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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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Protest First Aid
A few ways wilderness medicine training can be adapted to provide first aid that might be needed at a protest.
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Patagonia: A Photo Essay
At the beginning of my journey of signing up for my NOLS Semester in Patagonia, dreaming of the landscape in…
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Why My Best Life Choice was Finishing College Early for NOLS
I ditched my phone, deciduous landscapes, and research papers to embark on the wildest thing I could think of: a…
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So, You Want to be an Outdoor Professional: How to Embark on a Career in the Outdoor Industry
Find a series of jumping-off points to help decide if the outdoor industry is right for you, where you might…
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What I Learned From Two Weeks Without A Mirror (or a shower)
Looking back, finding my sense of place was in part learning to take the beauty around me and reflecting it…
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Run the Red: The Race for a Wild Wyoming Landscape
If we have learned anything over fifty-four years of NOLS experiences, it’s that the landscapes we operate on speak for…
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