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Registration is now open for the inaugural International Mountain Sports Training Course – Mountain Medicine, Techniques & Safety. The event will take place in Bariloche, Argentina on 19-21 April 2024.
The event is jointly organized by the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA), Federación Argentina de Ski Snowboard y Andinismo (FASA) and International Society for Mountain Medicine (ISMM).
Topics covered during the three-day event will include the environment, climate change, dealing with the cold, altitude and sport climbing, mountaineers, women at altitude and mountain rescue in Argentina. The first half of the programme will be dedicated to talks, the second to a series of practical workshops and a rescue simulation. Programme details can be found here.
Registration
Registration is open to anyone interested in the course programme. No professional medical or climbing background is needed. There are reserved quotas for FASA officials, club members and members of UIAA federations from Latin America. These will only be reserved until 22 March.
The number of participants is capped at 80. The registration cost is USD 250. FASA member clubs and each Latin American national federation member of the UIAA have one place at a discounted price of USD 200.
Please follow the pre-registration link. The deadline for registration is 10 April 2024.
Learn more
For the full call for registrations, read the article on the UIAA's website (to view the text in Spanish, click here).
Cover image by: Delfina Iacub
