Discovering My—Slightly Strange—New Normal on a NOLS Gap Year
Tricia shares her story of a gap year filled with glacier walks, ABBA songs, and Kiwi slang on a Semester in New Zealand.
Tricia shares her story of a gap year filled with glacier walks, ABBA songs, and Kiwi slang on a Semester in New Zealand.
Carolyn Highland reflects on one of her favorite days ever—ascending an unnamed peak with a student-only team on her NOLS semester—and its lasting ...
Carolyn shares the letter she wrote to herself on a one-night solo near the end of her Semester in New Zealand.
NOLS grad Carolyn Highland reflects on how learning tolerance for adversity on an outdoor semester in New Zealand translates to challenges at home.
It was four in the morning, it was sideways sleeting, and the tent pole cup was broken. I stood huddled in my rain gear, aiming my headlamp down at my tentmate and my instructor, who were lying sideways on the icy snow, trying to speedy-stitch the stirrup back to the tent body before they lost all dexterity in their hands.
It was four in the morning and I was supposed to be snuggled up in my sleeping bag inside the tent, but instead I was outside getting pelted with rain on the side of a snowy mountain, the blackness around me increasing the sense of being in the absolute middle of nowhere.
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Educator Expedition: Kiwi Boot Camp
Carolyn remembers her choice between comfort and wilderness, a life of what's easy and a life of healthy challenges.
NOLS grad Natalie Beittel reflects on why she chose to travel to New Zealand for her study abroad semester with NOLS and what she learned from her ...
Should my child take a gap year? Gain insights from a parent's perspective and get great advice on why a gap year is a powerful learning tool.
Why take a NOLS gap year? NOLS grad Molly Hunt reflects on what she learned during her NOLS gap semester in New Zealand.
Educator Expedition: New Zealand Whitewater
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