Sovaris Expeditions

Exploring Leadership in the Natural World

Sovaris Expeditions has a unique purpose behind its expeditions. In our field work, we always seek to advance some aspect of our scientific or medical research objectives. This is derived from the primary aerospace medicine and human performance work of our parent organization Sovaris Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado. Our approach is unique in that it brings the perspective of working with NASA, Special Forces, S.W.A.T., NFL, NBA, Olympic athletes, UFC, and others who perform in challenging operating environments. Our areas of research, training, and clinical application usually encompass the following:

Personalized Medicine: Analyzing molecular complexity to develop individualized training measures, therapeutics, and countermeasures
Human Performance: Optimizing human performance in remote, challenging, or low resource environments. This includes studying methods to extend operations in the field and extend career longevity
Team Cohesion: Building skills in individuals and small groups that facilitate collaboration, problem solving, and thriving group dynamics
Leadership: Focus on leadership styles that elevate others and facilitate the principle that a true leader is to grow/inspire/train more leaders
Wilderness Medicine: We work to advance and refine the skills of wilderness medicine, exploring components that may one day be translational to long-duration space habitation, such as the Moon and Mars

Alpine Expeditions and High-Altitude Ascent

Kilimanjaro Research Expedition with the Mayo Clinic. Our Alpine Expeditions Usually Involve Scientific and Medical Research

Our Mayo Clinic Collaboration to Ascend Kilimanjaro was Focused on Complex Physiologic Measures, Molecular Countermeasures, and the Study of Team Cohesion

See: Myocardial Adaptability in Young and Older-Aged Sea-Level Habitants Sojourning at Mt Kilimanjaro

Next up, Mt. Everest Base Camp

Sea Kayaking Expeditions

Orca, Humpback Whale, Dolphin

Our Efforts are Focused on Close Encounters in the Wild with Orcas, Humpback Whales, and Dolphins, using Sea Kayaks

Our Encounters are Always Voluntary, Relying Upon the Animals Choosing to Interact with Us

We Try to Understand the Physical, Emotional, and Cognitive Conditions that Encourage These Encounters

We also Teach Leadership and Team Cohesion on These Expeditions

Jaguar Conservation Expedition

Mamoni Valley Jaguar Project Cloud Forest of Panama

We Support and Collaborate With Researchers and Their Effort to Preserve the Jaguars in the Mamoní Valley Preserve

The Research Examines Stepping-Stone Habitats that Enable Jaguar Movement Through the Narrowest Stretch of the Isthmus of Panama, also know as the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor

Collaborations also Involve Geoversity

National Geographic Jungle Expedition, Costa Rica

National Geographic Oceanic Expedition

Rocky Mountain Wilderness, Wyoming

Providing Wilderness Experiences for Active Duty Military, Military Veterans, and Wounded Warriors

We and Our Special Forces Colleagues are Currently Building a Permanent Habitat Where Our Military Friends Can Go to Find Refuge and Sanctuary

Here, We also Provide Team Cohesion and Leadership Training. We also Explore New Ideas in Human Performance

Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

Each Fall the Elk Migrate from the High Country to Lower Elevations

This is the Period When the Rut Takes Place, Where Elk Gather in Herds

Here, the Bulls Engage in Dramatic Fights for the Right to Mate and Send Out their Signature Bugling Sounds

Celestial Events Expedition

These Expeditions Seek to Follow Unique Celestial Events, which are Often Visible in Remote Locations

Among our Most Stirring of These was the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse

Next up: 2020 Argentina Solar Eclipse

Suborbital Spaceflight Expedition

Sovaris Supports the Medical and Scientific Aspects of Commercial Spaceflight

We Support Individual Preparation for Citizen Astronauts Entering Space. This Includes Personalized Countermeasure Development to Improve the Exploration Experience

Our leadership Chairs Various Committees on Suborbital Crew and Passenger Medical Standards

Lunar Expeditions

In the Near Future, Citizen Space Travelers Will be Able to Travel to the Moon

While Commercial Lunar Missions for Individuals is Further Away than Suborbital Flights, Sovaris Team Members are Developing Tools to Help Optimize Performance, Health, and Safety for Those First Explorers who Travel to the Moon

We also Support Those Who Will Soon Choose to Go to Commercial Orbital Space Habitats