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• Hazards of outdoor activities - Wikipedia
  Any outdoor activity entails many risks, even if participants do not recklessly place themselves in harm's way. However, with the correct precautions, outdoor recreation can be enjoyable and safe.


• Research and evaluation of adventure programming: Connecting evidence-based research to quality programming
  The 4th annual REAP Symposium was held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, from March 19th ? March 21st, 2008.


• Students caring for each other
  Quay, John J. (2000) Students caring for each other. Masters Research thesis, Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne.


• Special report: A death at Outward Bound - National Geographic Adventure Magazine
  After heatstroke claims a student in Utah's Canyon Country, the 46-year-old institution faces America's shrinking tolerance for risk.


• International ScoutWiki
  Hello and Welcome to ScoutWiki, for everyone interested and involved with Scouting.


• Outdoor behavioral healthcare: Definitions (Russell & Hendee, 2000)
  Outdoor behavioral healthcare: Definitions, common practice, expected outcomes, and a nationwide survey of programs


• After the flood questions remain (NZ canyoning tragedy)
  As a bus with seven empty seats returned to Elim Christian School, three investigations began into how seven people were swept away by a flash flood.


• We didn't get rising water warning - OPC - New Zealand news on Stuff.co.nz



• Guide agonises over her future (NZ canyoning tragedy)
  The future of the instructor who led an ill-fated canyoning trip into the Mangatepopo River is up in the air, and colleagues say she is still too grief-stricken to make any decisions.


• Five-year olds experience life in the bush
  More than half the children involved in the school?s day in the bush last week had never been to Murphy?s Bush before. Some rarely get an opportunity to experience the freedom of the outdoors.

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