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06.24.21
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How to Prevent and Care for a Blister in the Backcountry

Blisters can be the difference between having a good or bad time on your next outdoor adventure. Below are the steps to prevent and care for a blister in the backcountry. I’m going to start this post with a little... READ MORE
05.25.21
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Advice for 2021 Graduates From an Outdoor Educator

Dear 2021 Graduates, I just returned from a five-day backpacking trip in the Los Padres National Forest with a group of high school students from the Midland School. While not instructing Outward Bound courses, I’m the Dean of Experiential Learning... READ MORE
02.16.21
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When Is It Time to Upgrade My Climbing Gear?

 Take a look into your gear closet. What do you see? Your favorite pair of climbing shoes with a little hole in one of the toes. That old rope that has been fine so far even though you’ve taken... READ MORE
12.29.20
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EGGS: The #1 Acronym You Need to Know

Imagine you finally reached the end of a long day hiking in the San Juan Mountains in the Colorado Rockies. You marched up and down switchbacks, overpasses and persevered through an afternoon thunderstorm. Now, the sky has cleared and you’re... READ MORE
06.11.20
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Finding Success in a Failed Attempt to Complete a 100-Mile Run

It was around mile 60 when I started to really question if I was going to be able to complete the somewhat absurd challenge I’d set out for myself: running alone on a 100-mile course I plotted in the unrelenting... READ MORE
10.24.19
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Why Young People Need Time for Reflection

Sharing mindfulness practices with my students has been a powerful experience. I often keep it really simple—something they can bring back home. We find a peaceful location, grab our camping pads and sit with our eyes closed. We start by... READ MORE
09.10.19
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An Expedition Is the Best Way to Prepare for College

A few weeks ago, I was standing in a circle with five dirt-covered adolescents just outside Marble, Colorado. With Aspen leaves still dripping from the early morning’s downpour, I told the students that the 15-day mountaineering course they had just... READ MORE
08.06.19
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Why Cultivating Curiosity Is so Important

“I regard it as the foremost task of education to ensure the survival of these qualities: an enterprising curiosity, an undefeatable spirit, tenacity in pursuit, readiness for sensible self denial, and above all, compassion.” –Kurt Hahn, founder of Outward Bound Curiosity... READ MORE
09.05.18
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3 LNT Principles You Can Challenge Yourself to Do at Home

Have you ever hiked all day to a seemingly pristine campsite, only to set up your shelter and see used toilet paper sticking out of the ground right next to where you were planning to rest your head that evening?... READ MORE