NOLS Student Featured on Montell

In 2003 on a NOLS whitewater course Nick Greeve was awakened by a bear standing on his back biting his head. His course mates scared the bear off, his instructors treated him and then two instructors and two students rowed him 47 miles in a raft to a waiting ambulance. Nick was treated and released from the hospital. On Monday, Montell Williams talked with Nick about his bear encounter.

After the incident NOLS changed or re-emphasized a number of its practices when traveling in Desolation Canyon. All courses carry bear spray, food is kept in sealed containers on rafts, students sleep at least 100 feet from the rafts and the areas where food is prepared and students sleep in groups of at least four.

Nick will be back at NOLS this summer. He is enrolled on a NOLS River Guides course.

Bruce Palmer, NOLS marketing director