GORDON GIESBRECHT PH.D., is a professor at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where he operates the Laboratory for Exercise and Environmental Medicine. JAMES A. WILKERSON, M.D., a mountaineer, whitewater rafter, backpacker, scuba diver, and skier, is the chairman of the Continuing Medical Education Committee. He is on the editorial board and is a section editor for the Wilderness and Environmental Medicine journal. He lives in Park City, Utah.

"A fantastically detailed reference for anyone doing any sport in the cold... I give it six out of five stars (No, that is not a typo.)... This is one complete and very useful handbook for anyone."--Canoe News The descriptions and pictures in the book will probably be horrifying enough to make you an expert on avoiding cold-weather injuries.--Salt Lake Tribune There's a lot to be learned about remaining warm in cold weather and how to deal with emergencies when they arise.--Idaho Statesman

GORDON GIESBRECHT PH.D., is a professor at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where he operates the Laboratory for Exercise and Environmental Medicine. JAMES A. WILKERSON, M.D., a mountaineer, whitewater rafter, backpacker, scuba diver, and skier, is the chairman of the Continuing Medical Education Committee. He is on the editorial board and is a section editor for the Wilderness and Environmental Medicine journal. He lives in Park City, Utah.

"A fantastically detailed reference for anyone doing any sport in the cold... I give it six out of five stars (No, that is not a typo.)... This is one complete and very useful handbook for anyone."--Canoe News The descriptions and pictures in the book will probably be horrifying enough to make you an expert on avoiding cold-weather injuries.--Salt Lake Tribune There's a lot to be learned about remaining warm in cold weather and how to deal with emergencies when they arise.--Idaho Statesman

GORDON GIESBRECHT PH.D., is a professor at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where he operates the Laboratory for Exercise and Environmental Medicine. JAMES A. WILKERSON, M.D., a mountaineer, whitewater rafter, backpacker, scuba diver, and skier, is the chairman of the Continuing Medical Education Committee. He is on the editorial board and is a section editor for the Wilderness and Environmental Medicine journal. He lives in Park City, Utah.

"A fantastically detailed reference for anyone doing any sport in the cold... I give it six out of five stars (No, that is not a typo.)... This is one complete and very useful handbook for anyone."--Canoe News The descriptions and pictures in the book will probably be horrifying enough to make you an expert on avoiding cold-weather injuries.--Salt Lake Tribune There's a lot to be learned about remaining warm in cold weather and how to deal with emergencies when they arise.--Idaho Statesman