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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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Do You Know These Tips to Spice Up Your Backcountry Cooking?
Spice up your backcountry cooking - and avoid culinary disaster - with these steps
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5 Cool Things You Learn From Sailing
5 Cool Things You Learn From Sailing
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Terrifying and Beautiful
Terrifying and Beautiful
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The Story of Gear: Reuse as an Ethic and Necessity at NOLS
The Story of Gear: Reuse as an Ethic and Necessity at NOLS
Wilderness Medicine
Treating Burns in the Backcountry
How to assess and treat a burn in the backcountry
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Teaching “NOLS and Nature Stuff” in Vietnam
Teaching "NOLS and Nature Stuff" in Vietnam
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Six Reasons to Love the Southwest
Six Reasons to Love the Southwest
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How to Stay Dry in the Rain
How to Stay Dry in the Rain
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Why Go?
Why Go?
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