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218 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jeff A. Baierlein has over 30 years of experience as an outdoor professional, ranging from trip leader to Executive Director. Jeff has led mountaineering, sailing, whitewater and flatwater canoeing, whitewater kayaking, sea kayaking, backpacking, rock climbing, canyoneering and caving trips, including international wilderness expeditions up to three months in length. Jeff served as Executive Director of the Baltimore Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound Center and the Boojum Institute for Experiential Education. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Experiential Education and is an adventure program accreditation reviewer with AEE. Jeff has also conducted risk management reviews with Outward Bound and Viristar. Jeff has been a Wilderness EMT since 1993, worked for two ambulance services as an EMT, and volunteered with four high-angle, technical and backcountry Search and Rescue teams, leading rescues in North America and Asia. Jeff has taught wilderness medicine classes with Wilderness Medical Associates on four continents since 1997. Jeff holds two undergraduate degrees from Prescott College and a graduate degree from Antioch University. He has served as an expert witness with wilderness program fatalities, and is the Director of outdoor program training and consulting firm Viristar LLC. About the Author