NOLS Featured on NPR

Why would a 20-something give up iPods, alcohol, a soft bed — all the things that young people supposedly hold dear — and sleep on the ground for 2 1/2 months?

Ask any NOLS grad, and you'll get their own unique response to that question. Folks listening to National Public Radio this weekend, however, got some of the answers on the show Weekend Edition. NPR's Larry Abramson recently spent some time on the river section of a Summer Semester in the Rockies, floating down Lodore Canyon in Western Colorado. He interviewed students and instructors about the challenges and rewards of being a part of a NOLS course.

Tune in to hear the story, "Learning to Lead From the Seat of a Kayak." The story features the sounds and feelings of being in the field--and it's a great way to learn what NOLS is all about!