Alaska backpacking

Hiking Like a Girl
March 16, 2020
On an Alaska backpacking and sea kayaking course, NOLS grad Caroline Dooley realized that hiking like a girl is something to celebrate. Here's why.
Learning Leadership above the Arctic Circle
February 21, 2020
Evan Marie Allison, associate director of the University of Michigan’s Sanger Leadership Center, reflects on the lessons she learned on a NOLS Alaska backpacking course in summer 2018.
The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful: Why I Went Back to NOLS
April 3, 2018
Struggling with the big city life she thought she wanted, Elena Rodriguez realized that what she actually needed was a NOLS course—or two.

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