# Ken Wylie

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Lessons in Resilience: Ken Wylie's Harrowing Avalanche Experience

Can you imagine being buried under an avalanche for 45 minutes and coming out alive? This episode features an extraordinary conversation with Ken Wylie, who shares his spine-chilling experience of surviving an avalanche in Canada two decades ago. Ken walks us through every critical moment leading u…

Ken Wylie: The guilt of surviving a deadly avalanche

Ken Wylie was guiding climbers on British Columbia's remote La Traviata peak, when an avalanche came crashing down, burying him and 12 others. Seven people died that day in January 2003, but Ken survived. The book he wrote about the experience, Buried, is a reflection of the mistakes and the motiva…

198: "Buried"-A Story of Healing After A High Risk Adventure Goes Bad

In this episode, we hear from Ken Wylie, author, speaker, facilitator, and former professional backcountry ski guide and mountaineer. Ken's book "Buried" is a profound memoir about a 2003 tragedy where an avalanche killed seven backcountry skiers in Canada when Ken was a ski guide. The book explore…

Season 4 Episode 2 Ken Wylie

On This episode of the Salience Podcast, we explore risk and decision-making and consider what we can learn from fatal mistakes. In a number of our interviews, we have stressed the importance of safe to fail experimentation. This is of course the preferred way to learn. However, we can also learn f…

Ep.5 - Ken Wylie. Why did you go onto that avalanche-prone slope?

In this episode, I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Ken Wylie, an incredible adventure educator and risk management expert from Vancouver Island. Ken’s story is one of transformation, resilience, and learning from the toughest experiences life can throw at us. Ken shares his journey …

The Why of Adventure and The Adventure of Why: Shiny x Ken Wylie

Ken Wylie is a Human Hazard Management innovator, formerly an IFMGA guide, and author of the book Buried.  Ken’s company, Archetypal, provides high-resolution self-awareness tools for people who work in High Potential Consequence (HPC) environments across several industries.  In this conversation, …

Episode #146 - Human Factors in High Stakes: Ken Wylie - The Helicopter Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to The Helicopter Podcast, brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS! In this captivating episode of The Helicopter Podcast, host Halsey Schider welcomes Ken Wylie, an International Certified Mountain Guide and author of Buried. Unlike typical guests, Ken’s expertise lies not in…

EP 2.08 - Arriving in Your Power with Brooke Edwards

Do you know what it would feel like to arrive in your power? We talk about power like it's a destination but I don't think that that's true. I mean, I have had clear, undeniable moments that I can point to and say, yes, that was me. I was lightning. But much more often, it's so much subtler than th…