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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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Know Wilderness First Aid for These 12 Injuries
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Know Wilderness First Aid for These 12 Injuries

Lance Taysom, a Wilderness Medicine instructor for NOLS shares advice for Wilderness First Aid in the backcountry.
NOLS February 2020 1 min read
Life’s Big Adventure
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Life’s Big Adventure

William James took a National Outdoor Leadership School course in 2001. He realized he wanted to use his newfound outdoor…
NOLS February 2020 1 min read
Expedition Leads Saratoga Native to Possible New Career Path
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Expedition Leads Saratoga Native to Possible New Career Path

ForJerick Lee, a recent NOLS 38-day mountaineering and sailing expedition through the Pacific Northwest was more than just an adventure.
NOLS February 2020 1 min read
Montanans Spend a Year on Mars – at Least, About the Closest Thing to It
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Montanans Spend a Year on Mars – at Least, About the Closest Thing to It

The final step in the HI-SEAS Mission 4 selection process was a camping trip in a remote area of Idaho…
NOLS February 2020 1 min read
New Partnership Aims To Improve The Business Of Outdoor Recreation
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New Partnership Aims To Improve The Business Of Outdoor Recreation

Outdoor recreation is one of the top industries in Wyoming. NOLS and Flitner Strategies in Jackson partnered to form the…
NOLS February 2020 1 min read
Wyoming Residents Voice Opposition to Public Lands Amendment
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Wyoming Residents Voice Opposition to Public Lands Amendment

Groups representing a variety of interests, from conservation groups to sportsmen to the National Outdoor Leadership School, all were opposed…
NOLS February 2020 1 min read
College Prep Pressure: Is the Finish Line in Sight?
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College Prep Pressure: Is the Finish Line in Sight?

Michaela Notice spent 15 days last summer canoeing, rafting, hiking and camping in Utah and Colorado, via the National Outdoor…
NOLS February 2020 1 min read
Straight Talk with Rachel Reich
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Straight Talk with Rachel Reich

I did a month long NOLS course in 2008. This trip provided my first exposure to alpine climbing when we…
NOLS February 2020 1 min read
Bridger-Teton National Forest Conserving 40,000 Acres in the Wyoming Range
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Bridger-Teton National Forest Conserving 40,000 Acres in the Wyoming Range

Today the Bridger-Teton National Forest announced almost 40,000 acres in the Wyoming Range are not available for oil and gas…
NOLS February 2020 1 min read

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