Martin, Luisa, and I made the last trip to Bamfield over the previous three days and are now home for good. We finsihed up data collection and I gave a short talk to the students and staff at the Marine Station about our work. Now it is time for some analysis and then hopefully we[…]

Science Our first week in Bamfield was mostly practice with the various bits of equipment and familiarization with the divers. At the end of the first week we repeated our pre-testing measurements. I did a morning and afternoon blood draw on the participants and Luisa did FMD measurements with the ultrasound. Saturday afternoon, we hopped[…]

The dive research expedition to Bamfield is broken into four stages. Today was the initial baseline testing of the divers (or pre-testing) before they begin the dive series. At the end of the next three weeks we will collect data as well. In the mean time we will get the divers familarized with the research[…]

Wedge Mt. North Face – ascent line in green (notice the detour due to whiteout), descent in red.  Climbing: 2500m Time: 11hrs Alexis and I took off after school on Tuesday to ski the North Face of Wedge Mt. near Whistler. We got a late start up the Wedgemount Lake Trail, leaving the car around[…]

Summer 2012 brings two exciting research expeditions. The first to Bamfield, BC on Vancouver Island, the second to Dhunche, Nepal. From May 20th to June 8th, I will be collecting data on the effect of exercise in preventing the bends in SCUBA divers. Martin and I will be staying at the Marine Science Center in[…]