The Gay and Lesbian Sierrans and the Indian Peaks Group will be sponsoring an altitude sickness seminar on Tuesday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m.Dr. Linda Keyes will speak on the types, treatment, and prevention of altitude sickness. As a Coloradan, you owe it to yourself to understand altitude sickness, and Dr. Keyes is expert at presenting the concepts clearly and concisely.
Dr. Keyes is a Yale Med School graduate and an emergency physician at Exempla Lutheran Medical Center and Exempla Good Samaritan Hospital . She has been involved in altitude-related medical research since she was a medical student, married a climber, and spends as much time as she can climbing, trekking, and generally having fun at high altitude.
She has extensive high altitude medical experience that includes working at the Himalaya Rescue Association Clinic at 14,000’ in Pheriche , Nepal , and as the expedition doctor on the Colorado Gangapurna expedition.
The presentation is at Sunrise Assisted Living, 3955 28th Street in north Boulder – a little south of Jay Road along 28th Street , and on the west side of 28th. Free – arrive early for best seating. For more information contact Dave Hawley at 303-443-2332.
