Useful and practical…highly recommended for anyone working in the outdoor industry, at any stage, level or position.

Graham Bos

Program Facilitator, Power to Be, Vancouver, Canada

An excellent textbook for learning, but also serves as a useful resource to have readily available for outdoor programs administrators to access.

Jon Browher

Outdoor Skills Program Coordinator, Brewster Academy, New Hampshire, USA

This course provides a comprehensive guide to risk management in outdoor programming.

Crystal Skahan

Northeast Passage Education & Training Director, University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire, USA

The course provided a systematic approach to safety management.

Rene Valner

Coach, Sea Kayaking Estonia, Viljandi, Estonia

We found Viristar’s professional and thorough approach to be of huge value as we reviewed our practices. We appreciated the responsive and flexible approach alongside…

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Nick Alchin

Head of College, United World College South East Asia, Singapore

Viristar’s textbook is truly a great addition to the outdoor industry!

Boo Hui Wen

Senior Instructor, Outward Bound Singapore, Singapore

I was impressed by the thoughtful process in which Viristar engages its clients, which led to deliverables that are tailored to our property and the…

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Serae Neidigh

Camp Manager, Happy Hollow Children’s Camp, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Informative…I greatly appreciated the differentiated learning styles that are offered in this course.

Lesley Pfeiffer

Program Supervisor, Sonoma County Regional Parks, California, USA

I will continue to use this as a resource and reference when reviewing and updating our risk management plans, materials, and trainings.

Crystal Skahan

Northeast Passage Education & Training Director, University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire, USA

The course helped me understand what we need to have in place to implement a safe outdoor education program for our students.

Bill Kralovec

Director, Tashkent International School, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

This course helped me see different perspectives of the industry that will help me become better at evaluating risks.

Victor Simone

Adventure Program Coordinator, Tashkent International School, Tashkent, Úsbekistan

Empowering insights… I left the training with a deeper sense for safety and procedures.

Tess

Teacher and Trip Leader, American International School of Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania

This course was comprehensive, and the most informative part were the weekly self-assessments to reflect on where our organization was in terms of risk management.

Beta Eaton

Director of Global & Experiential Learning, Kents Hill School, Maine, USA

The Risk Management for Outdoor programs course has helped us tremendously as we plan our expansion into a new geography.

Johannes Visser

Head of Expansion, OrcaNation, Nairobi, Kenya

Very thorough and incredibly useful.

Gergely Veghseo

ESL Teacher, Outdoor Educator, St. George International School, Sofia, Bulgaria