This course will be taught both in Nepal and Tibet.  After spending two weeks in the Kathmandu Valley the students will go via 4-wheel drive Land Cruisers to the hidden city of Lhasa in Tibet.  This trip takes 5 full days through the most magnificent landscape on earth.  Students will spend some overnights sleeping in the open with Tibetan nomads and also staying in super modern Chinese hotels.  The contrast is stunning.

While in Kathmandu and in Tibet the students will study an assortment of subjects including:

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West World view

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Eastern World view

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Men and mountains

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Altitude illness

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Acclimatization

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Physics of a portable hyperbaric chamber

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High altitude physiology of people of the world living at altitude.

 

 

This course is offered by the SANN Institute in Boulder Colorado.  Professor Gamow has taught this course or similar courses for the SANN Institute once or twice a year since 1989.

For more information and application please contact:

SANN Research Institute

948 Pearl Street

Boulder, Colorado 80302

phone: 303-449-4279
toll free: 1-888-241-0710
fax: 303-440-7328
e-mail: info@sannr.com
web: www.sannr.com

Credit: Students can earn from 3 to 6 credit hours studying with Professor Gamow.  These credits are transferable to the home universities of the participating students.  Contact Professor Gamow for more details: gamow@spot.colorado.edu