The textbook offered valuable insights, practical guidance, and thoughtful analysis that will undoubtedly benefit anyone involved in outdoor activities.

Samson Lumbwe

Swimming Coach, Lifeguard, Physical Education & Recreation Teacher, Trident Prep Kalumbila, Kalumbila, Zambia

A well developed and comprehensive approach to risk management…engaging and effective.

Dylan Harry

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

Exceptionally valuable and directly applicable to my daily work. I would highly recommend this course to any outdoor professional looking to strengthen their risk management…

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Anindita Chatterjee

Field Leader, iEXP 360, Maharashtra, India

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

Very practical textbook that provides rationales behind each theory.

Bill Feng

Senior Manager of Operations, Keru Knowledge, Shanghai, China

[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

The course provided a systematic approach to safety management.

Rene Valner

Coach, Sea Kayaking Estonia, Viljandi, Estonia

This course consists of great materials to improve your safety culture in the outdoor industry.

Sulistyo Sapto Winarno (Soel)

Program Development, Jelajah Outdoor, Jawa Barat, Indonesia

Viristar provided an excellent instructor, along with a thorough and well-structured course and materials.

Sandi Taruni

Founder & CEO, Jelajah Outdoor, Bogor, Indonesia

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

Viristar was incredibly detail-oriented and their follow-through was impeccable. The experience they brought in evaluating our manual was invaluable, and the respect they maintained for…

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Sharon Buczaczer

Program Director, Wilderness Youth Project, California, USA

Thank you for sharing so much of your time and knowledge with our students. One of them wrote, “I really enjoy listening to Mr. Baierlein…

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Karen P.S. Tan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee USA

Coming into this course with experience in health, safety and compliance management, I was surprised by how much I learned. The course provided essential background…

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Samantha Wilde

Program Specialist, Ocean Wise Conservation Association, British Columbia, Canada

Very thorough, challenging and thought-provoking…the exercises were well designed to facilitate collaboration and provide opportunities to learn from the experiences of others.

Ken Dunn

Owner, Wilderness Recovery Coach, Expedition Recovery, LLC, Pennsylvania, USA

The Viristar textbook is easy to understand…the summary in each chapter helped me to understand the key points.

Hjh Sofinaz Hj Abd Majid

Training Officer, Outward Bound Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam