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After a 4-week backpacking trip (via NOLS), you're given the opportunity to write a letter to yourself that they would send to you in the future (can't remember
by doakes 3y ago
After a 4-week backpacking trip (via NOLS), you're given the opportunity to write a letter to yourself that they would send to you in the future (can't remember how long, maybe a year). After 4 weeks of living out of a backpack in the Alaskan mountains, your perspective changes. They knew this and wanted you to give yourself a reminder of that perspective after it has faded back to the complexities of normal life. You really develop a different, and imo healthier, mindset about life.
- tomcar288 3y agoi can relate to this. sometimes coming across new philosophies can change your life's priorties and values quite a bit: for instancing learning about taoism.
- class3shock 3y agoUnrelated but how did you like the experience? I've been thinking about trying to carve some significant time out for myself to do something outside of work like a NOLS trip, hike the Appalachian Trail, etc.
- xur17 3y agoCurious about this as well. And this might be a dumb question, but the NOLS trips have age ranges, with the top group being 23 and older. Do NOLS trips lean younger / would someone in their 30s feel out of place?
- doakes 3y agoIt was a great experience. You learn a lot. You manage stressful situations, whether that's a disagreement about a travel route or food -- food stress becomes real. To your point, my age group was probably 16-23 and things did become a little cliquey at first. But at some point or another everyone will have to rely on someone else and your age doesn't matter at all. Someone in my group had previously done an Outward Bound expedition and compared the NOLS experience to be much more adult-friendly.