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What we Are

 

The Lessons Learned Group (LLG) is a small group of professionals and practitioners in adventure activities, brought together by a common aim to incorporate into ongoing good practice any lessons that can be learned from outdoor incidents.

 

The Group's intention is to present an objective summary of an incident together with possible lessons. We do not aim to allocate blame or responsibility and our report represents the views of the individual members of LLG and not of any official body.

 

Information not currently available to us may render our comments inaccurate and the lessons identified may or may not have influenced the actual outcome. Any report published has been agreed by at least four individuals within the Group as meeting these aims.

 

Who we Are

 

LLG came together after initial discussions involving the following:

 

Clive Atkins

London-based freelance local authority Outdoor Education Adviser, Consultant and Inspector.

 

Marcus Bailie

Formerly Plas y Brenin and Tiglin. Now Head of Inspection, Adventure Activities Licensing Service.

 

Bob Barton

Formerly Glenmore Lodge and Principal, Outward Bound Eskdale. Now Outward Bound Trust Safety Adviser.

 

John Cousins

Director of Training, Plas y Brenin, formerly MLTUK.

 

Nick Gair

Visiting Professor, Carnegie Faculty of Sport and Education, Leeds Metropolitan University.

 

Alan Williams

Head of Plas Menai.

 

Membership of the group may be expanded in future but the intention is to stay small enough to achieve effective internal communication.

 

Members all agree that there is a need for the identification and dissemination of "Lessons Learned" and that existing routes of information flow were limited in their success. The Group aims to support the case for continuing adventure, and for informed risk management rather than elimination of all risks.

 

 

 

LLG Case One

Instructor Dies on Zip Wire

 

LLG Case Two

Lessons Learned when Canoe Rafting goes Wrong

 

LLG Case Three

Leader and Clients Died whilst Short Roping

 

LLG Case Four Near-miss on Zip Wire
LLG Case Five

2 similar caving incidents

 

LLG Case Eight Management Failings

 

 

 

Glenridding Beck - HSE Report http://hse.gov.uk/schooltrips

Stainforth Beck