Lander, Wyo. — Sydney Read, 18, of Santa Barbara, Calif. recently completed an 80-day wilderness expedition in Patagonia with the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). On September 25 2013, ...

James "KG" Kagambi, 62, is a well-respected guide and mountaineer. He's a senior instructor at NOLS and the owner of Kagambi Mountain Exploration, a Kenya-based guiding company. He was the first Black ...

Ben Richey, a 2012 Great Valley High School graduate and freshman at Bates College in Maine, recently completed a 14-day skiing expedition in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park. The backcountry ...

Daniel Brooks, 17, of Waynesboro, Va., recently completed a wilderness expedition traveling in the Rocky Mountains with the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). NOLS believes people thrive when ...

The idea that wilderness trips can save the world may sound over-the-top. But given how effective backcountry adventures can be at creating leaders, it’s not as far-fetched as it sounds. Take ski ...

LANDER, Wyo. — Eric Fiscus, 23, of Newton, recently completed a 14-day expedition in the Teton Valley with the National Outdoor Leadership School. The Splitboarding course teaches students to to ...

Last year, Rosemary Saal stood on the slopes of Mount Denali as the sun was rising behind the mountain. She looked down and saw the enormous shadow of the peak. It covered the surrounding mountains ...

Editor's Note: This is part 2 of a series examining the sequence of events during last summer's unprecedented grizzly attack on seven teenagers in the Alaska wilderness. Please read part 1 here. When ...

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Rachel Winthrop, 19, of Santa Barbara, Calif. recently completed a 78-day wilderness expedition in Baja Mexico with the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). In January, a group of students ...