Tag Archive | risk
The Risk vs Effort Scale
One person deems driving a car in rush hour traffic to be dangerous and of uncertain outcome, others feel surfing a tame local beach break to be hard core…
Analysis: Children and Extreme Sport
In August I posted a piece on Children participating in extreme sport and high risk activity. I asked you to think about recent incidents, but also to see kids having fun in a serious environment. In the light of a few cases where kids died in high risk sport, I asked you: What is a […]
Children, Adventure, Extreme Sport and Death
This is a bit of a controversial post. You may have strong views about what you are about to read. Please check out the poll in the end, and also give your valuable constructive opinion. July 5 2013 the 12 year old Tito Traversa died in a climbing accident in Italy. Tito was an experienced and […]
When adventure becomes disaster
An uncertain outcome is a prerequisite for adventure. Adventure cannot exist without it. It is the uncertainty that motivates us to go places where we have not been, experience things that the Jones’s forget about in their race to keep up with their neighbours.
There’s a price on your head
Clients on a guided trip have the luxury of not having to worry with risk identification, and wondering how they will protect themselves from the hazards of the activity. Any guide worth his salt will make sure that his clients are at all times well protected against any hazards. Adventurers that go their own way […]
The Trailblazer Guide 