By Alumna Sophie Lyle, Blue Ridge Backpacking and Rock Climbing, 2015 Hanging off a rock face was the last place I imagined myself being the summer of 2015. I was chosen by my high school, Bethesda-Chevy Chase, to participate in... READ MORE

By Alumnus Henry Cox, American Explorers Program Hello, I’m Henry Cox, a sophomore at Charles R Drew Charter School, and I spent two weeks in the summer of 2015 backpacking with Outward Bound in North Carolina. I came to Outward Bound through... READ MORE

By Alumna Kate Mosher, Instructor Development Course I was lost. I was no longer a child but I felt awkward in my new found adult-self. I felt uncertain of what my next steps in life should be and wanted some... READ MORE