This Week in NOLS Online

January 8, 2010

We have had a big week to start off the new year right. The NOLS Facebook page reached 9000 fans a few days ago. It has been proposed that we have a ustream.tv party once we reach 10,000, and planning has begun.

NOLSedu on Twitter has reached 800 followers. We will continue to post original content, inspirational quotes, and have 140 character conversations with our Twitter community. Our videos on YouTube have now generated over 65,000 views, with the average views per month on the rise. That might have something to do with our video guys cranking out quality videos.

We are launching something BIG on tuesday that you will not want to miss. I have been super excited about this project. Check back tuesday morning! (Hint: First mentioned in an article from Ben Hammersley in The Guardian newspaper in a February 2004.)

This Week in Blogs
“For 38 days, Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu, a mountaineer and outdoor
instructor based in Delhi, along with seven other women skied for eight
to 10 hours a day, traversing a 915km path through one of the coldest
and most desolate regions of the world.”

NOLS Instructors Dave Anderson & Szu-ting Climbing in China

“I was flying to China to meet a friend and fellow NOLS instructor
Szu-ting ( a native of Taiwan) and spend the next two and half weeks
rock climbing.”

Do We Want Our Children to Save the Wilderness, or Experience the Wilderness?

“It has been my observation that many more people are interested in
saving the wilderness than are interested in really experiencing nature
and the wilderness.”

 

**Also, there have been a few student videos posted to YouTube, check them out here.

Til next time remember to stay warm (or cool if you are in the southern hemisphere), and don’t use metal utensils while winter camping.

William Roth
NOLS Social Network Engineer

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William has worked in the past as the web content administrator, social media coordinator, and a data logistics assistant for NOLS.