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Outdoor Lingo

On Belay — Climbing Terminology and Slang

…Did you hear the one about Rock and Ice magazine merging with Climbing magazine? It’s not a joke. That news was announced just today (Oct. 9, 2020), and it conveniently coincides with the next post in our series on outdoor industry lingo. With the assistance of The National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education’s (NCOAE)…

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Backcountry Prep

Tales Told Around the Campfire Highlight a Backcountry Adventure

…Crack, pop, pop, hiss. The campfire audibly confirms its presence as a contented audience sits around the pit, absently staring into the infinite colors created by the dancing flames. When fire restrictions aren’t in place, campfires have always been a centerpiece for backcountry gatherings; a time and place where learning, cooking, impromptu singing, occasional horseplay…

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Backcountry Prep

DIY Part 2: Emergency Water Filtration System

…We’ve all seen those old Western movies where the hero is crawling on the desert floor with an empty canteen and a parched throat. None of us want to experience that torture. It’s bad enough watching the bad acting. Same goes for heading to the backcountry for a weeklong wilderness experience. Nobody wants to be…

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Adult Courses

The Women’s Wilderness Initiative Places the Emphasis on Unwind

Here at the National Center for Outdoor and Adventure Education (NCOAE), we’re especially proud of our Women’s Wilderness Initiative, which enables women of nearly all ages to ditch the spouse, the kids, the job and the college coursework for a full seven days and — instead of all that — focus on themselves. Notice we…

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Training & Certifications

A More Convenient Way To Receive Wilderness First Responder Training

…It’s a well-known fact that one outdoor education industry standard for trip leaders, wilderness guides and backcountry educators who work on multi-day expeditions, is that you have to have a current and up-to-date Wilderness First Responder (WFR) training. How you satisfy that requirement is up to you. Traditionally, the only way to earn the WFR…

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About NCOAE

The National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education Goes to Nepal

…Months of planning and organizing have brought success! We recently completed our first program abroad — an expedition to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal with a group of South Korean high school teens. South Korea-based Apex Global Leadership Center (AGLC) joined with us for this adventure-based spring break program that emphasized leadership education. Traveling in the…

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Wilderness Cooking

Stay Sharp In The Offseason By Following the Way of the Farmer

…“Did you ever consider thinking like farmers think,” asked my wife, Christine, over breakfast the other morning. And by “you,” she meant guides, outdoor/adventure educators and those folks who love to explore the outdoors. I answered her question with a shoulder shrug and a grunt, which meant I didn’t understand the query. So Christine patiently…

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Outdoor Adventures from the Couch — Summer 2016 Movie Recommendations

…Here at The National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education, we go to great lengths to guide our students through a variety of wilderness settings for education and instruction in all things that are adventurous and fun in the outdoors. But occasionally it’s nice to kick off one’s hiking boots, pull your feet up on…

Wilderness

Let’s Start a Conversation About Land Use Management

…More and more individuals, families and outdoor organizations are going to great lengths to enjoy wilderness experiences in our national forests, but with this exploding trend, how are we addressing the impact on natural resources? What does the future hold for outdoor recreation areas and natural setting outdoor classrooms? As professional members of the outdoor…

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Wilderness Cooking

The Pan That Started A Backcountry Cooking Revolution

…They say man only needs two tools in life: WD-40 to make things go, and duct tape to make things stop. To that short list, we’d like to add the Banks Fry-Bake Pan — a truly lightweight frying pan that’s perfect for cooking — and baking — in the backcounry. Fact is we take at least one…

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Backcountry Prep

Assessing Seasonal Gear Leads to a Trip Down Memory Lane

…Spring has sprung and it’s the beginning of another fine season of outdoor adventure, which means it’s time to start unpacking, inspecting, cleaning up and then repacking your gear. As you start pulling out the dusty Tupperware containers crammed with camping gear you’ve had since your first journey beyond the pavement, take some time to…

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Outdoor Educator Training

Look Up! And Meet Your Feathered Friends (Part 2 of 3)

…One of the best parts of an outdoor educator instructor course is when the group of participants comes together — either spontaneously throughout the day, or at the end of a solid day of training — and we all benefit from the unorganized sharing of one’s individual talents and skills. These experiential-based skill-sharing sessions —…

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Outdoor Educator Training

The Three “E”s of Breaking into Outdoor Education

…For those interested in a career as an outdoor experiential educator, The National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education wants to help you get onboard that particular ship. But as the late comedian Jonathan Winters suggested when he famously quipped “If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it,” that vessel isn’t necessarily going…

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NCOAE Recommends

Give the Gift of Adventure This Holiday Season

…This, indeed, is the time of year when most of us are spending way too much focus seeking the perfect gift for a loved one. In a mountain climbing analogy, the experience can be compared to ascending a 20,000-foot peak without oxygen. Good luck making a sound decision under those conditions. But if we were…

6 reasons to give the gift of adventure holiday season.

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Adventure is Rx for Staying Sane and Serene During the Winter Months

…Happiness is an inside job. And on the flip side of that coin, depression — a mood disorder — is a condition that also primarily originates from inside our minds. Happiness is an action word. It requires a decision. And happiness does not have to wait. Take the winter months, for example. If you are…

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Experiential Education

Finding Adventure in Education That’s Taught Online

…So, here we all sit, settling into another sequential week of sequestered sheltering and supreme seclusion, many of us working from home and many of us not. As a certified teacher with a license in EC, ESL, AIG and Classroom Education, and as a member of The National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education’s (NCOAE)…

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Using Collective Impact to Forge a Path Forward with Coronavirus

…Because of the situation with COVID-19, we’ve been thinking a lot lately about the path forward for outdoor and adventure-based programs like the ones we offer here at The National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education (NCOAE). Specifically, how do we operate in a day and age where physical distancing is either required or strongly recommended?…

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Backcountry Prep

How and Why to Remove Junk Food from Your Backpack

…“What’s fructose? What’s GMO? What do these words mean? These are some of the questions my 9-year-old daughter asked me last June as the family shopped for good snacks for a backpacking trip. By July, my daughter had vowed to stop eating food with “junk” in it. And to date, she has kept her word….

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Wilderness Medicine Training

Concussion Recognition and Treatment in the Backcountry

…Concussion recognition and treatment has gotten a lot of attention over the last decade, mostly in the context of youth and professional sports such as tackle football and soccer. It’s even a topic for those who serve in our armed forces. However, confusion over its prevention, diagnosis, and treatment remains widespread.  In an interview with…

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