Posts by NOLS

Shoshone Can’t Legally Leave Scott Well Enough Alone

Call for Proposals: Wilderness Risk Managment Conference (WRMC)

A Watershed Moment for the Yukon’s Peel

Last night, our new venture reached #40 on the list of all video podcasts on iTunes (and #1 in the Outdoor category). We rolled the podcast out with our eNewsletter, and through our social network communities on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. Thanks for watching y’all! What would you like to see covered on the next podcast?

When Reena isn’t teaching students on NOLS courses in the Himalayas, she is achieving other fantastic dreams, like becoming the first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole.

Dedicated to leadership and wilderness education, the NOLS Podcast will feature interviews, stories, and Q & A’s from experts around the NOLS world. The first episode is devoted to giving some insight into a career in outdoor education. We get this question all the time on our Facebook page, over the phone, or when we are at events throughout the country.

Jay Parker Implements NOLS Training

Six year NOLS partner YES Prep Public Schools (Youth Engaged in Service) was featured earlier this week in an article about inner-city charter school success. Founded in 1995, YES Prep Public School’s mission is to send every one of their graduates to college.

A blister is your body’s way of telling you your boots don’t fit, they aren’t broken in, or your feet are too tender for the miles you are covering. The body is kind enough to warn you first with "hot spots," and it’s a warning you would do well to heed.

NOLS Grad Kate Milliken’s Counterpane

That’s a Wrap

Greenwich Teen Braves the Wyoming Wilderness

Risk management oversight means consideration of risks from both a systematic and systemic point of view.
Systematic means a crisply linear, cause and effect analysis, which of course is vital. That’s how we recognize that shoulder injury data compiled on river courses reveals the need for better technique instruction on bracing.

Brown featured in Athens, Georgia News

Students get ready for the cold…

…Dissolve yeast in warm water with sugar and salt. Add flour and mix to make stiff dough. Oil a fry pan, and spread dough in pan with oiled fingers to form crust. Turn up edges to hold sauce. Pour sauce over crust, and top with cheese and any other toppings. Cover and bake on a stove on low heat until crust is golden brown, about 20 to 25 minutes…

Final Exams