Tuesday 14 April at 19:30 The Eiger Challenge Jerry Gore takes us on a 25 minute bumble up the 1938 route on the North Face of the Eiger.  After his two very different experiences on this iconic route, Jerry gives us his take on how to prepare and train for a successful ascent. Jerry’s light […]

Cathy O’Dowd, Andy Perkins and Phil Wickens For those who think it’s more fun to descend your mountain on skis we have an evening of ski mountaineering in remote locations. Cathy O’Dowd kicks off the evening with peaks in the Canadian Yukon. Then Andy Perkins showcases first ski descents in a little known fjord on […]

Kendal Mountain Film festival with BMMS offering several lectures and an “Ask the Mountain Medicine Doctor”  surgery daily on the Jagged Globe stand. 19-22 November 2020

Fireside Chat is a new free webinar series designed for members to discuss various facets of wilderness medicine research, as well as to engage with and learn more about the WMS. These hour-long, non-CME discussions will be moderated by committee members and feature presentations as well as open Q&A.

Tuesday 15 December 2020 Sir Chris Bonington, John Porter and Andy Cave or Mick Fowler AC Librarian Nigel Buckley talks to Sir Chris about the first ascent in 1974, then […]

Kev Shields– Thursday 14th January 8pm. Kev is a Scottish based climber sponsored by Rab. He is well known for decades of cutting edge soloing all done with the limited use […]

My Personal Viewpoint” Dr Jon Morgan - Thursday 11th February 8pm. Dr Jon Morgan is an Associate Specialist in Anaesthetics at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. A fully qualified UIAGM guide, Jon is also an incredibly accomplished mountain "all rounder" - equally at home in rock shoes, trainers and ski boots! His achievements are wide ranging and […]

Cancelled: Ski & Mountain Medicine  Programme-  2021 update Owing to SARS-Cov-2, plans for the Méribel week in January 2020 are currently suspended. There were plans to run an off-piste week, based in Chamonix towards the end of February 2021. This is also on hold. It is currently impossible to predict if any of these courses […]

Dr Nick Mason – Thursday 11th March 202:  8pm. Dr Nick Mason is a Consultant in Anaesthetics and Critical Care at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport. For almost 20 […]

Saturday 24th April 2021

BMC MM Weekend. 7th – 8th June 2021: New Date. Keeping existing format and venue; Hathersage. Join top doctors for a weekend of UK and high altitude first aid in Hathersage this June. Now in its fourth year, the BMC/BMMS Mountain Medicine weekend offers climbers, hill walkers, mountaineers and skiers the chance to receive first aid training […]

We’re back! Join us 9 - 10 June 2021, North Lakes and Spa, Ullswater Road, Penrith. CA11 8QT In collaboration with the Royal College of General Practitioners Rural Forum • Hear from some of the most inspirational practitioners in the field of urgent, rural and digital medicine • BLS, ECG interpretation and suturing workshops • […]