WebGeek Now Official NOLSie

NOLS Webmaster Brad Christensen just returned to the office yesterday after completing his NOLS Winter Ski Course. Brad spent two weeks working on telemark skiing, dragging a heavy sled and living in snow shelters. Brad and his nine coursemates did a lot of snow shoveling, building huge digloos with super deluxe snow kitchens. A winter course brings out the snow-sculpting kid in all of us!

Chas Day, one of Brad’s instructors was an instructor on a ski course that I did in the mid-nineties. Chas is a remarkable story. He started working for NOLS in the early 90s after his retirement from the U.S. Navy. Chas was a surface warfare ship commander. He also has a masters degree in oceanography. Many marathons and winters “on the ice” in Antarctica later, Chas is a stalwart in the NOLS instructor’s corps. Brad and his course were lucky to have had the opportunity to learn from this fascinating gentleman.

With their winter skills down Brad and his coursemates are now well prepared to enjoy the outdoors in any season. Congratulations to Brad and all the students on WSC 2/26!

Bruce Palmer, NOLS marketing director

Click here to see more photos from the course.