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Surviving the Extremes

A Doctor's Journey to the Limits of Human Endurance

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Surviving the Extremes

By: Kenneth Kamler MD
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Physiological constraints confine our bodies to less than one-fifth of the earth's surface. Beyond that fraction lie the extremes. What happens when we go to them?

Dr. Kenneth Kamler has spent years observing exactly what happens. A vice president of the legendary Explorers Club, he has climbed, dived, sledded, floated, and trekked through some of the most treacherous and remote regions in the world. A consultant for NASA, Yale University, and the National Geographic Society, he has explored undersea caves, crossed the frozen Antarctic wastelands, and stitched a boy's hand back together while kneeling in knee-deep Amazonian mud. He was the only doctor on Everest during the tragic expedition documented in Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air and helped treat its survivors. Kamler has devoted his life to investigating how our bodies respond to "environmental insults" - a nice way of saying the things that can kill us - and watched while some succumbed to them and others, sometimes miraculously, overcome them.

Words like "extreme" and "survival" have lost some of their value from overuse and media hype. By showing us what happens when life itself is at stake, and the body's capacities put to their greatest test, this book reminds us what they truly mean.

©2004 Kenneth Kamler, MD (P)2017 Tantor
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"In a style reminiscent of Oliver Sacks, he details remarkable stories of human endurance in adverse conditions - adrift at sea in a raft, lost in an unknown desert - while simultaneously educating the reader in the science of survival. For Kamler, the secret lies in the brain, which provides the key to survival...." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Good info for those who like extreme travel

Knowing your body is an important part of survival, and this book will increase your understanding of how your body responds to the extremes.

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Recorder sounds interesting reading. Book seems interesting biography facts mainly. Real fascinating using imagination. I would recommended to others.

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Favorite book

I have owned this book for years. It was nice to hear someone else read it.

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Excellent information for understanding our bodies and their limits for survival

Read this book 19 years ago and I was so impressed that I passed it on to a college aged stepson who thought it was really great! I am so happy to listen and learn again!

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Mind-blowing exploration of what a human body is capable of!

This book is my new favorite book of all time. It covers every extreme environment a human body can be put through and explains not only how to survive in those conditions but also the functions and processes your body goes through to survive. Amazing! Thank you.

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Egotist.

Well, I didn’t make it past the first chapter. Maybe someday I will return. I have to say, I’ve read Doctor on Everest, by Kamler. (No longer in print.) It was fabulous! I really don’t remember feeling he was so full of himself when reading that book. But this one used at least the first 30 min on I, I, I, I. Just too much for me to enjoy it. I was hoping it would change so I gave it some more time, but that just didn’t happen.

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