Critical Skill

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

Preparation

Friday Jan 16 2009, 09.00am - 06.00PM

Location: Conference setting, Breckenridge, Colorado

09.00am - 10.00am

Expedition Technology

10.00am - 11.00am

What is possible and where?

Hardware briefing: satellite phones, high speed data modems, solar power and batteries, PDA, Laptops, GPS positioning, helmet cams, heating systems, walkie talkies and more

Software briefing: Voice calls, VoIP, conference/webcam calls over satellite, SMS, email, website updates

Real life examples of successful and failed tech

Choosing a personal setup

Preparation for Saturday

Expedition Medicine Part 1

11.00am - 12.00am

What can happen? Most common and worst case scenarios

Pre-Expedition Medical Preparations & Planning

Hygiene

Safety and Personal Responsibility

Patient assessment: Initial assessment- stop + fix life threats

Frostbite

Lunch

12.00am - 01.00pm

Expedition Film making

01.00pm - 03.00pm

Choose a video camera and accessories. What camera will work well for your expedition. How to travel safely with your camera gear

How to protect and operate video equipment in extreme conditions (head designs rain covers, powering with expedition batteries, & tips from pros)

Operating a video camera - technical skills

Action: How to get the shots

Tell the story of your expedition. Which shots matter most and why

Preparation for the Edit

Expedition Medicine Part 2

02.00pm - 03.00pm

Altitude sickness: Mild AMS, HAPE, HACE. Using Pulse Oximeter

Hyperbaric chamber treatment ("Gamow bag")

Oxygen therapy

Medical Kits

Telemedicine and other remote resources

Risk Management Considerations

Preparation for Saturday

Coffee

03.00pm - 03.30pm

Survival Mountaineering skills

03.30pm - 04.30pm

How to establish a level of self sufficiency in a guided expedition

What will you do if a leader or guide goes

Weather reports and climbing decisions

Critical decision making; ego, environment, resources, pear pressure

High Altitude gear

Individual equipment preparation for Saturday

04.30pm - 06.00pm

Assisted by the Critical Skill team.

Expedition Simulation

Saturday Jan 17 2009, 06.30am - 5.30pm

Location: Mountain Setting, Colorado

Shuttle Pickup

06.30am

Collect breakfast and luch package
Pickup at Breckenridge
Shuttle to 11,500 feet

To Base Camp

07.00am

Snowshoe, walk or ski to Base Camp Tent

Base Camp

07.30am

Briefing in Base Camp Tent

Real-life simulation with instructors assisting all tasks

08.00am - 05.00pm

Everest climbing:

Crevasse crossing over ladder with crampons
Fixed rope ascending and descending
High altitude gear setup
Self arrest

Accident readiness:

Breathing in oxygen mask
Prevention aid (heat pads, face masks, handheld GPS tracking etc)
Avalanche technique on a global scale
Multiple simulated accidents
Rescue, patient transport and use of high altitude medical gear such as Hyperbaric chamber ("Gamow bag")
Hypothermia, hypothermia wrap

Extreme emergency communication:

Calling from satellite phone
Linking with Telemedicine Support
Walkie Talkie communication
Documenting Medial Incidents

Documentation:

Dispatching over satellite
Film different simulations
Learn how to effectively capture the moment
Getting a variety of shots
Working with camera gear in the mountains
Shooting with your story in mind

Breckenridge

05.30pm

Shuttle pickup and transport to Breckenridge

Dinner arranged by Critical Skill Team

07.00pm

Workshop

Sunday Jan 18 2009, 09.00am - 05.00pm

Location: Conference setting, Breckenridge, Colorado

Four workshops, each 1.5 hours will be run simultaneously with participants divided into four teams to maximize face time with instructors.

Welcome and introduction to the workshop

09.00am - 09.30am

Critical Skill Workshop 1

09.30am - 11.00am

Critical Skill Workshop 2

11.00am - 12.30am

Lunch

12.30pm - 01.00pm

Critical Skill Workshop 2

01.00pm - 02.30pm

Critical Skill Workshop 2

02.30pm - 04.00pm

Workshop Expedition Film making

Make a short movie from the video shot on Saturday.

Post Production Intro

How to transfer video from camera to laptop

BC editing for Mac or PC

Delivery format - publish to internet, burn a high quality DVD

Create gear list and storyboard for next expedition

Workshop Expedition Technology

Write and publish to internet

Expedition website design

"Write what matters," expedition journalism

How to work media

Create and publish a dispatch over satellite equipment

Create a personal equipment list and a communication strategy

Workshop Expedition Medicine

Create a personal kit for medical needs and be prepared to act correctly in an emergency situation

Create a personal expedition medical kit

Create a basecamp kit

Create a personal emergency response plan

Search and rescue resources and proper actions

When is an injured climber beyond help?

Additional topics or requests

Workshop Survival Skills

Become independent and self-sufficient in an expedition

In what weather should you climb?

When to push and when to turn around?

How to choose level of independency and guiding service

Strategy for safe climbing

Guides tricks and tools

Gear

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.