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Tourist equipment: https://sport-marafon.ru/turistichesk... Electronics and navigation: https://sport-marafon.ru/catalog/elek... A tourist hike is a seemingly simple thing, but associated with increased risk, especially on autonomous hikes, when the nearest settlements are tens or even hundreds of kilometers away. Knowing about possible risks and working ahead of the curve - preventing dangerous situations during a hike - is a direct and one of the main responsibilities of a tour instructor or guide. This lecture is for those who want to improve their literacy, for those who are just going to become a guide, for everyone who is interested in hiking, goes on them, but wants to know more about safety, and be able to prevent dangerous situations. The lecture will cover: types and categories of threats; working ahead of the curve, preventing potentially dangerous situations; The guide's "Bible" in the field of security; Features of ensuring the personal safety of tourists; The guide's legal responsibility for the safety of tourists; tools for predicting and assessing possible risks in a specific hike/tour; algorithm of actions of a guide in a dangerous situation; first aid: types of assistance, legal liability for improper provision/failure to provide first aid – what a guide has the right and should do, and what he has no right to do; analysis of specific situations and answers to questions from listeners. Speaker: EVGENY ANDROSOV is a professional traveler, climber, mountain guide and tour instructor with 30 years of experience. Has been to all continents, 75 countries and 62 regions of Russia. Full member of the Russian Geographical Society and the Kazakhstan National Geographic Society. Organizer and participant of expeditions to the most inaccessible places on the planet. Developer, methodologist and organizer of many new, non-standard tourist routes. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:39 - Introduction. Importance of the topic 2:26 - The slightest mistake can lead to an emergency 3:58 - Types and categories of threats 5:41 - Possible mistakes of guides. Preparation. Stories from experience 17:59 - Working ahead 18:57 - Wild animals. Encounters with bears 21:51 - "Wild people" 23:04 - Basic safety rules: 24:07 - 1. The group must have a leader 25:11 - 2. Everyone must know the rules 25:24 - 3. Splitting is not allowed. Group pace 26:34 - 4. Everyone in sight 27:55 - 5. Footwear, clothing, equipment 30:08 - 6. Availability of communication and navigation equipment 32:14 - 7. About the ability to provide first aid. A story from Kamchatka 34:43 - 8. Registering a group with the Ministry of Emergency Situations. How is it done? 36:30 - 9. Participants' experience for autonomous hikes 39:04 - 10. Departure points from the route. A story from Kamchatka 42:16 - 11. Satellite phone 43:03 - Legal nuances and responsibility 48:18 - Forecasting and minimizing risks 55:28 - Types of first aid. What you need to be able to do 56:41 - What you can't do if you are not a doctor 58:25 - Contacts. Questions: 58:40 - About contradictions in providing first aid 1:02:06 - Is insurance mandatory? Do the Ministry of Emergency Situations work for free? 1:03:20 - Do you use GPS beacons? 1:05:08 - Was there a case of appendicitis on the hike? 1:06:14 - About legal aspects in commerce and self-organized groups 1:07:24 - The difference between first aid and first medical aid 1:14:18 - Alcohol on a hike 1:16:11 - About removing a participant from the route 1:19:21 - How many participants per guide? 1:21:49 - Is it possible to let part of the group go on a radial hike on their own? 1:25:38 - About getting to know the group before the hike 1:26:55 - Do you take a flare with you? 1:29:46 - About the goals of the first acquaintance with the group. Differences in expectations and goals 1:35:23 - What is the optimal composition of the group? 1:36:51 - How do you feel about children on a hike? #SMLectureTravel #safety #hike #travel