1990's Archives

Fall 1999

• "This was a man to match our mountains," by Kerry Brophy.
  Paul Petzoldt, world-class mountaineer and founder of the National Outdoor Leadership School, died October 6, 1999.
  
  
• Street sense becomes mountain know-how, by Kerry Brophy.
  Elias Munoz couldn't wait any longer. He was hefting his heavy pack up a steep peak in Wyoming's remote Absaroka mountain range and something told him to just go for it--to push himself past the others, past what he imagined he was capable of achieving.
  
  
• Product Review: Brunton Eterna Binoculars, by Dave Glenn.
  
  
• Zwaagstras does zee trips, by Tom Reed.
  
  
• Donation gives the Steele House new life, by Tom Reed.
  
  
• Hypo-what? A lesser known illness, by Buck Tilton.
  
  
• Much More Than Climbing, by Kerry Brophy.
  
  
• NOLS memories become leadership realities, by Kerry Brophy.
  Chris Gergen will never forget his first introduction to NOLS. "I'd never been camping before," he recalls. "And then my NOLS instructors stuck me on telemark skis with a 60-pound pack on my back and a 60-pound sled on my hips. We were heading into an evening snow storm and I began thinking, 'What the heck am I doing here?'"
  
  
• Last Mountain Man? Not if He Can Help It by Jane Howard. Reprinted from Life magazine, December 19, 1969.
  
  
• NOLS in the News: LNT, Inc. honors NOLS.
  
  
• Book Review: Conditioning for Outdoor Fitness: A Comprehensive Guide. David Musnick, M.D. and Mark Pierce, A.T.C., reviewed by Craig Stebbins.
  
  
• Issue Room: Empty Your Pockets, by Stefan J. Jackson.
  

Summer 1999

• The Long Commute, by Danielle "Digger" Dignan.
  In June 1997 I bought a 30-foot, cutter-rigged, sailboat...
  
  
• LNT: Balancing Wildland Protection and Ecotourism in Latin America, by Ethan Meers.
  
  
• Branch Update.
  
  
• Expedition Update: The Women's Century Expedition.
  
  
• Alumni Profile: Making the Outdoors Diverse, by Nate Kratz.
  "We want to open [the outdoors] to people who financially or culturally don't have much exposure to it; it's very much an all-white outdoor world and we'd like to change that," explained Read McCulloch...
  
  
• WMI Director Sees a Natural Fit With NOLS, by Nate Kratz.
  
  
• Issue Room: Saving Room for Grizz, by Tom Reed.
  Snow drifts down out of the sky, defying the green up all around us. The aspens are budding and yet I shrug myself deeper inside my jacket and train the spotting scope on the slope above. "There she is, she's just on the edge of the trees..."
  
  
• Book Review: The National Outdoor Leadership School's Wilderness Guide, by Alisha Laramee
  
  
• NOLS Plans Lander Expansion, by Susan Brame.

Winter 1998

• Winging it in Mongolia
• Taking the R out of RICE
• What's so Great About Outdoor Education
• Book Review: Where the Waters Divide Tackles Too Much

Winter 1997

• A Leap into the Unknown
• Gringos Across the Gulf

Spring 1997

• Retreat From Garwhal
• Al Blyth, Remembering Early NOLS
• Books to Float Your Boat
• Rivendell Foundation Teams with NOLS
• Thelma

Winter 1996

• Of Ice and Men
• John Gans: This is the guy you want steering the ship
• Phil Otis' Lasting Legacy

Fall 1996

• Back on the Bus
• Coming Home
• The Athlete's Shoulder
• The RMB's new director: Tod Schimelpfenig
• Sleepless in Season

Summer 1996

• Pam Eaton wages war in the West
• Catarafting in the Wild, Wild East
• NOLS Mexico: Running a branch in Baja
• Reflections from a semester

Spring 1996

• The Curious Naturalist
• NOLS in the North Country
• Rocking People's Lives

Fall 1995

• Paul Tells His Story
• Knee Deep In Grizz and Grayling
• Shape Up and Ski Better
• Biners Have Never Been Better

Summer 1995

• Jim Ratz resigns
• NOLS group saves injured hikers
• Instructor profile: Sue Miller

October 1994

• Tom Bell: cowboy environmentalist

December 1992

• Scott Style, An Adventure Student Makes Good

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