Don’t ever let them say that you don’t have enough experience. This is a silly photo from the end of my last course. We’re doing “Eddy’s Only Face” at a Wyoming ranch as the sun goes down in long, glorious streaks behind us. We’ve just finished two weeks of backpacking in the Wind River Range. We’re laughing and saying our goodbyes as my students go … Continue reading WY: End of My First NOLS Season
I’m back in Lander and about to head into the Winds for another 2 week course. It’s a little strange being on the other end this time around, no longer a student on the Instructor Course, now an instructor. It’s funny. It was only a few months ago, but so much has happened since I started this journey. Wyoming. Snowshoeing. Blizzards and postholes. Rock climbing … Continue reading WY: Back in the Winds
Snow and sun and laughter and tears. Weeks in the Wind River Range of Wyoming carrying packs and trudging through thigh deep snow, waiting out snowstorms that went on and on, sleeping in our wet bags, warming our feet on each other’s bellies, hoping that the feeling would come back into our toes. I expected to be cold and tired and miserable. I expected to … Continue reading WY: Reflections on the NOLS Instructor Course
So, so much. I don’t even know where to start. A junk truck came by and picked up the last of my possessions: a few leftover books, old outdoors gear, and some beaten-up Ikea furniture. I drove north through a late spring snowstorm, my newly built house of plywood and two-by-fours rattling as I bounced over dirt and gravel, the grime and mud sticking to … Continue reading WY: NOLS
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