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07.27.21
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How to Stay Cool on a Hot Summer Hike

How do you properly prepare for a hot summer hike? We have the guide to get you started. Record-breaking heatwaves have plagued the West Coast for the past several weeks, and we aren’t even to the hottest part of the... READ MORE
04.01.21
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Exploring America: Coast-to-Coast With Outward Bound

 Travel east to west with Outward Bound and discover some of the places you can explore on an outdoor expedition. America boasts amazing and varied opportunities for outdoor adventure. Even in multiple lifetimes, you couldn’t experience it all. If... READ MORE
02.18.21
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4 Reasons Your Middle School Student Should Go Outward Bound

 Before you know it, summer will be right around the corner. We can only guess, your top priority is probably to get the kids outside and out of the house. There are a lot of summer programs for middle... READ MORE
08.18.20
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To Future Students: A Letter from an Outward Bound Instructor

Dear future students, The reality we’re living is one that not many of us could have imagined for 2020. Whether it was looking forward to traveling or graduating with friends, we’ve been challenged to cope with extreme stress in varying... READ MORE
07.09.20
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4 Practices for a Successful Summer with Your Teen

Summer can present both opportunities and challenges to families and teenagers as they navigate the potential loss of routines and social time provided by school schedules. With extra time on their hands, and during this summer of a pandemic, there... READ MORE
03.12.20
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How Successful People Spent Their Summers as Kids

 The thing I remember best about successful people I’ve met all through the years is their obvious delight in what they’re doing, and it seems to have very little to do with worldly success. They just love what they’re... READ MORE
03.03.20
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How is Outward Bound Different than Summer Camp?

From a distance, Outward Bound may sound similar to summer camp. While there’s some overlap, like fun outdoor activities, adventure and sleeping under the stars with friends, the purpose and structure of the experience is different. Outward Bound is so... READ MORE
09.10.19
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An Expedition Is the Best Way to Prepare for College

A few weeks ago, I was standing in a circle with five dirt-covered adolescents just outside Marble, Colorado. With Aspen leaves still dripping from the early morning’s downpour, I told the students that the 15-day mountaineering course they had just... READ MORE
05.01.19
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What to Look for in a Summer Program for Your Child

I’m 30 years old and the smell of spring still means one thing: it’s time to start making a hideous picture collage to paste into the lid of my camp trunk. (For those of you who didn’t go to camp,... READ MORE
08.29.18
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A Reason for Being, and 9 More Takeaways from a Wilderness Expedition

When I was 22, I was really confused. I’ve never been good at planning—mostly because I never knew what I should be planning for. During my freshman year of college, I was completely overwhelmed by how many people seemed like... READ MORE

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