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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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AP: Lawsuit Dismissed Against Wilderness School in Hiker’s Death
A contract that a young man signed releasing a Wyoming-based wilderness training academy from liability before his death on a…
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Hyperlite Mountain Gear: How to be Prepared with Less Gear
Andrew Altepeter fell in love with the outdoors at a young age after a transformational hike up to Knapsack Col…
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The Kids Are All Right?
A Big City Mountaineers teen trip opens a window on some of the more daunting challenges of increasing youth diversity…
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Op-ed: As Recreation Booms, Access to Public Lands Becomes More Crucial
My life has been connected with the outdoors, as an instructor for the National Outdoor Leadership School and now as…
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The Ultimate Recipe to Upgrade Your Campfire Cooking
Molly Herber, Staff Writer at the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) recommends a recipe that’ll knock the socks off any…
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So You Want To Be An Astronaut?
One of the toughest aspects of the training is NOLS Expeditionary Training. This involves the whole class roughing it out…
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The Lander Valley Leadership Expedition Attracts Eight Inspiring Students
The Lander Valley Leadership Expedition has become a tradition for upcoming seniors at Lander Valley High School who elect to…
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Summer Sunday: The Wyoming Winds
I wanted to go Lander, home of the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), and to the Wind River Range, where…
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A Rejected ‘Bachelorette’ Contestant Finds Love
After the Bachelorette, as an escape, he signed up for a three-week National Outdoor Leadership School sailing expedition in Mexico…
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