Like many other people, as the news continues to emerge about the current pandemic, I’m beginning to view it as one of the most important challenges of my life. Words like unprecedented and crisis dominate the headlines of my... READ MORE
What’s one of the first things you learn while on an Outward Bound expedition? Take care of yourself, take care of your crew. In that order. Today, that lesson feels more universal than ever before. As we’ve been placed into... READ MORE
A fellow Outward Bound Instructor once joked that she had a long list of skills on her Outward Bound resume—including, but not limited to: Making brownies for 12 people on a camp stove in the middle of a rainstorm Intuitively... READ MORE
The thing I remember best about successful people I’ve met all through the years is their obvious delight in what they’re doing, and it seems to have very little to do with worldly success. They just love what they’re... READ MORE
How was school? What’d you do today? Who’s going to be there? Where’s your sister? These seemingly simple questions, when asked to your teenager, may foster the vaguest responses. Fine. Nothing. I don’t know. A shrug. It can be frustrating... READ MORE
We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us is something valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or... READ MORE
Yes, we offer expeditions during the summer, however we’re not a summer camp. Keep reading to learn more. From a distance, Outward Bound may sound similar to summer camp. While there’s some overlap, like fun outdoor activities, adventure and sleeping... READ MORE
Vacationland. This is the slogan I’ve seen on Maine license plates since I was a child. Growing up outside of Boston, my parents loved taking a 2.5 hour drive north almost every summer for vacation. It was where I... READ MORE
Since I’ve been involved in outdoor pursuits like rock climbing, mountain biking, skiing and mountaineering—my adventure buddies have, for the most part, been kind, intelligent folks that I really enjoy spending time in the outdoors with. And they’ve also... READ MORE
I’m going to show you not only how to survive here, but how to escape alive! —Bear Grylls, host of Man Vs. Wild We’ve all seen TV shows, movies and documentaries that depict nature as some sort of menacing entity,... READ MORE
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