Christopher Van Tilburg

Christopher Van Tilburg, grew up in the Pacific Northwest and first climbed Mount Hood in 1994. He is an author and physician practicing emergency, wilderness, occupational, and travel medicine, as well as a medical director for four regional search and rescue teams, a past chair of Mountain Rescue Association’s Medical Committee, and a USA delegate to the International Commission for Alpine Rescue. Van Tilburg serves as the Hood River County public health officer and as medical examiner for five Oregon counties. For over twenty-five years he has volunteered for the Hood River Crag Rats mountain rescue team. Van Tilburg lives in Hood River, Oregon. Visit him online at christophervantilburg.com.