Viristar to Work with Japanese Government and Private Sector to Support Outdoor Safety in Japan
Viristar will be providing a two-day Risk Management for Outdoor Programs training in Japan this December, and will meet with government...
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Jeff Baierlein
- 23 hours ago
- 4 min
Supporting Gender Expansive Learners on Outdoor, Travel, Experiential and Adventure Programs
Every person deserves access to educational and recreational opportunities free from unreasonable risk to their physical and...
Jeff Baierlein
- 1 day ago
- 7 min
Are You Competent? Are You Qualified? Why It Matters with Outdoor, Travel and Adventure Activities
The zipline rider sped down the zipline at up to 132 kph. At the end of the zipline, he hit the spring brake, and his safety lanyard...
Jeff Baierlein
- Aug 8
- 2 min
Viristar Presents on Risk Management Plans at 2023 AEE International Conference
Viristar will present a workshop “How to Write a Risk Management Plan” at the 51st Annual International Conference of the Association for...
Jeff Baierlein
- Aug 8
- 2 min
Viristar’s Outdoor Safety Training Scholarship for Ukraine
Anastasiia Volkova is no stranger to wilderness risk management. She’s led ambitious mountaineering expeditions to the Hindu Kush, the...
Jeff Baierlein
- Aug 7
- 8 min
Widespread Heat Illness at Youth Camp Highlights Heat Safety Standards Need
Hundreds of children sickened by heat at world's largest youth camp An ambulance drives out of the World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South...
Jeff Baierlein
- Jul 10
- 1 min
Viristar Provides Wilderness First Aid Class in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Viristar will be leading a Wilderness First Aid course in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on September 18-19, 2023. The course will be held at...
Jeff Baierlein
- Jul 10
- 4 min
Zipline Adventures In the European Nation of Georgia
Ziplines are a growing business in Georgia, an eastern European country rich in adventure opportunities. Long known as a mountaineering,...
Jeff Baierlein
- Jun 5
- 1 min
Viristar offers WFR Recertification Course with AORE
Viristar is running a Wilderness First Responder Recertification course October 29-31, 2023 in the Baltimore, Maryland USA area. The...
Jeff Baierlein
- Jun 4
- 1 min
Outdoor Safety Class in Kenya Led by Viristar Risk Management Course Alum
Collins Ochumbe, an alumnus of Viristar’s Risk Management for Outdoor Programs course, recently led a class on outdoor safety for school...
Jeff Baierlein
- Jun 4
- 12 min
Outdoor Safety In Switzerland: Laws and Regulations on High-Risk Swiss Adventure Activities
Saxet Brook flows through the idyllic mountain village of Saxeten, surrounded by the snowy peaks of the Swiss Alps. The region is famous...
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Jeff Baierlein
- May 15
- 1 min
Viristar is hiring a Senior Manager, Information Systems & Technology [Update: filled]
[Update: Postion Filled] The Senior Manager, Information Systems & Technology oversees Viristar’s information systems and technology...
Jeff Baierlein
- May 12
- 2 min
Viristar Presents at Outdoors New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory Outdoor Industry Summit
by Annie Linhart Viristar’s Director, Jeff Baierlein, will be presenting at the Biennial Outdoor Industry Summit of Outdoors NSW and ACT...
Jeff Baierlein
- May 12
- 9 min
Nepal Requires Licensed Guides for Treks in Protected Areas
Solo Trekking Banned, In Effort to Boost Safety and Job Creation Nepal’s Tourism Board announced that as of April 1 2023, solo treks will...
Jeff Baierlein
- May 11
- 10 min
Outdoor Adventure Safety and Government Regulation
Editor’s note: this article originally appeared on the website of the South African Adventure Industry Association, the professional body...
Jeff Baierlein
- May 11
- 11 min
Supporting LGBTQIA+ participants on outdoor and travel experiences
Outdoor education, travel and adventure experiences are for everyone. And it’s important for organizers of these programs to plan how...
Jeff Baierlein
- Apr 2
- 3 min
Outdoor Adventure and New Zealand’s Accident Compensation Scheme
In the southwestern Pacific Ocean lies an island country known for its glacier-clad mountains, deep fjords, and lush green rainforests:...
Jeff Baierlein
- Apr 2
- 2 min
Viristar Presents at Asia-Pacific Regional AEE Conference in Singapore
Viristar’s Director, Jeff Baierlein, will be presenting at the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of the Association of Experiential...
Jeff Baierlein
- Apr 2
- 7 min
Outdoor and Adventure Safety, and the Role of Codes of Practice
In 2019, 25-year old Canadian tourist Spencer Charles stepped off a zipline platform in northern Thailand, ready to begin his zipline...
Jeff Baierlein
- Mar 24
- 2 min
Viristar Presents at International Camping Fellowship’s International Camping Congress 2023
Viristar’s Director, Jeff Baierlein, will present a workshop entitled “From Theory to Practice: Applying Current Research in...
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