Steamboat Springs graduate completes Patagonia expedition

While other college students were spending their fall term listening to lectures and cramming for tests, Jackson Perry was earning his credits in the remote wilderness of Patagonia.

The 2014 Steamboat Springs High School graduate spent 80 days during fall term on a wilderness expedition with Wyoming-based outdoor semester organization NOLS, earning a wilderness first aid certification and learning survival skills while on a nonstop adventure.

“We were learning what to do on our own expeditions,” said Perry, 20.

After earning their first aid certifications, Perry and his 14 coursemates were given two rations of food and supplies while traveling through southern Chile and Argentina — hiking, mountaineering and learning best practices for outdoor expeditions.

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