Dr Lucy Hawkes has spent the last few years chasing the bar-headed goose, one of the world’s highest flying birds, across the Tibetan Plateau. High technology meets old mountain tales meets the Christmas goose in our final article before the holidays.

In the first of a series of articles on snowsports injuries, Dr Edi Albert of Perisher Ski Resort discusses the ‘at risk’ groups, common injury patterns in skiers and snowboarders and injury prevention.

The Faculty of Prehospital Care (RCSEd) has published its Guidance for Medical Provision for Wilderness Medicine, a.k.a. the new UK expedition medicine competencies.

Dr Sanjaya Karki on the (occasionally life-threatening) search for the mysterious Yarsagumba…

Resident Dentist Burjor Langdana on how to perform a dental extraction in the field. Including the indications, equipment, procedure and post-extraction care.

Doping is once again in the news. So, we asked Alistair Simpson, anaesthetist and international triathlete, to talk us through its history, testing and some interesting and infamous drugs of abuse.

The Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine’s free special issue on Care of the Wilderness and Adventure Athlete.

Dental problems can wreck an expedition. Choosing the right toothpaste will help mitigate the risk but the bewildering variety of products out there can be confusing. Our own Extreme Dentist Burjor Langdana helps you pick the right one for your trip.

Adventure Medic Editor Graham Dawson and climbing partner Simon Smith set out for the granite big walls of remote Chukotka in Siberia.

As the dust settles following the earthquakes earlier this year, we turn back to the high mountains of Nepal and Dr Sanjaya Karki, who describes the avalanches triggered by the earthquakes and explains why Nepali HEMS should be a national priority.