Posts by Allie George

Campus & community

When a field researcher’s first aid kit is the only one for miles

Under a clear blue autumn sky, the 20 or so people gathered in UC Berkeley’s Memorial Glade, with their sleeping pads and trekking poles, appeared to be part of a camping or picnic outing. In fact, they were field researchers preparing to study wilderness first aid. “We’re not MDs, we’re paleontologists, so most of the […]