Kenneth Kamler

Autor(a) de Surviving the Extremes: What Happens to the Body and Mind at the Limits of Human Endurance

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About the Author

Kenneth Kamler, M.D. is Director of the Hand Treatment Center in New Hyde Park, New York, an attending orthopedic surgeon at several major hospitals in New York, & Vice President of The Explorers Club. He has been featured on "Nightline," CBS's "48 Hours," CNN, & profiled in "The New York Times" & mostrar mais "USA Today." He also appeared in the acclaimed IMAX movie "Everest." (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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Obras de Kenneth Kamler

Doctor on Everest: Emergency Medicine at the Top of the World - A Personal Account of the 1996 Disaster (2000) 81 cópias

O corpo no limite : uma viagem aos extremos da resistência humana (2004) 1 exemplar(es)

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Associated Works

Adrenaline 2001: The Year's Best Stories of Adventure and Survival (2001) — Contribuinte — 22 cópias

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Doctor on Everest : emergency medicine at the top… de Kenneth Kamler

Dr Kamler recounts his attempts to climb Mt. Everest as the resident doctor. He describes ailments unique to climbing the tallest mountain in the world. The doctoring side of the this memoir was actually the most interesting part of the narrative but overall the writing was a little flat.

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tjsjohanna | Jan 13, 2020 |

Surviving the Extremes: What Happens to the Body and… de Kenneth Kamler

Dr. Kamler has climbed Everest and explored the Amazon. He uses his own experiences to explain how the human body interacts with its environment. He details the bends, seasickness, hypothermia, a truly disturbing array of jungle organisms, and even what happens to humans in space. His writing style is pedestrian, but his material is fantastic. Read this if you're unsure whether you could survive two months at sea with nothing but a life raft, or two days in the desert without water.

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wealhtheowwylfing | 1 outra resenha | Feb 29, 2016 |

Surviving the extremes : a doctor's journey to… de Kenneth Kamler

The most interesting parts of this book are when Dr. Kamler recounts his own experiences with survival at the limits of human endurance and the physiological conditions that such situations induce in the human body. Kamler's writing is clear and his explanations of how the human body works are interesting. He addresses various extreme conditions, introducing them with stories of individuals who did (and sometimes did not) survive them, following with an analysis of how the body responds and what characteristics contribute to survival.

Rock and mountain climbers call stories of disasters "epics" and if you like epics, this book is worth adding to your library.

Even if you're not a fan of climbing, sailing, desert survival or trips to Mars, this book is worth reading for the interesting stories of human endurance and the explanations of how the human body works.… (mais)