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Case Study: Dental Emergency while RaftingÂ
The Setting You are on day three of a 4-day rafting trip on the Rogue River in Oregon. The trip has been incredible so far. Great rapids, beautiful scenery, skies full of stars, and endless cups of hot cocoa. You’re almost to your campsite on day three, but have one more rapid to go. At…
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4 Ways You Can Always Be Learning
A NOLS instructor reflects on how a rock climbing seminar inspired her to keep learning.
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3 Ideas to Feed Your Inner Wild
NOLS mountaineering grad Will Harrison shares tips on adjusting to city life and incorporating lessons learned outdoors to life at…
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Camping Recipe: 4-Ingredient Peanut Butter Truffles
Chocolate and peanut butter—what's not to love? Here's a quick and tasty dessert to try on your next adventure.
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10 Useful Wilderness Medicine Posts To Read Before Your Next Adventure
Check out these blog posts to get a refresher on key first aid topics before heading out on your next…
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Tolerance for Uncertainty & Adversity
NOLS grad Carolyn Highland reflects on how learning tolerance for adversity on an outdoor semester in New Zealand translates to…
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New Courses for Summer 2017
Here’s a peek at the three new courses offered in summer 2017.
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When Your Teammate Becomes Your Patient: My First Aid Training in Action
A NOLS Wilderness First Aid grad shares the story of how his first aid training helped him when a friend…
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Why Humans Need Wild Country
For us as a society, wild country gives us a place to wander in, to dream about, to disconnect, to…
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Looking Within, Stepping Forward
52 years after its founding, NOLS reflects on its foundational values and the relevance of its leadership curriculum then and…
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