Packaged Whitewater Rafting:

Leadership is a long studied and interesting topic. As more thinking occurs with regard to different types and flavors, leadership sense-making is something that is done all the time. With this regard, such concepts come to light and often capture and incite our interest and appeal to the situation we are experiencing at the time. This is where we take the concept and reality of pseudo-transformational leadership. Pseudo-transformational leadership is less than authentic and can occur at any time and have a lasting negative outcome. When it is experienced, it can appear as a sudden change in an organizational event or a wind of change that doesnt rear its ugly intention at the time of occurrence. This article will take the reader on a journey of what can occur and how to lean with the gut feeling. It can be a true way of knowing what decisions to make and how to adapt and recover for such change. The metaphor is used as a whitewater raft to paint a visual picture of how this can affect and change an experience from a good or semi-good one to a horrible one, or at least one that is less than tasteful. This can also involve leadership style and behavior and can cause and exacerbate organizational conflict, as can we evidenced through the outcome of this case.

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Climate Change and Possible Impacts on Travel and Tourism Sector

Journal of Tourism and Himalayan Adventures ◽

10.3126/jtha.v3i1.39117 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 54-62

Author(s):

Ritika KC ◽

Ija Giri ◽

Udhab Raj Khadka

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Poor Country ◽

Ecological Gradient ◽

Travel And Tourism ◽

Outburst Floods ◽

Glacial Lake Outburst Floods ◽

Livelihood Options ◽

Tourism Sector ◽

Whitewater Rafting ◽

The Impact

Nepal is a diverse country with lowlands of Terai to the highest mountains attracting many tourists and visitors to make visits. So, the tourism in Nepal is primarily nature-based as tourists are mostly attracted by the spectacular landscapes, majestic mountains, glaciers, lakes, rivers and biodiversity across its diverse ecological gradient. Mountaineering, trekking, whitewater rafting and jungle safari tours are the main forms of nature-based tourism activities in our country. Climate change is affecting Nepal in a number of ways and the travel and tourism sector cannot remain untouched. Various studies on climate change shows increased weather uncertainties and extremities resulting into long dry period and intense rain during monsoon leading to increased water induced disasters like floods, inundation, landslides, cloudburst floods, and glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) which are projected to continue in future as well. This has affected natural landscapes, and Himalayas influencing every walk of life and livelihood options. Though the impacts of climate change can be observed in the whole world, poor country like Nepal is likely to suffer most due to limited resources to cope with and adapt to the effects of climate change. In this paper, an effort has been made to review the impact of climate change on the travel and tourism sector in Nepal through the study of previous literatures on climate changes.

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Whitewater Rafting and Kayaking Deaths in Colorado: Increasing Preventative Measures by Understanding Risk Factors

Academic Forensic Pathology ◽

10.23907/2018.003 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 44-49 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jarod Murdoch ◽

Leon K. Kelly

Keyword(s):

El Paso ◽

The United States ◽

Preventative Measures ◽

Upper Limit ◽

Risk Of Mortality ◽

Or Practice ◽

Whitewater Rafting ◽

Unsafe Behaviors ◽

Selling Point ◽

The Individual

Introduction Whitewater rafting and kayaking are popular, adventurous excursions that are provided along various rivers throughout the United States. We expect that certain individuals' comorbid medical conditions may increase the risk of mortality by preventing them from being physically able to avoid inadvertently entering the water and subsequently rescue themselves. Methods Retrospective data were collected from 11 El Paso County, Colorado coroner cases from 2014–2017 in which the individual was whitewater rafting or kayaking and drowning was determined to be the primary cause of death. Results Health characteristics and autopsy findings of several of these individuals revealed that a significant number of these individuals were overweight or obese (90.9%), with 70% of these individuals also demonstrating cardiomegaly on examination. Of the cases studied, 81.8% of individuals had little to no experience with whitewater rafting or kayaking and 45% were under the influence of marijuana or alcohol based on toxicology studies. Discussion While a major selling point for whitewater excursions are the perceived risks they offer, our review suggests that certain individuals demonstrate increased health risks, have little to no experience with whitewater rafting or kayaking, or practice unsafe behaviors that may increase chance of injury and death. Efforts have been made to reduce risks associated with whitewater rafting and kayaking; however, further risk can be mitigated by excluding those who may be under the influence of alcohol or drugs, implementing more stringent health requirements, and setting an upper limit of difficulty of rapids based on an individual's previous experience.

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