Lectures take place in the inns each evening. Topics include: Altitude Illness, Hypothermia, Frostbite and Other Cold Injuries, Environmental Heat Illness, Traveler's Diarrhea, Giardia & Other Waterborne Wilderness Infections, Surviving the Unexpected Night Out, Lightning Injuries, Improvised Medical and Trauma Care, Management of Fractures and Dislocations, Preparing for Foreign Travel, Backcountry Medical Kits, Wilderness Wound Management, Patient Assessment in Wilderness Settings, Wilderness Dermatology, Marine Hazards and Envenomations, Snake Envenomation. This wonderful journey takes participants through an ever-changing panorama of dramatic peaks, glaciers, meadows, and alpine beauty. Participants will be hiking through France, Italy, and Switzerland.