Questions tagged [risk-managment]
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What can I do when I or someone in my party falls through a floating mat?
Once, I had the opportunity to walk on a floating mat on a guided tour with a nature organisation in De Wieden (Dutch: trilveen). On the surface, it looked (to my amateur eye) exactly like other peat,...
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In case of a tsunami, would swimming out to sea be an escape strategy?
Several times I have been in locations where tsunami risks are either actively signaled or self-evident. Lima where I am right now has long beaches dominated by cliffs with exit routes about every km....
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What rockfall protection equipment are there other than helmets?
We went climbing on a glacier recently. There was one issue which I couldn't find a solution to. While belaying from below (on the first pitch), it was pretty much impossible to protect self from ...
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Relative risks of various outdoor activities?
I got into a 'discussion' with the vice principal of the school I work at. He was worried about the dangers inherent in our fairly extensive outdoor program.
I pointed out to him that an analysis of ...
