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Outward Bound USA (OBUSA) is a non-profit organization providing experiential education in the United States through a network of regional schools, especially in wilderness settings. Outward Bound counts among its desired outcomes the development of self-awareness, self-confidence, leadership skills, environmental and social responsibility.
Following graduation, while still involved with the startup North Carolina Outward Bound School (NCOBS), [4] Lee became friends with its founding director, Jim (Pop) Hollandsworth, [5] an outdoor educator at the Asheville School. In 1968, Lee and Hollandsworth conducted the first of three seasons of Asheville School mountaineering expeditions.
Early in his career, he instructed courses for the North Carolina Outward Bound School, Hurricane Island Outward Bound and Minnesota Outward Bound. He also developed adaptive Outward Bound programs, notably the Connecticut Wilderness School (1974) and Project Bold (1970) (U.S.Dependent Schools Europe).
Outward Bound (OB) is an international network of outdoor education organisations that was founded in the United Kingdom by Lawrence Holt in 1941 based on the educational principles of Kurt Hahn. Today there are organisations, called schools, in over 35 countries which are attended by more than 150,000 people each year.
After working for Outward Bound in Maine and North Carolina, Rohnke became one of the founders of Project Adventure in Hamilton, Massachusetts. He worked there until 1996, serving as director and president of the organization. Afterwards, Karl co-founded the High 5 Adventure Learning Center in Brattleboro, Vermont.
A group of 34 students and chaperones from Girard College were located by rescuers after their week long partnership with the North Carolina Outward Bound School was cut short by the storm. [68] North Carolina Sheriff's Association reported that two officers were killed by flood waters during rescue operations. [67]
Jeanette W. Hyde was born in Hamptonville, North Carolina on June 15, 1938. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] She attended Wake Forest University , and received a B.S. from Delta State University in 1962. [ 4 ] She later attended the University of Maryland on their Iraklion, Crete campus, and competed graduate studies in Counseling at the University of North ...
He serves as the medical director of Landmark Learning, an outdoor education and wilderness EMS school in Cullowhee, North Carolina, as well as medical advisor for North Carolina Outward Bound School, REI, and the Student Conservation Association.