Heroic Journey, a program for grieving teens, was recently featured on the front page of the Denver Post. Read about Outward Bound’s partnership with Judy’s House, a Denver non-profit for grieving teens, and how our two organizations created this program... READ MORE

This summer, about 5,500 students will complete an Outward Bound course. 5,500! We found a few other numbers that are almost as impressive. Can you guess how many students will complete an Outward Bound course by the end of the... READ MORE

  Guest blogger and OB alum Zac Clancy shares how his course experience helped empower him to lead disaster response efforts in post-earthquake Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Outward Bound has, in one way or another, played a major role in my life... READ MORE

At Outward Bound, we’re lucky in the way that we hear from our students (whether it’s through online testimonials, e-mails, alumni events, facebook, twitter, etc) on an almost daily basis.  The stories that we hear are what keep us inspired... READ MORE

We love it when alumni get in touch with us and tell us about how their experience with Outward Bound has inspired them in their lives after course. Recently, we heard from Jeremy Danneman, whose Outward Bound experience and love... READ MORE

Our large family of Outward Bound alumni span the country, work in every industry and live a wide variety of inspired lives… and no matter where life takes them – it is our hope, at Outward Bound, that they hold... READ MORE

This pin story comes from Bryce Maier, an OB alum who participated in a course in the Everglades with her Girl Scout troop. She wrote: I wear my pin on my Girl Scout vest since my Outward Bound course was... READ MORE

We’re prefacing this post with a serious warning that comes from Tyler Sassaman, Outward Bound instructor and staff photographer: Eating marshmallows in volume is not considered a “safe” activity. That being said, we thought these videos of The Giant Marshmallow... READ MORE

Seventeen year-old Kristen Ewing is a 5-time Outward Bound alum. Totally unprompted, she wrote us a great letter about the impact of her courses. It turned out that she lives in New Jersey, where our newest Outward Bound Council is... READ MORE

We’re psyched to see alumni wearing OB’s pin. But, we’re pretty blown away when we hear something like this: Three-time course alumna Leah Tartaglia wrote: I don’t wear my pins, but…I take Outward Bound with me everywhere I go with... READ MORE