Sara Knight - 5/26/09
I bet I was dreaming about a bed…or a steak. Either one would have been glorious. But when my alarm went off at 5:15 a.m., whatever luxury I was subconsciously indulging in evaporated in the cold, dry mountain air of the Colorado wilderness...
Jack Liebl - 4/07/09
Colorado Outward Bound - San Jaun Mountains - Summer 1969
My mother 'suggested' I do this; it was Outward Bound or a military academy to get me back on track. I had made a few questionable decisions during my 15th and 16th...
Bruce Spira - 3/06/09
I was a troubled kid, a good kid but I knew no fear until 1980 when I attended the 23 day course in the San Juan mountain range. I was 16 years young and had no idea what was in store for me. We got off the bus and were told to put on our...
Finnian Haskins - 9/26/08
Unlike my parents, I’m not normally the outdoorsy type. I bike sometimes, hike irregularly, and camp almost never. So when my folks suggested that I take an Outward Bound course, I was pretty much against it. For one thing, it would be during...
Monika - 8/12/08
Have you ever experienced fifty consecutive days so memorable that you can actually recall every single one? I hadn’t until, thanks to the support of a Marmot Leadership Scholarship, I embarked on an Outward Bound Semester in Alaska. I...
Derek Bellomo - 8/12/08
Three years after my 23-day Mountaineering Course in the San Juans, I still think about it every day. It was probably the single most important thing I have ever done.
I graduated college and had been working for a year. Bored...
Michelle Richards - 8/12/08
On our very first day, we were told that Outward Bound would be one of the hardest things we ever did in life. I wasn’t sure I believed it then, but I certainly do now. Meeting up with a group of complete strangers; heading off into pure...
Marc Lewis - 8/12/08
I spent three glorious weeks on a multi-expedition adventure with Outward Bound in the Alaskan Outback.
I was looking for variety in the outdoors, an opportunity to have multiple experiences, to test myself across several disciplines....
Juan Martinez - 8/08/08
I sat there next to the river, I listened, I closed my eyes, and for the first time in my life I heard the most beautiful sound in the world. It was not something that came from outside, it came from within. The simple sound of my heart beat....
Valerie Efros - 8/08/08
I had not realized how deeply affected I was by Outward Bound until a few months after my course ended. As I've heard others say--I now see my life as before Outward Bound and after. It's as if suddenly the light inside me turned on and the doors...
