Susan Purvis -  Saving lives through rescue and education

  • Susan Purvis has worked on all seven continents as an adventurer, explorer, and wilderness medicine educator.

  • Wilderness Medicine as a Second Language (WMSL) is a not for profit school specializing in wilderness and high altitude medicine courses to the people that really need it: the Sherpa and African guides of Mt. Everest and Mt. Kilimanjaro, who risk their lives working at extreme altitudes for their clients.

  • High Altitude Rescue Dogs (HARD)  is a select group of volunteer K-9 search and rescue handlers and their support personnel.  HARD members respond to avalanche searches, drowning accidents, and wilderness search and rescue missions. These highly trained dog teams deploy in difficult and sometimes dangerous mountain conditions.

  • Television Appearances - Susan Purvis on the Discovery and BBC channels.  Hottest Place on Earth.  Coming soon.

  • Crested Butte Outdoors (CBO)  specializing in wilderness medicine education. Course offerings located in: Glacier National Park, Montana; Lake Tahoe, California; Boulder, Colorado; and Salt Lake City, Utah

 and teaching people to manage the unexpected....

Thanks to the following organizations for their ongoing support:

 

Marmot for life       Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation         Wilderness Medical Associates