…There are few activities that provide a greater explosion of sense and emotions than putting foot in a new land — a foreign place where you have to navigate language, landscape, and culture practically the instant you arrive. Memories of stepping off a plane and heading out of the airport in Kathmandu, Port Au Prince,…

Shoshana loves using the outdoors and wilderness to teach about the environment and opportunities for personal growth and development….

Lilly Ade brings a raft of experience in outdoor and wilderness education to her position as a field instructor for NCOAE….

Gabe Issac’s experience and passion for the outdoors and the environment makes her an ideal NCOAE field instructor….

Rachelle Toth is an NCOAE field instructor who is sincerely interested in connecting first-time and returning students to the outdoors….

…Jessica’s lifelong quest is to make the world laugh and instill her love of the great outdoors in others….

…Garry is one of our EMT instructors using his knowledge from being a North Carolina paramedic and a Level 1 EMS instructor for the state….

…Recently I watched “Heritage,” a short documentary about one of the early professional skateboarders, Steve Caballero. At some point in the viewing, I realized more time was being spent on Steve’s mountain biking skills and passion for motorcross than on his skateboarding career, and I had to wonder why.  If you’ve been a whitewater paddler,…