Travel

It can be said that in outdoor education, there is a certain way that embraces complex qualities and values. Let me explain. In the thought process of the late eco-philosopher Sigmund Kvaloy [...]

Fellow outdoor educator Simon Beames recently told me that, when guiding in the Cairngorm Mountains, his students have fun saying, “I’m going over there for a Nan moment.” Obviously, this is an [...]

I am a skier when on a glacier, first and foremost. In the mid-1980s, a twenty-plus day ski tour on Baffin Island’s Penny Ice Cap and its finger-like extensions taught me to love the clean, open [...]

A Case for School Canoe Trips: Rethinking Risk   Bob Henderson   In July 2017, Jeremiah Perry, age 15, died in Algonquin Park by drowning on a Toronto high school canoe trip. As best we [...]

Thoughts and admittedly a bit of a rant  on the Wilderness Superhero “Look-at-Me” Adventure Narrative Bob Henderson   I am a big fan of singer-songwriter Todd Snider’s opening to a song: [...]

I’d known of the “idea” of Irish Monks living/settling in caves in Iceland in the early 800AD era (predating the norse settlement period by about 70 years) for many years. It [...]