Lander, Wyo. — Sydney Read, 18, of Santa Barbara, Calif. recently completed an 80-day wilderness expedition in Patagonia with the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). On September 25 2013, ...

James "KG" Kagambi, 62, is a well-respected guide and mountaineer. He's a senior instructor at NOLS and the owner of Kagambi Mountain Exploration, a Kenya-based guiding company. He was the first Black ...

Daniel Brooks, 17, of Waynesboro, Va., recently completed a wilderness expedition traveling in the Rocky Mountains with the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). NOLS believes people thrive when ...

Ben Richey, a 2012 Great Valley High School graduate and freshman at Bates College in Maine, recently completed a 14-day skiing expedition in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park. The backcountry ...

LANDER, WYO. –– Joe Romano, 20, of Edmond, recently completed a fall semester in Patagonia with NOLS. Expedition courses at NOLS take students of all ages into remote wilderness areas where ...

The idea that wilderness trips can save the world may sound over-the-top. But given how effective backcountry adventures can be at creating leaders, it’s not as far-fetched as it sounds. Take ski ...

Santa Monica resident Thompson Gilhuly, 19, recently completed an 80-day wilderness expedition in New Zealand with the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). Gilhuly and eight other NOLS students ...

Editor's Note: This is part 2 of a series examining the sequence of events during last summer's unprecedented grizzly attack on seven teenagers in the Alaska wilderness. Please read part 1 here. When ...

The Google team was stumped and their indecision continued to build. Should they hike the longer, easier way to the left and get drenched in a stream crossing? Or take a direct dry path which would ...