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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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Aparna Rajagopal Receives Charles (Reb) Gregg Wilderness Risk Management Award at the 2019 Wilderness Risk Management Conference
Aparna Rajagopal received the 2019 Charles (Reb) Gregg Wilderness Risk Management Award for her significant contributions to the field of…
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AmeriCorps Grad Uses Education Award to Explore Tanzania
After serving at City Year Boston, Brenna Easton used her AmeriCorps education award to fund her NOLS course in Tanzania.
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UVA Students Test Limits in Patagonia Wilderness
In March 2018, 12 students from UVA’s Darden School of Business embarked on a six-day NOLS course in Patagonia to…
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“Camp Like a Girl” on a NOLS Adventure Course
In an article for Teton Family magazine, Georgie Stanley explains that NOLS adventure courses offer teenage girls like her daughter…
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NOLS Grad Inspires Minneapolis High School Students to Get Outside
In 2013, NOLS grad and high school teacher Randy Baum co-founded the Edison Outdoor Club to expose Minneapolis students to…
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Abby Warner: Leading by Example
One of the school’s longest-serving directors, Abby Warner has the led the team at NOLS Teton Valley since 2003. She…
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NOLS and Girls, Inc. Partner to Get Santa Fe Teens Outside
Since 2004, NOLS and Girls, Inc. have worked together to give Santa Fe teens an opportunity to participate in outdoor…
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NOLS Grad Advocates for Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Lucas St. Clair, NOLS semester grad and son of the Burt’s Bees founder, played a key role in preserving Katahdin…
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Outing Clubs: Risk Management and Leadership on Student Trips
In the wake of Penn State Outing Club’s controversial decision to prohibit its student-led outing club from organizing outdoor trips,…
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