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National Outdoor Leadership School - Index

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Your NOLS instructors will teach you everything you need to know about whitewater river
expeditioning by giving instruction and then letting you take the lead.
WHITEWATER RIVER EXPEDITION
Imagine expeditioning 125 miles through the breathtaking canyons
of Utah's wild Green River, the birthplace of whitewater boating.
This course offers a thorough introduction to travel skills on the
same river that launched General John Wesley Powell's famous 1869
expedition. You'll learn to kayak, captain a paddle raft, and row an
oar rig as you negotiate the whitewater of Desolation and Lodore
canyons. You begin in calm water and progress to moving water,
learning increasingly advanced maneuvers. As the canyons get
steeper and the rapids get bigger, instruction shifts to hydrology,
hazard evaluation and rescue techniques. Rapids like Disaster Falls
and Hells Half-Mile, named by Powell himself, offer exciting challenges
while exploring this magnificent river.
Age and Length: 16 & Over ? Average age: 18 ? Duration: 16 days
Tuition: $3,360
Course start/end: Vernal, Utah
Fly in/out: Vernal, Utah or Salt Lake City, Utah
College Credit: 2 hours Skills Practicum
Dates: page 110
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MORE?
Semester in the Rockies, page 75
Semester for Outdoor Educators, page 79
Brad Christensen
Brad Christensen
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
"THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING
I GAINED DURING MY NOLS SEMESTER
WAS A SENSE OF CONFIDENCE THAT I
COULD WALK INTO AN UNFAMILIAR
?
SITUATION, ADAPT TO IT AND SUCCEED.
Eric Gilbert, Semester in the Rockies '96
Big skies and wide open spaces: Horsepacking courses retrace the steps of the early
West's fur trappers.
WILDERNESS HORSEPACKING
There's nothing quite like seeing the wilderness on horseback.
We'll take you from the NOLS-owned and operated Three Peaks
Ranch into the wilderness of the Wind River Range and immerse
you in the basics of Western horsemanship-care and feeding,
horse behavior and herd dynamics, tack, saddling, and riding-
and other unique skills of packing and traveling with horses. You'll
care for your saddle horse and work together with a partner to
load and lead your packhorse. You'll also be in charge of your own
well-being in the backcountry, learning how to choose a good
campsite and cook a good meal. Share this wilderness experience
not only with your fellow students and instructors, but also with
the worthy companionship of horses.
Features world-famous Orvis? fly fishing curriculum and gear
Age and Length:
16 & Over ? Average age: 18 ? Duration: 21 days
23 & Over ? Average age: 27 ? Duration: 14 days
Tuition: $4,410 (16 and Over); $3,005 (23 and Over)
Course start/end: Boulder, Wyoming
Fly in/out: Jackson, Wyoming
College Credit: 2 hours Skills Practicum; 2 hours Environmental Ethics (16 and Over); 2 hours
Skills Practicum (23 and Over)
Dates: page 110
www.nols.edu ? (800) 710 - NOLS ? admissions@nols.edu 27
Bryan Palmintier