Hello from the Backcountry!

NOLS July 7, 2011 1 min read

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When it comes to hearing about how courses are going, no news is good news… but good news is great! Kumari Ratnayake, a student on a Rocky Mountain Outdoor Educator course sent this letter out from a food re-ration to us here at NOLS HQ.

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Kumari was one of our two overall winners of the NOLS / Patagonia Dream Expedition Video Contest.

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