Keilir Academy and Thompsons Rivers University welcome Ragnar Thor Thrastarson as the new Head of Adventure Studies at Keilir Academy. He's a recipient of Adventure Sport Diploma from Thompson Rivers University and MBA from Reykjavik University.
Ragnar Thor was the project manager for the adventure studies program at Keilir for the first few years, after which he founded and ran a specialized mountain guiding company Asgard Beyond focusing on quality-guiding services for various outdoor activities such as skiing, ice climbing, rock climbing, alpine climbing, and glacier hiking.
The most exciting classroom in the world
Thompson Rivers University in Canada offers - in cooperation with Keilir Health Academy in Iceland - an eight-month university program for adventure guides. The program is an introduction to adventure sports and the adventure industry with extensive time on field activity courses and compressed and modularized classroom course instruction. This is the ideal program for entry-level adventure students and students wishing to explore their career interest in adventure-related fields.
The program is a 60 credit intensive education building on local and international expertise within the field and using the unique and accessible natural environment in Iceland as a practical class room. The full program corresponds to roughly four months onsite practical training and four months online theoretical classes.
Next class begins in August 2021 with application deadline on 15 June. Click here for additional information.