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National Outdoor Leadership School - Index

National Outdoor Leadership School - Nols - Index

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Southwest
GILA RANGE BACKPACKING
New Mexico's Gila Range is the birthplace of the American concept
of wilderness, protected by Congress 40 years before the
Wilderness Act was passed. The Gila today remains the same as it
was then, a wild place of amazing contrasts and abundance. You'll
live here for 28 days, hiking beneath the same tall pines and up the
same deep canyons that inspired the wilderness concept. On some
days you'll start on a snow-covered peak and arrive in a warm desert
canyon at day's end, the same canyons inhabited 900 years ago by
the Mimbres culture and 100 years ago by the Apache. They chose
this wild place for many of the same reasons you will: its beauty,
abundant animal and plant life, fantastic variety of terrain and, most
of all, its power to inspire the spirit.
DETAILS
Age and Length: 16 & Over ? Average age: 21 ? Duration: 30 days
Tuition: $3,650
Course start/end: Tucson, Arizona
Fly in/out: Tucson, Arizona
College Credit: 2 hours Biology; 2 hours Leadership Techniques; 2 hours Environmental Ethics
Dates: page 111
SOUTHWEST OUTDOOR EDUCATOR:
BACKPACKING AND ROCK CLIMBING
Are you an active or aspiring outdoor educator? If so, we've designed
this course for you. This is your opportunity to develop the knowledge
and skills necessary for teaching and leading field-based wilderness
education programs. While in the desert, you'll learn "hard
skills,? such as backcountry travel, adapting minimum-impact techniques
to an arid ecosystem, first aid, and map reading. We will also
give you an inside track into the fundamentals of running wilderness
education courses with an overview of program supervision,
risk management and NOLS administrative practices.
After building a foundation of program knowledge, the
course dives into a 19-day backpacking expedition in the remote
Kofa National Wildlife Refuge where you'll learn the backcountry
living skills you need to lead others on wilderness trips. You'll travel
among saguaro cactus, mesquite, ocotillo and palo verde trees where
quail, songbirds and raptors share the skies and desert bighorn
sheep, mountain lions and javelina move across the land. Then 10
days at Cochise Stronghold, a maze of granite pinnacles in the Dragoon
Mountains where the Chiricahua Apache and their leader,
Cochise, took refuge, rounds out the curriculum. Renowned for its
excellent climbing, the Cochise provides an ideal classroom for
learning rock climbing skills such as anchor systems, knots, and top
rope site management.
DETAILS
Age and Length: 18 & Over ? Average age: 23 ? Duration: 31 days
Eligibility: Qualified practicing or potential outdoor educators
Tuition: $3,825
Course start/end: Tucson, Arizona
Fly in/out: Tucson, Arizona
College Credit: 2 hours Environmental Ethics; 2 hours Leadership Techniques;
2 hours Risk Assessment
Dates: page 111
You'll follow in the footsteps of the Mimbres and Apache as you explore the Gila,
American's first designated wilderness area.
Instructor Lauren Reich topping out on a multi-pitch at Cochise Stronghold. You'll
benefit directly from the experience and skill of your instructors.
Deborah Sussex
Rainbow Weinstock