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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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Winter section catch-up!
Winter section catch-up!
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BIG THURSDAY
BIG THURSDAY
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Leave No Trace
Leave No Trace
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New RM Interns Day on the Slopes
New RM Interns Day on the Slopes
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NOLS Bus in “Home Power”
NOLS Bus in "Home Power"
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Southwest Send Off
Southwest Send Off
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BEST OF LUCK Semester on the Borders!!
BEST OF LUCK Semester on the Borders!!
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NOLS Grad McCartney Third in Cycling’s Tour of California
NOLS Grad McCartney Third in Cycling's Tour of California
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Rolling out the Rations
Rolling out the Rations
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