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Safety by PowerPoint…
Safety by powerpoint. This is a blog about assumptions or preconceptions about safety management in the outdoor sector. This isn’t just the domain of senior instructors and heads of outdoor centres but a function of our collective behaviour. “I sat down quietly in the instructors briefing having introduced myself and listened intently. Accustomed to meetings…
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Exotic Behaviour: Cultural norms and the wild west
Exotic behaviour: cultural norms and the wild west. This blog is about exotic behaviour in an archipelago of craggy islands off the west coast of Scotland. Cultural norms and values give us predictability in the outdoor sector. In short, they provide us with expectations, shaping how we think and act as mountain professionals. exotic adjective…
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Avalanche: Does the Accident Route Matrix have a place?
Accident Route Matrix Does the Accident Route Matrix (ARM) have a place in understanding avalanche incidents? In this blog we look at systems based incident analysis. These methods look at all the causal factors in incidents far beyond the “who triggered it” strategy of individual decision making. There are lots of tools for assessing the…
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