Essays on NOLS (the
National Outdoor Leadership School)
These essays were the
product of tension between my vision of what NOLS should
be, and the direction the school was actually headed in
the years I worked there.
They may be of interest
to people who work for NOLS, or think they might want
to, and people who have taken or are considering taking
a NOLS course.
What The
Traveller Saw January
1998
Behind the
official description is the real world of NOLS [11,000 words]
An
Industry In The Wilderness December
1997
An inspired
outdoor community wrecks on the reef of a
corporate model. [6200 words]
30 Days To
Oblivion 1991
How to Course Lead
your first course and live to tell the tale. [1800 words] [background
notes]
Tending the
Gate December
1991
A Study In the Rituals of Admission
To A Community[2300 words] [background notes]
A Modest
Proposal May
1991
The
instructors are outflanked by the administration [1100 words]
What
We're About May
1991
The article that
started it all: NOLS rejected it for the 1991 State
of the School Report [700
words] [background notes]
Marketing
the Sacred Space
October 1990
Can a real
wilderness experience be "marketed?" [1400 words] [background notes]
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