An essential for anyone working in the field.

Marian Anghel

Managing Director of Rucksack Mountain School, UIMLA Vice President, Asociaţia de Educaţie şi Cultură Outdoor Romania, Brasov, Romania

Viristar’s Risk Management for Outdoor Programs course would be beneficial for, and highly related to, any outdoor adventure practitioner!

Georgina Tan

Senior Instructor (Training Unit), Outward Bound Singapore, Singapore

It was amazing networking with people from various outdoor education backgrounds with years of experience combined with really thought-provoking contemporary risk management content.

Andrew Shoesmith

Head of Outdoor Pursuits, Culford School, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Learned A LOT in a short time. The presenter was very approachable and was excellent at teaching learners of all backgrounds.

Josh Doppelt

Washington state, USA

The definitive resource for risk management and safety. An industry standard that every teacher, trips leader, manager and organization should have as a reference in…

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Kenny Peavy

Head of Risk & Safety, Green School Bali & Green Camp Bali, Bali, Indonesia

Viristar’s book on Risk management is a gift to our outdoor adventure profession. It is a logical road map to how risk management should be…

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Dr. Christian Bisson

Professor of Adventure Education & Adventure Education Program Coordinator, Plymouth State University, New Hampshire, USA

The text was well written and highly applicable to the course. I will also be using it as a resource when conducting risk management reviews…

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Reid Burland

Owner, Geronimo Construction, North Dakota, USA

This is the one stop shop to go from a good program to an airtight solid program. The process is easy and the results are…

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Jonah Berger

National Youth Programs Manager, Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association/Camp Footprint, Pennsylvania, USA

The book clearly represents many years of accumulated institutional knowledge and an understanding of the complexities of the field of risk managment and the outdoor…

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Dylan Harry

Science Teacher, Outdoor Program Director, Fryeburg Academy, Maine, USA

It’s stimulating, useful and practical. I highly recommend it to field instructors and program managers.

Dr. Guan-Jang Wu

Department Chair, Department of Recreation and Leisure Industry Management, National Taiwan Sport University, Taiwan

This course was able to refresh my views on risk management as applied to Outdoor Recreation programs and provided a view to discuss topics with…

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Joel Bateman

Park Manager, Outdoor Recreation and Education Manager, City of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

We highly recommend Viristar to any outdoor or experiential organization interested in highest standards for outdoor safety and program quality.

Rod Tucknott

Director, UCSB Adventure Programs, California, USA

I learned a lot about medical conditions and how to treat and respond to them in the wilderness.

Kamna Mishra

Lead Instructor, Outward Bound Vietnam, Cát Hải, Bình Định, Vietnam

A great foundation for anyone looking to understand risk management, or someone tasked with managing risks in an organization.

Dave Acton

Chief Executive Officer, OrcaNation, Singapore

[Viristar’s Risk Management for Outdoor Programs textbook is] very comprehensive, well laid out, easy to follow, and has excellent content and useful examples.

Paul Delane

Head of Outdoor Education, Sacred Heart College, Sorrento, Western Australia