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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
07.19.16
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How To Get in Shape for Your Outdoor Adventure

While you do not have to be a gifted athlete or in peak physical condition to attend an Outward Bound course or go on an extended outdoor expedition, you do have to prepare for the challenges that physical activities in... READ MORE
05.17.16
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9 Best Places to Travel in 2016

Looking to embark on a summer adventure, but not sure where to go? As a leader in the outdoor industry with over 50 years of experience, Outward Bound is an expert on finding wild and rugged wilderness areas that push the... READ MORE
03.15.16
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Outward Bound From A to Z

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
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
10.07.15
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Looking Back on an Adventurous Summer

From summiting mountains, to forming unbreakable bonds and witnessing breathtaking views- the 2015 students experienced a summer like no other. Although the summer activities have come to an end for the year, the memories and outcomes of the Outward Bound experience are sure to... 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

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