Risk Takers: Extreme Kayaking – Nat Geo Live
2016-04-03
Extreme kayaker and National Geographic grantee Trip Jennings takes a harrowing journey that almost ends in tragedy during his source-to-sea first descent of Pandi River
Topic: Risk Management
Risk Management Training: Kick Your RM Practices into Tip-Top Shape
2016-03-17
After years spent churning around the corporate buzzword blender, the phrase “risk management” has too often become associated with lengthy legal documents filled with useless jargon and
Risk Management in the Outdoors: Beyond the NOLS Course
2016-03-17
At NOLS, we believe in the value of spending time in wild places. We also know there is risk involved in what we do. We
Breaking down risk: Steve Fisher at TEDxAthens
2016-02-25
World-class athlete Steve Fisher has taken on some of the most ambitious projects imaginable, including an expedition through the Congo River’s Inga rapids, the world’s biggest rapids. He
The Challenger Shuttle Disaster – What we can learn 30 years later
2016-01-31
January 28, 2016 was the 30th anniversary of the Challenger disaster when the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds into take off killing all seven
“Meru”: Risk and Responsibility in Climbing
2016-01-26
World-renowned climber Jimmy Chin and filmmaker Elizabeth “Chai” Vasarhelyi talk about making Meru, a documentary about Chin, Conrad Anker, and Renan Ozturk’s attempt to make
Training to Failure and Other Highly Effective Training Strategies
2015-11-24
Emergent findings in social psychology point to the limitations of cognition and rationality; decision-making, it turns out, is highly over-rated. What this means for us:
Mountain Craft – How Professional Mountain Guides Manage Risk
2015-08-02
Taking on all the challenges of mountain environments and managing them so that clients have the best possible experience is the craft behind a lifelong
Safety Management Systems (SMS) Fundamentals: Safety Risk Management Component
2015-07-26
The Federal Aviation Administration is one of the organizations in the US that researches safety, risk and decision-making to ensure that air travel is safe.
Epinephrine: Medical & Ethical Necessity or Legal Nightmare?
2015-03-25
As an outdoor program director I’ve had to deal with the complicated ethical and legal issues of epinephrine for many decades. I want to especially
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