I was fortunate enough to attend the National Conference of Wilderness Medicine at Big Sky over this past week, and it was awesome! Hypothermia, snake bites, HAPE, frostbite, etc….I’ve been itching to attend this thing for years, as my dad has received the brochure annually for as long as I can remember. I was just waiting until I could officially say that I was a nurse before I actually signed up; I might as well get some continuing education credit for my license, right? Plus, I figured I’d at least have a faint idea of what the speakers were talking about if I waited until after a nursing education. I can only hope to find more outlets down the road that will allow me to combine my nursing knowledge and wilderness medicine interest. It’s just so cool! I haven’t quite figured out how one gets their foot in the door with all those cool expeditions, but I sure hope to find out sooner than later. Any opportunity will be incredibly welcomed. One thing is for sure, it really feels good to be back in the mountains.
In addition to the wilderness conference, I was able to hook up with the ski crew that came out for the Billy Poole/Big Sky Youth Empowerment event at Big Sky this weekend. It was great to see the Salt Lake kids, who graciously donated their time to shred with local youth, and most importantly…..I got to hang out with my best friend Rachael Burks. Yeah, it was pretty darn cool. I not only got to go to an amazing conference, but I got to ski with some shredding kids from the area and their SLC mentors, all in honor of our good friend Billy Poole. It wasn’t too shabby.
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