Blake Keogh, AIARE Avalanche Educator presents on decision making in avalanche terrain touching on human factors in avalanche accidents, decision making strategies, and group communication.
Blake discusses basic functions of the brain and why it is important for snow professionals to understand the fundamental mechanics of neural networks when teaching others about “human factors.”
Blake Keogh is the Outdoor Experience Coordinator and a psychology teacher at the Waynflete School in Portland, ME. He is an AIARE instructor and ski guide during the winter months and serves on the BOD of the White Mountain Avalanche Ed Foundation. Blake has completed AIARE Level 2 and 3 courses as well as ITC1 training.
Blake earned his MA from Prescott College after successfully completing a graduate thesis that examined preemptive decision making among backcountry skiers. In his free time Blake continues to pursue his own ski mountaineering goals in New England and throughout the West, with a particular fondness for the PNW.
Thanks to our sponsors of this 2021 Speaker Series:
Ski the Whites
Granite Backcountry Alliance
FOLKRM
Caltopo
Snowpit Technologies
The Ski Guide Manual
Presidential Skiing
Best Backcountry Skiing in the Northeast
Mount Washington Avalanche Center is a partnership between the Friends of Tuckerman Ravine, the Mount Washington Avalanche Education Foundation, the Mount Washington Volunteer Ski Patrol and the U.S. Forest Service.
