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Summer 2008 • Vol. 23 • No.3 E H T Le ader For Alumni of the National Outdoor Leadership School T h T e h H e i E g x p h e d S i i t d i o e n o B f e T h B Y M i h A J n K A e d B U R H A H V R D T o , e N O r L r S t G i n R A c D a • A o R l T I C f L E E O N A t P A h G E f i 1 0 r o p i c i a a Project Laundry List with NOLS Instructor Jeff Louden Fits In Ecuador with WMI and 6 NOLS Grad Alexander Lee 9 One Year into One Trashcan 15 Landmark Learning National Outdoor Leadership School 284 Lincoln Street NONPROFIT ORG. Lander, WY 82520-2848 PAID www.nols.edu • (800) 710-NOLS PERMIT NO. 81 JACKSON, WY THE LEADER IN WILDERNESS EDUCATION E H 2 T Le ader MESSAG E FRO M TH E DIRECTOR Jared is one of many interns who has dedicated energy and spirit to our mission and students while learning more about outdoor education and NOLS. Interns serve our mission in marketing, admissions, alumni, and public policy and at our bases around the world. Many of n e s them have gone on to staff positions around the school. n e t s i As I write this address, I am preparing for our sum - r h C d mer Board of Trustees meeting at NOLS Pacific North - a E r B H west. Our 18-member Board volunteers considerable T Le ader We are one of the best employers in the country because time, energy, and ideas to further the NOLS mission. we have the best employees in the country. After six years on the board, this will be the last meet - Joanne Kuntz Editor ummer at NOLS carries with it a unique and ing for Joe Allen, Greg Avis, and Carolyn Rohlen. All Sdynamic energy. Students are arriving from around three have spent considerable time in the wilderness Julie Cornia the world, filled with anticipation, wonder, enthusiasm, with NOLS and all of them also have children that are Graphic Designer and a measure of apprehension. Significant early season NOLS graduates. We thank them for their committed Rich Brame snow levels in the Wind River Mountains have probably volunteer service and look forward to their ongoing role Alumni Relations Manager caused many students arriving at NOLS Rocky in the NOLS family. Meredith Haas Mountain to wonder what is in store for them as they The final key ingredient in pulling off our sum - Editorial Assistant stare at the snow covered peaks enroute from the airport. mer is our dedicated staff. While many of our staff work As early summer shifts toward the start of July, the year- round at NOLS, the summer brings an added in - John Gans fusion of staff that help us meet demands during our peak NOLS Executive Director mix of energy at NOLS becomes even more eclectic as these new students mingle with students returning from season. Some of these staff are classroom educators dur - The Leader is a newsletter for alumni of the the mountains, exuding enthusiasm, confidence, and ing the remainder of the year, others work in the ski in - National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), spunk. While educational programs at NOLS are now dustry, and others may be students themselves during a nonprofit school focusing on wilderness offered year-round, the summer season is still the the remainder of the year. The return of old friends skills, leadership, and environmental ethics. busiest and will always hold a special spot in my heart. added to our core staff always brings a reunion spirit to Published three times a year, each issue is Offering quality educational programs in remote the summer season. Research continues to show that mailed to approximately 50,000 NOLS wilderness areas around the world demands a complex our f aculty and staff are the most powerful factor influ - alumni and an additional 10,000 prospective web of logistics, curriculum, and equipment. Essential encing the phenomenal outcomes of a NOLS educa - students. NOLS graduates living in the U.S. to making it all happen is a phenomenal and dedicated tion. Our curriculum, wilderness classrooms, and fellow receive a free subscription to The Leader for life. group of staff, volunteers, interns, and support people. students are also influential factors, but nothing comes The Leader accepts paid advertising, and Long before our students arrive for a course, they close to the influence of our staff. welcomes article submissions and comments. You will notice a sidebar in this Leader on NOLS Please address all correspondence to the Editor have often first heard about NOLS from you, our dedi - being selected by Outside magazine as one of the best at [email protected], or (307) 332-8800. Di - cated alumni. I can’t thank you enough for spreading the employers in the country. While we are pleased with rect address changes to the Alumni office at word about the NOLS mission. Not only is your word of this recognition, we also recognize that it is a bit of a [email protected], or (800) 332-4280. For the mouth work very efficient, but it also paints an accurate chicken/egg situation. Namely, we are one of the best most up-to-date information on NOLS, visit picture of what arriving students can expect on their employers in the country because we have the best www.nols.edu or e-mail [email protected]. courses. Our summer, which is fully enrolled, was well employees in the country. The Leader is printed locally on newsprint on its way to full in March, thanks to the effort of all of with a minimum 40% post-consumer-waste you. We are also pleased to see significant growth this Thanks to our staff, volunteers, and interns we are recycled content. A paperless version is also summer of second and third generation NOLS students. ready and enthused for the summer. I wish you a great available online at www.nols.edu/alumni/leader. A second key group for implementing successful season filled with outdoor adventures. We are committed to continually exploring summer seasons are the many interns that work around environmentally-friendly production methods. the school. In this issue you will find a feature titled “A Day in the Life of a NOLS Intern” by Jared Pangretic. John Gans, NOLS Executive Director WHO’ S THIS? TABL E OF CONTENTS FEATURES Adversity in Kenya: Checking in on NOLS Friends and Family . 3 Hanging Out To Dry : Saving Energy With Your Laundry . 6 The High Side of The Horn of Africa : The Expedition Behind Vertical Ethiopia . 10 A Day in the Life of a NOLS Intern: Making a Lifestyle Choice . 12 DEPARTMENTS WILD SIDE OF MEDICINE : Hands-only CPR . 4 ISSUE ROOM : NOLS Classrooms in the Face of Climate Change . 5 Q&A: Lindsay Nohl, NOLS Annual Fund Manager . 8 ALUMNI PROFILE : One Year in One Trashcan: A Commitment to the Environment . 9 BOOK REVIEW : Vertical Ethiopia: Climbing Toward Possibility in the Horn of Africa . 12 RECIPE BOX : Fresh Trout WIZNUT . 14 GEAR ROOM : The Whats and Whys of Food Dehydrators . 14 Recognize these two instructors? The first 10 peo - FIELD NOTES : WMI and Landmark Learning in Ecuador with the Relief Medic Program . 15 ple to figure it out will receive a free NOLS t-shirt. JABBERWOCKY . 16 Call the Alumni Office at (800) 332-4280. ALUMNI HAPPENINGS . 18 Last issue’s answer to “Who’s This?” is Lynne BRANCH NOTES . 19 Wolfe. Lynne started instructing with NOLS in 1985 BOOK REVIEW : Guidebooks by NOLS Grads . 19 and has worked over 320 weeks in the field. BELAY OFF : Coming Full Circle: Passing on the Gift of Wilderness . 20 SUMMER 2008 3 Adversity in kenya checking in on NOLs friends and family BY MEREDITH HAAS, NOLS EDITORIAL ASSISTANT hile Kenya has a reputation for stability amidst Luyah, and other smaller tribes, and supporters of impacted the region, especially for those who work for Wits turbulent neighbors—Somalia, Sudan, and the ruling Party of National Unity, who are mainly local outfitters, KG says that tourism security is good Uganda, who have endured years of civil unrest—it Kikuyu. “For much of Kenya’s history, many felt that and shouldn’t deter potential visitors. recently grabbed the world’s attention after the presi - the Kikuyu benefited more politically and economically Lastly, Kafuna indicates that Batian’s View saw a dential elections on December 27, 2007, when charges of than other groups,” said Roberts. decline in student numbers. “We were not directly vote rigging led to a sudden rise in violence. More than International pressure for resolution resulted in a affected here at Batian’s View, except for the loss of 1,000 Kenyans were killed and hundreds of thousands power sharing agreement that both parties signed in business since most of our programs involve school were driven from their homes. In light of this political February 2008. The formulation of a new coalition groups,” he said. “The school calendar was completely turmoil and regional unrest, many NOLS East Africa government is hoped to help ease tribal disputes. disrupted and so we had a lot of cancellations. We alumni have asked about the NOLS community still Goodwin says it has already calmed many of the prob - have certainly gone through a very traumatic period connected with that area.