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Wilderness Leadership and Mindfulness

Wilderness Trip Overview

April 3, 2018April 3, 2018Blog Editor

This trip quickly became less about mindfulness and leadership and more about . . . Survival! In all seriousness, the trip was much harder than any of us expected, including our guides. With anywhere between one and three feet of snow still on the ground in the mountains, hiking was not easy.   Day...

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Update from the Wilderness

March 26, 2018March 27, 2018Blog Editor

A brief text dispatch: “Survived another night. Shelter was awesome last night, much warmer. Sleep here again tonight, maybe take a day hike. Tomorrow we hike 5 miles to next shelter.”...

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Wilderness Leadership off and … hiking

March 25, 2018March 27, 2018Blog Editor

Saturday morning the Wilderness Leadership Intensive Learning group left for their adventures on the trail! They will post again when they have cellular service....

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