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Case Study: Chest Injury with Fall

The Setting You are on a climbing trip in Red Rocks, Nevada. You’ve spent the last week dialing in your climbing, swapping beta with new friends at the crag and soaking up the desert sun. Today, you decide to take a break from long routes and focus on bouldering.  You’re chalking up, eyeing a new…

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Thriving as Women Boaters on the Main Salmon River
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Thriving as Women Boaters on the Main Salmon River

Thriving as Women Boaters on the Main Salmon River
NOLS May 2016 1 min read
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NOLS to Match AmeriCorps Education Awards (Americorps – 2016)

NOLS to match AmeriCorps Education Awards
NOLS May 2016 1 min read
NOLS Courses Are So Much Pun!
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NOLS Courses Are So Much Pun!

NOLS Courses Are So Much Pun!
NOLS May 2016 1 min read
How to Find the Best Campsites in the US
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How to Find the Best Campsites in the US

Marco Johnson, Field Staffing Director at NOLS outlines how to pick the best campsite. His tips include: explore the nearby…
NOLS May 2016 1 min read
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Forest Kindergarten Teacher Trained at NOLS

She pursued continuing education courses with the National Outdoor Leadership School. That coalesced into the Kindergarten Forest program at Antioch…
NOLS May 2016 1 min read
Ugly Boxes Doing Beautiful Things: How You Can Do Sustainability
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Ugly Boxes Doing Beautiful Things: How You Can Do Sustainability

Ugly Boxes Doing Beautiful Things: How You Can Do Sustainability
NOLS May 2016 1 min read
Quantifying the Unquantifiable: What I Learned after a Week in the Wilderness with the Archer School for Girls
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Quantifying the Unquantifiable: What I Learned after a Week in the Wilderness with the Archer School for Girls

Quantifying the Unquantifiable: What I Learned after a Week in the Wilderness with the Archer School for Girls
NOLS May 2016 1 min read
Filling the Gap
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Filling the Gap

For the newest high school generation, some students have decided that taking a year before starting college is in their…
NOLS May 2016 1 min read
Self-Care in the Backcountry: Red Flags You Shouldn’t Ignore
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Self-Care in the Backcountry: Red Flags You Shouldn’t Ignore

Self-care, any action or behavior that helps us avoid triggering health problems, is totally necessary but often goes ignored.
NOLS April 2016 1 min read

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