Biographies

As a consultant, Ross has managed accident investigations, conducted program reviews for school boards, written strategic plans and operating standards for governments, and conducted post-accident investigations for government and law firms.

Ross has been involved in organizing climbing expeditions and adventures to 35 countries. He has first ascents in many of these countries. He was the climbing leader for the 1991 Canadian Everest Expedition on the North Ridge of Mount Everest in Tibet.

Ross has worked as a climbing and ski guide since 1978 and operated his own lodge-based helicopter ski tour business in the Monashee Mountains of British Columbia for many years. He was the Provincial Search and Rescue Training Coordinator for the Justice Institute of British Columbia between 1989 and 1992. He founded the Adventure Programs Department at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia and was the Chair of that department from 1992 to 2004.

Ross has studied Recreation Administration and Outdoor Pursuits, and has an MBA in International Business.

Ross is the author of dozens of publications, including the books The Business of Adventure: Developing an Adventure Tourism Business and Legal Liability and Risk Management in Adventure Tourism.

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