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Backpacking the Vilcabamba Valley to Machu Picchu Alumni Trip: Inaugural Trip Reflection
An Interview with Kellsie Forbes, NOLS Alumni Trips Manager Where did the idea to create an alumni trip to explore the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu come from? Jorge Anhalzer, a NOLS instructor from Ecuador, and his friend Sam Husley, a NOLS instructor who lives in Peru, proposed it last year. It’s such a spectacular place. Most of our alumni…
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Thriving as Women Boaters on the Main Salmon River
Thriving as Women Boaters on the Main Salmon River
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NOLS to Match AmeriCorps Education Awards (Americorps – 2016)
NOLS to match AmeriCorps Education Awards
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NOLS Courses Are So Much Pun!
NOLS Courses Are So Much Pun!
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How to Find the Best Campsites in the US
Marco Johnson, Field Staffing Director at NOLS outlines how to pick the best campsite. His tips include: explore the nearby…
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Forest Kindergarten Teacher Trained at NOLS
She pursued continuing education courses with the National Outdoor Leadership School. That coalesced into the Kindergarten Forest program at Antioch…
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Ugly Boxes Doing Beautiful Things: How You Can Do Sustainability
Ugly Boxes Doing Beautiful Things: How You Can Do Sustainability
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Quantifying the Unquantifiable: What I Learned after a Week in the Wilderness with the Archer School for Girls
Quantifying the Unquantifiable: What I Learned after a Week in the Wilderness with the Archer School for Girls
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Filling the Gap
For the newest high school generation, some students have decided that taking a year before starting college is in their…
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Self-Care in the Backcountry: Red Flags You Shouldn’t Ignore
Self-care, any action or behavior that helps us avoid triggering health problems, is totally necessary but often goes ignored.
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