Do an Outward Bound Wilderness course

outward bound. i dont even want to talk about it.
lets just say its over
they took my money
we are done

I’m 17 and I completed a 15 day white water rafting/rock climbing course in the summer of ‘06. I can easily say that it was the single most important/exciting/difficult two weeks of my life, but i would not trade my experiance for the world.

my advice for anyone interested would be to pick a trip 15 days or longer. the time flys by.

feel free to ask any questions.

I want to do a program so badly! The only catch is the expense. The program I’m interested in for this spring is $1200, & I’m guessing that does not include airfare. Does anyone know anything about their scholarship programs?
Otherwise I spose I’ll just apply for a credit card with a high limit, and pay little by little to get to go.

Harsh but one of the most awesome experiences of my life (and I’ve had a lot of awesome experiences). 21 days of challenges, physical, mental, emotional. JUST BRILLIANT. Everybody should do it.

& in NZ if you can, cause it’s arguably one of the most stunning places in the world to do this.

In fact, I am so inspired by thinking about it that I’m going to do it again… (well this time it’s the 21-day masters).

I just signed up to do it again when I go back to New Zealand. It is a gorgeous place to do it. How exciting.

No idea how I’m paying for it: But that will be fine. I’m making a stand for it happening. So it will.

so im probably going to do a 22 day course this summer.. i am really excited. i think it will teach a lot, and put things in perspective. yeeyeeee

i’ve been involved with outward bound for as long as i can remember, but i haven’t been on a course yet. ideally i’d love to go to colorado to do a course… or maine.

oh, and FYI: hurricane island doesn’t exist anymore. there’s been restructuring of the organization and those courses are under OB wilderness.

I did one in Lesotho MANY years ago. Worth every second.

My bil and sil were Outward Bound instructors and I’ve always wanted to take a course at Hurricane Island. Someday…

3 weeks north carolina, 14 years old.

It was a crazy experience. 3 weeks without a shower. It had mostly downs, but I learned a lot from it. It was definately tough but worth it.

In my public speaking class we had to create a speech on some adventure in our life. I remember one woman’s speech was about her experience at an outward bound wilderness camp and how it changed her life around.

I want to do this because I want to prove that I’m not just a helpless materialistc yuppish girly-girl of the overwhelmingly modern world I’m always stereotyped as.

I want to also change my life around I hate being the ‘girly girl’ who will ‘break a nail, split her ends and wrinkly her skirt’ ARGHHH!

I’m a lot stronger than everyone gives me credit for.