sickness

Gamow bag treatment

Hypothermia

Frostbite

Oxygen therapy

Telemedicine

Med kit

Video equipment

Protection

Operating video cam

Building storyboard

Extreme condition capturing

Editing

Delivering to web or DVD

Self sufficiency

Crisis management

Weather reports

Ladder crossing

Fixed ropes ascending/descending

High altitude gear

Climbing on oxygen

Tina Sjogren	Tom Sjogren	Andrew Cull	Tom Milne	Michael Brown	David D'Angelo	Luis Benitez
Tina Sjogren Founder and Editor-In-Chief Explorersweb.com, the world's largest expedition news website. Tina is the first woman to do "The Three Poles" (Everest, South Pole and North Pole) and the first female to ski unsupported to the North Pole. Tina has sailed across the Atlantic. Tom Sjogren Founder of award winning HumanEdgeTech, featured in books and magazines, including the front page of New York Times The Circuit. Tom has skied to both poles back to back and without support, climbed Everest and sailed from Europe to South America.		Andrew Cull Founder of Remote Medical, a market leader with over seventy employees across North America, conducting operations and training on seven continents. Working as a paramedic in some of the remote regions of the globe for the last eleven years, Andrew also has professional experience in mountain guiding, disaster relief, and tactical medicine. Tom Milne Professional mountain guide since 1999 who has led almost 30 international expeditions including multiple Vinson summits. Tom is a certified WEMT/MPIC, has extensive AMGA and Avalanche training, and currently generates risk management and medical support systems for clients worldwide.		Michael Brown Founder of Serac Adventure films. Carried the first High Definition camera to the summit of Everest. Winner of three national Emmy Awards and over forty National and International Film Festival Awards, Michael is 4-time Everest summiteer. David D'Angelo Co-owner of Serac Adventure films. On production teams for prime time television shows such as Storm Chasers (Discovery), Toughest Race on Earth: Iditarod (Discovery) and World's Toughest Fixes (National Geographic). David is Everest summiteer.		Luiz Benitez 6-time Everest summiteer and one of the guides on blind climber Erik Weihenmayer's 2001 summit. Summited Aconcagua 11 times, and other "Seven Summit" peaks 16 times. Certified wilderness EMT and employed by Outward Bound professional, Luis is to be featured in an upcoming book and BBC documentary about Tibet.