When Outward Bound crossed the Atlantic from Britain to the U.S. over 50 years ago, there weren’t many jobs available in the outdoors. Since the 1960s, we’ve seen tremendous expansion in the conservation movement, environmental education, outdoor schools and outdoor... READ MORE
Summer plans have been made, the dates have been booked, and you are counting down the days until your expedition with Outward Bound begins. While some of the greatest moments on an Outward Bound expedition are often unexpected, there are a few things... READ MORE
Over the past 50 years in the United States, Outward Bound has had more than 1 million students experience life-changing wilderness expeditions. While the number alone is impressive, the most meaningful reasons to spend your summer with Outward Bound come straight... READ MORE
When you ask an Outward Bound Instructor the difference between our 7-day courses and our 30 to 85-day courses, they light up. While all Outward Bound expeditions teach the core values of compassion, integrity, excellence, inclusion and diversity, students on longer... READ MORE
Since Outward Bound’s inception, millions of students have experienced our wilderness programs. As you can imagine, throughout these 75 years we have established quite a few traditions, skills, quirks and pins on the map. To help prospective students gain a better understanding of... READ MORE
It was a life-changing experience that gave me time to really come to realize what things are important to me and what I want my priorities to be. Stewart Sarris, Southwest Semester alum. The 50-day Southwest Leadership Semester journeys through mountains,... READ MORE
“Gap year experiences invariably serve to develop some of the non-cognitive skills that current research are showing predict success better than IQ: motivation, optimism, grit, and conscientiousness.” – American Gap Association Long associated with privilege, procrastination and blissful wanderlust, the... READ MORE
(But Doesn’t Know It Yet) Parents often have brilliant ideas about what their kids should do during the summer. And kids – especially teenagers – often have their own, quite different notions. Although some teens and parents never quite see... READ MORE
Our second post as part of the Outward Bound Course Memories: Staff Edition series is narrated from the point of view of National Director of the Outward Bound Veterans program, Chad Spangler. Chad had the distinct honor to accompany a... READ MORE
At Outward Bound, the emphasis is on the students – what they have learned – how they have grown – how they have challenged themselves. Each expedition we offer is built on a powerful expeditionary learning framework designed to encourage... READ MORE
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