Dr. Charles Clarke speaking at Mussoorie Writers Mountain Festival - Part 3
Charles Clarke is a Consultant Neurologist and has interests in high altitude medicine and cold injury. He has been in consultant practice since 1979, initially at St Bartholomew #39;s Hospital, London where he became Clinical Director of Neurosciences, and later at the National Hospital for Neurology Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London where he is an Honorary Consultant Neurologist. He worked single-handedly at Whipps Cross Hospital from 1981 and earlier at Basildon and Orsett Hospitals. He retired from the NHS in 2006 but remains in active clinical practice. He initiated, edited and produced with three National Hospital colleagues Neurology: A Queen Square Textbook (Wiley Blackwell 2009). He has a longstanding interest in mountaineering, expeditions to remote areas and high altitude and has run an international information service for altitude medical problems and cold injury since 1982. He was elected President of the British Mountaineering Council in 2006, an organization representing some 70000 members. Source - http://www.drcharlesclarke.com Mussoorie Writers #39; EXPERIENCE THE HIMALAYA: A MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL (Nov. 1-4, 2012) celebrated exploration, natural history and mountain culture. Events ranged from a photographic exhibition to a just-released film, The Old Breed, about Steve Swenson #39;s recent ascent of the highest unclimbed summit in the world - Saser Kangri II. Swenson himself, one of America #39;s toughest climbers, spoke about the adventure of this expedition, along with the ...From:WildFilmsIndiaViews:4 0ratingsTime:04:03More inTravel Events
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