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...
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Jeff Baierlein
- Jun 4, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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...
Jeff Baierlein
- Mar 6, 2023
- 2 min
Viristar to Keynote at Outdoor Forum for South East Asian Schools Conference
Kayakers: Gery Lovász Viristar’s Director, Jeff Baierlein, has been invited to give a keynote presentation at the 2023 Outdoor Forum for...
Jeff Baierlein
- Mar 5, 2023
- 3 min
Does Experience Influence Judgment?
The Role of Experience in Judgment: What the Evidence Says Is an outdoor leader with years of experience likely to make better decisions...
Jeff Baierlein
- Mar 5, 2023
- 5 min
Systems-Informed and Inclusion-Oriented Incident Reporting
Adaptations to Incident Report Forms Support Systems Thinking and Equity & Inclusion As thinking evolves about how incidents occur, and...
Jeff Baierlein
- Feb 19, 2023
- 4 min
Viristar Provides Environmental Education Workshop To The Mountaineers
Seminar Offers Guidance on Incorporating Environmental Education into Mountaineers Trips Viristar provided a workshop, “Incorporating...
Jeff Baierlein
- Feb 5, 2023
- 2 min
Nation of Georgia Developing Outdoor Adventure Tourism Safety Regulations
Viristar Staff to Support Regulation Development The country of Georgia, located between Russia and Türkiye, has glacier-clad mountains,...
Jeff Baierlein
- Jan 29, 2023
- 3 min
Viristar Presents on Risk Management to Australia’s Outdoors New South Wales & ACT
Viristar presented a case study on a stand up paddleboarding incident in Wales to members of Outdoors NSW & ACT, the Australian peak body...
Jeff Baierlein
- Jan 26, 2023
- 2 min
Sikh Mom Invents A Helmet for Her Turban-Wearing Kids
Advance for equity and inclusion in sport a positive step forward Image: Talia Ricci/CBC Jora, Kabir and Ajit are adventurous kids....
Jeff Baierlein
- Jan 26, 2023
- 1 min
Viristar completes Wilderness First Aid training in West Java, Indonesia
Wilderness medical course latest in series from Bali to West Java West Java is a land of towering volcanoes, spectacular beaches,...
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