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To Get My Feet Wet, or To Not Get My Feet Wet? Lessons in Leadership from the Arctic
Last August I experienced two weeks of backpacking in Alaska’s Brooks Range and Arctic National Refuge. It was epic.
By epic, I mean the experience was life changing and unforgettable. It was beyond scale. The scenery was epic – truly, out of this world. The people with which I shared the experience – who started [...]
Epic Adventure – and Longing
Hi. My name is Shelli. I’m 43 years old. I have been married to Jerry for almost 20 years and we have three young sons, Wolf, 11, Hayden, 9, and Finis, 4.
This is a post about a wife and mother’s longing. It is also [...]
My Brooks Range People Made Me Better
This is Post 2 in a series about my recent Alaska Brooks Range backpacking course.
It was Aug. 6, the afternoon before the start of my NOLS Brooks Range Hiking course. I was in Alaska, enjoying the comforts of the Ah, Rose Marie Bed & Breakfast, in Fairbanks, while waiting for others enrolled in the course [...]
My NOLS Brooks Range Hiking Course: Not a Vacation or Guided Tour
Greetings from my beloved Frontier of Wyoming. I am re-entering upon returning from my National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) course in Alaska’s remote Brooks Range and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
For two weeks, I backpacked a country that is so big and unending and wild and spectacular that there is no way I can adequately communicate [...]
Alaska’s Brooks Range or Bust
I leave you with this video blog as I depart for my NOLS course in the remote Brooks Range and Arctic tundra of Alaska.
Help Me? I NEED a NOLS Expedition
Hi friends. I appreciate your readership. I need to ask you a favor. I am trying to win a National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) expedition. I entered a video in a contest that ends Friday. I need people to watch the video. (And, if you feel so inclined, please vote/give it a ‘thumbs up’ and/or [...]
NOLS Leadership Navigation Challenge: Fun and Leadership Development Combined
(Photos by Brain Fabel/NOLS)
I recently participated in a Leadership Navigation Challenge, which was developed and offered by the National Outdoor Leadership School.
The National Outdoor Leadership School – also referred to as NOLS – is headquartered in my hometown of Lander, WY. I was raised in Lander, and I think my only regret in life is [...]
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