Risk Management Discussions - Online Classroom

6:30-8pm via Zoom Meeting
Meeting link will be sent to registered attendees on the day of the session.

Our outdoor activities have risk, but most of us are not drawn to them because of the risk. We want to manage the risk so that we can enjoy our pursuits while keeping chance of mishap and accident to a comfortable level. We do this by building risk management into every decision. 

We will use scenarios and breakout rooms to practice some of the practical risk management techniques. These lead to general discussion about risk management on trips, group dynamics, and decision making. 

Tom will present some practical ways to think about risk. He has found that these hold him  back from making ill-conceived decisions and encourage decisions that account for and manage the possibility of unwanted outcomes. Tom's hope is that you will find some of these techniques useful tools as you lead trips. Further, Tom hopes you’ll be inspired to improve and expand the scope of your leadership.

ONLINE ONLY

This workshop will be delivered online as a Zoom meeting. You will need access to a computer with a speaker and camera, as well as high-speed internet. The session will be a mix of presentation and conversation and participants are expected to engage with the presenter and with one another via chat and audio. Information about how to log-on to the Zoom meeting will be sent on the day of the session.

PRESENTER

Tom Unger grew up in Michigan, family camping and messing around in small boats on rivers and big lakes.  In 1989 he moved to Seattle to be near mountains and the ocean.  In 1993 he joined the mountaineers, got equivalency for basic climbing, completed the intermediate climbing course, and became a climb leader.  That started his 3 decade carrier of exploring the outdoors in various modes, including

• hiking and backpacking, especially traverses in the Sierra,
• crag and alpine climbing
• back country skiing
• canyoneering in Utah
• sailing in the great lakes and Salish sea
• scuba diving in Puget sound and the tropics
• flying small planes here and in the Idaho and Utah backcountry
• canoeing and packrafting locally and in the arctic
• sea kayaking in the Salish sea and the coast of Candida and Alaska