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Heather has a degree in physical education Heather Shannon with a specialization in athletic training. She has been certified as an athletic train...
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Heidi grew up on the nature coast of Florida and has been escaping West ever since. A graduate of Texas A&M University, she now climbs, rides bikes...
Helen Wilson is the Curriculum Publications Managing Editor at NOLS. She has a passion for sea kayaking, and considers herself lucky to have studie...
Herbie initially took a NOLS semester course in 1975 and became an instructor for the school in 1978. Over the next seven years he worked as an ...
Holly Engelhart grew up in Lander, Wyoming, where her first memory of NOLS was attending a NOLS yard sale as a child. At that particular yard sale,...
Homer has completed many NOLS courses and prototype explorations, including trips in Baja, Alaska, and one of the first joint U.S./Soviet Mounta...
Howard "Pete" Colhoun has been volunteering for NOLS since 1993 and has participated on courses in East Africa, Mexico, Alaska, Patagonia, and t...
