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10.11.16
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QUIZ: How Should You Spend Your Winter or Spring Break?

Summer is officially over, but that doesn’t mean you have to wait to plan your next outdoor adventure. With time off during winter and spring break, why not use it to get out and do something more? Sailing through turquoise waters;... READ MORE
08.30.16
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7 Days with Outward Bound

No two Outward Bound expeditions are the same. If you ask alumni what their expeditions were like, you might get responses filled with half-explained inside jokes and memories that include both laughing and crying with a group of strangers that... READ MORE
01.26.16
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What is an Alternative Spring Break?

The start of a New Year brings the desire to try something new; do something different; go beyond the ordinary. As January comes to an end, the day dream of a spring break vacation begins to focus into reality. Students everywhere are... READ MORE
01.12.16
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Southwest Leadership Semester Snapshot

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
07.08.15
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Instructor Development in the High Sierras

It was October 19, 2014. I was sitting in the noisy Merced Amtrak Station, waiting for the bus to take me back home to Sacramento, California. Fresh from a 50-day High Sierra Instructor Development course with Outward Bound California (OBCA),... READ MORE
04.01.15
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Instructor Profile: Lauren ‘Ren’ Ledford, Colorado Outward Bound School

  Outward Bound Instructor Lauren ‘Ren’ Ledford of the Colorado Outward Bound School (COBS), is not eager to broadcast her list of accomplishments, though it is lengthy and impressive. She also doesn’t brag about her qualifications, another long, hard-earned list. She... READ MORE
02.11.15
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Joshua Tree Spring Break Backpacking: The Desert Awakens

  For westward travelers and desert newcomers alike, arriving at Joshua Tree National Park can feel like landing on a different planet. After an easy flight and short drive from the Palm Springs airport, students often feel that they’ve stepped... READ MORE
06.27.12
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Reflections on a Journey into the Great Unknown: Southwest River Expedition

“We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we know not. …” –John Wesley Powell Over a hundred years ago, the one-armed Civil... READ MORE
03.23.11
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The Magic of Outward Bound and the Veterans Program

I served in the military at a time when our public persona was tarnished, to say the least. This never effected me while on active duty however when I moved into a non‐military world I found it best to keep my... READ MORE
02.16.11
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Succeeding with Outward Bound Programs at 61!

How in the world do you describe your Outward Bound experience when someone asks you, “Hey, how was your trip?” Because really, once you have taken one of these “trips” you are forever changed, and that’s hard to convey!  I... READ MORE

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