Read on and find out how. Be careful, though.
1. No activity is entirely free from risk. So don't aim for the elimination of all risk, which would be dull and not very educational, not to mention impossible. Risk assessment is about knowing as much as you can about the risks and making rational decisions about them.
2. The two crucial elements of any risk assessment are: how likely is this to happen and how terrible will the consequences be? They are separate concepts, but need to be taken together to make sense. For example, the consequences of an alien spacecraft abducting the minibus and its occupants would be extremely severe. But luckily the likelihood of this happening is negligible, so you don't need to fret. Similarly, the chances of one of your group being rained on during an outdoor expedition is uncomfortably high. But the consequences are so minor that there is no need to take out extra insurance. Get into the habit of thinking of these two things.
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