The Lander Valley Leadership Expedition Attracts Eight Inspiring Students

February 21, 2020

LVHS_students-726360-edited.jpgThe Lander Valley Leadership Expedition has become a tradition for upcoming seniors at Lander Valley High School who elect to serve as ‘Senior Mentors’. There is a longstanding relationship between LVHS and NOLS. Both believe in the importance of leadership and the immense impact it can have on everyone. Particularly incoming students.

 
The funding for this program is in part due to NOLS’ participation in the annual Challenge for Charities campaign—in other words, it is made possible by the town of Lander. This allows for each student to participate free of charge!
 
This year eight incoming seniors from Lander Valley High school participated: Darwin St. Clair, Keegan Harrison, Daniel Lobera, Joshua Rohrbacher, Sadie Thatch, Taylor Pereda, Rachel Kauffman, and Jenny Nielsen. And two instructors: Kyle Fleming, and Taylor Huntley.
 
Over the course of the eight day expedition the group explored the Cirque at Stough Creek Basin, crossed the Continental Divide over the (in)famous off-trail “Coon Lake sneak”, practiced “active followership” and “peer leadership”, and summitted Wind River Peak (13,192 feet) from Tayo Lake. Phew!
 
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Kim Freitas

Kim is a Wind River Wilderness and Wilderness First Responder graduate who works as the NOLS Writer and PR Specialist. She enjoys vegetarian cooking, warm yoga, and drinking lots of coffee!