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Run the Red: The Race for a Wild Wyoming Landscape
If we have learned anything over fifty-four years of NOLS experiences, it’s that the landscapes we operate on speak for themselves, if we can get people out there to experience them.
Read MoreWhat I Learned From Two Weeks Without A Mirror (or a shower)
Looking back, finding my sense of place was in part learning to take the beauty around me and reflecting it back to myself, a gift from the Arctic wilderness and NOLS that I get to take with me into my frontcountry life. I’m making a promise to myself to use it.
Read MoreSo, You Want to be an Outdoor Professional: How to Embark on a Career in the Outdoor Industry
Find a series of jumping-off points to help decide if the outdoor industry is right for you, where you might fit within it, and how to find your first job.
Read MoreWhy My Best Life Choice was Finishing College Early for NOLS
I ditched my phone, deciduous landscapes, and research papers to embark on the wildest thing I could think of: a NOLS Semester in the Southwest. I was nervous I wouldn’t be “good at” NOLS, but knew I wanted a life change more than perfection.
Read MorePatagonia: A Photo Essay
At the beginning of my journey of signing up for my NOLS Semester in Patagonia, dreaming of the landscape in the Andes fueled my excitement. I thought about the incredible mountain vistas and sleeping under the stars every night. I thought about the miles I’d travel on foot, carrying everything I needed on my back.…
Read MoreProtest First Aid
A few ways wilderness medicine training can be adapted to provide first aid that might be needed at a protest.
Read MoreWhat Alaska Meant to Me
The more that time separates me from my NOLS Expedition with STEP in the summer of 2013, the more I find myself reflecting on the ephemeral 21 days that I spent in Prince William Sound. Preserved in the haze inherent to all fleeting memories, I remember the physical exhaustion, the arduous and cold days and…
Read More4 Reasons We Never Stop Training
This spring I spent 10 days on a NOLS rock climbing seminar for instructors. This was my first seminar with NOLS and I didn’t know what to expect from the other instructors who would be my coursemates. Mainly, I worried that I wouldn't know as much as everyone else, and that I’d always be working…
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