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• The Wilderness Adventures Office Staff Takes a Load Off!
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• Wilderness Adventures Last Best Places
• The Importance Of Nature
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• Determining The Best Adventure Camp For Your Teen
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• Farewell To Paradise
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• ‘Sail’-in Down the Klamath River
• What an incredible journey this has been!
• Our Final Week in Thailand
• Coming to the End of Our Costa Rica Adventure
• Hello from Telluride!
• Backpacking the Bearthooth Wilderness
• The End of Our Adventure
• Kayaking in Prince William Sound and Rafting the Lion’s Head
• Hello Family and Friends of Ecuador Galapagos!
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• From Backpacking to Glacier Trekking
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• Sea Kayaking the San Juan Islands
• Greetings from Yellowstone National Park!
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• Hola a todos!
• Adventuring in Costa Rica
• “Doin it Right” in the Trinity Alps
• Backpacking California’s Lost Coast
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• Sea Kayaking Chichagof Island
• Our First Week in Paradise: ALOHA!
• Our First Week in the Dominican
• Taveuni Adventures
• Denali National and State Parks
• Washington’s Olympic Beaches
• Hola y buenos dias from beautiful Costa Rica!
• Oregon’s Three Sisters Wilderness
• Exploring the Teton Wilderness on Horse Back
• Greetings from Wyoming!
• Experiencing All That Chiang Mai Has To Offer
• Yellowstone’s Lakes
• The Final Pushes!
• It’s hard to believe our time together is almost at an end!
• Hola from Peru!
• Backpacking and Rock Climbing the Wind River Range
• Exploring Yellowstone and the Bearthooths
• Officially Half Way!
• Explorer’s on the Move
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• Yellowstone Wilderness Checking In!
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• The Spanish Peaks
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• Hello from Moab!
• Backpacking in the Anaconda Pintler Wilderness
• Sea Kayaking Yellowstone’s Lakes
• Backpacking the Gros Ventre Wilderness
• Exploring the Tetons and Sea Kayaking on Yellowstone Lake
• Biking Through Nova Scotia
• SCUBA Diving and Chiang Mai Exploration
• Sailing the Windy Seas
• Our Last Days in the Dominican
• Our Yellowstone Exploration Has Begun
• Backpacking and Rafting in Canada
• Sea Kayaking Prince William Sound
• Wet and Wild in the Blue Ridge
• Sea Kayaking the San Juan Islands
• Canoeing Ross Lake
• What a week it’s been!
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• Packing Right Along
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• Rafting the American and Exploration through Yosemite
• Greetings from Belize!
• Off to Carros de Foc!
• Costa Rica Service Style
• River Rafting and Beach Backpacking
• Greetings from sunny Nangyuan Island!
• Exploring Whistler
• Greetings from Jackson Hole and Happy Fourth of July!
• Our Adventure in Montana is Underway
• Horsepacking in the Teton Wilderness
• Sailing Fiji’s Islands
• Hello from Yellowstone National Park!
• Biking Through Canada
• Sea Kayaking Washington’s San Juan Islands
• Backpacking the Trinity Alps
• Greetings from Moab!
• Exploring Kenya
• Yellowstone Adventures
• Exploring and Adventures
• Querido Familia y Amigos!
• Grand Teton First Backpack Complete!
• Alaska Kayak
• Hello from Moab!
• First Week In Costa Rica
• Our First Week In Paradise
• Kayaking Chichagof Island
• Volunteering in the Tetons
• South for the Winter!
• Exploring the Olympic Peninsula
• Greetings from Yellowstone National Park!
• From the Mountains to the Beaches
• Exploring the Tetons and Yellowstone by Foot, Kayak, Raft, and Zipline!
• Hola from Costa Rica
• Oregon Adventure Under Way
• Greetings From Sunny Hawaii!!
• Don’t Tell Me Ride or I’ll Telluride
• Exploring the Wonders of Yellowstone
• Hello Family and Friends of Costa Rica Belize!
• Hola de Espana!
• Hanging Ten In Half Moon Bay
• Wilderness Ventures Staff Member Maddy Salzman delivers TED Talk on the “New Environmentalism.”
• Selecting Your Adventure
• Taste for Adventure
• Assertiveness in the wilderness and the workforce.
• Fun, Nature, Skills and Friendship
• Dive Into Adventure
• Connect Coast to Coast and Paris to Rome with Crossroads Bicycle Tours
• Learn Languages and Connect Cultures on a Grand Earth Adventure
• Thailand Elephant Service
• Enter Africa
• Crossroads Bicycle Tours Catalog is in the mail.
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• Winter Presentations off to a great start!
• Valuable Tuition Credit Prizes for Slideshow Attendees
• 2013 Presentation Schedule
• Great Divide Mountain Bike
• Wilderness Ventures in Your Area
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• Outspoken Young Women in Leadership
• 2012 Wilderness Ventures Summer Photo Contest
• Bringing Language Learning to Life
• Welcome to 2013 from Mike and Helen Cottingham
• Summit Shots and Ascension Opportunities from Wilderness Ventures
• Wilderness Ventures Welcomes New Office Members
• 2013 Wilderness Ventures Trip Schedule
• Science Learning on WV Adventures
• Bike Week in Jackson Hole
• National Parks – America’s Greatest Idea
• The Way of the Whisperlight: An Evolution in Camp Cooking
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• Boot Selection
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• Marine Biology Camps
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• Pictographs of the American Southwest
• Machu Picchu, Cuzco and the Sacred Valley of the Incas
• Experience a world away while staying close to home on any of these adventures out East.
• A Brief History of the Road Bike
• Fly Fishing Camps for Teens by Wilderness Ventures in partnership with WorldCast Anglers
• Be A Part Of History This Summer With WV and RMI
• Multiday Rafting Adventures With Wilderness Ventures
• Earn Your Wilderness First Aid Certification In Alaska
• Food, Fun, and Friendships
• Wilderness Ventures Leadership: Mike and Helen Cottingham-Founders, Directors, Educators
• Learn or Improve Your Spanish
• Wilderness Ventures: 40 Years of Magical Teen Adventures
• 2012 Catalog Is On The Way
• Want to Work for Wilderness Ventures?
• Year 40 Begins at Wilderness Ventures!
• Student Service Adventures
• A case for binging kids outside in today’s Jackson Hole Daily
• Family Adventure Opportunities
• Memories from our British Columbia Adventure
• Grand Teton National Park Opens to Bicyclists
• Our Yellowstone
• Spaces Remain on Select Trips in the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Northwest
• River Discovery
• This Summer: Enjoy the Magic of Climbing a Snowcapped Volcano
• Thank you for giving me the knowledge of Majesty
• Our Alaska
• Local Presentations This Weekend: 1/29 – 1/31
• Explore the West on Two Wheels
• Winter Slideshows off to a Great Start
• Inspiring Words from WV Student Kyler Roush
• Attention WV Alumni: Attend one of our local presentations to receive a free WV hoodie and a chance to win an iPad
• Sea Kayaking Memories From This Past Summer’s Alaska College Leadership Program
• 2011 Teen Bicycle Adventures Announced
• Catalog is on its way!
• Academics and Adventure
• Warm Memories
• Teen Adventure Camps: The Wilderness Ventures Difference
• Slideshow Preperations Underway
• 2010 Photo Contest Winners Announced
• Pacific Northwest Explorers
• An Early Congratulations To All Our Soon-To-Be Graduates!
• Climb the Grand Teton with Wilderness Ventures
• Teen Adventure Camps Celebrate Earth Day and National Parks Week
• Unbreakable: Avoid Injuries with this Bone Strengthening Advice
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• Teen Adventure Camps
• Reflections from the American Alpine Institute on the Joys of Working with Young People
• Welcome To The New WildernessVentures.com
• This summer, take an unbelievable opportunity to explore the sights and locations of the 2010 Olympic Games.
• Visit Vancouver, Whistler and the Site of the 2010 Olympics
• America’s Cup Sets Sail — and so can you.
• Thoughts from WV Leaders
• The Haute Route
• The Community Organizer
• Slideshows Off To A Great Start
• Yosemite National Park Adventures
• Adventure As A Gift
• Colorado Launches Teen Mountain Biking League
• The Role of Trees in Global Warming
• Opening Day in Jackson Hole
• Wilderness Adventures in Craters of the Moon National Monument
• Opening the door for pre-teens to enter the out of doors.
• Get Ready for the Best Summer of Your Life!
• Wilderness Ventures Announces 2010 Teen Wilderness Adventures
• Wilderness Adventures Plans Slideshow Presentations
• Photo Contest Winners Announced
• Wilderness Ventures Reef Teachers
• Wilderness Ventures Concludes Our 37th Summer
• Solar Power installed in Climbers Ranch
• WV Office Staff Racks Up Miles Cycling to Work
• Wilderness Adventurers Helping Out in Coasta Rica
• Youngest Wilderness Adventurers Bicycle Jackson Hole
• Wilderness Adventures In California
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• Teens Learn Valuable Life Lessons In America’s National Parks With Wilderness Ventures
• WV Staff Member featured in this month’s issue of Bicycling Magazine
• Earth Day
• Wilderness Ventures Offers Service Programs to Teens in Costa Rica’s Savegre Valley
• Let Us Plan Your Vacation For You
• Wilderness Ventures Offers Leadership Adventures, International Adventures, and Leadership Expeditions for Teenagers
• Spring is here. Summer is on its way.
• Surf, Sail, Swim, Snorkel or SCUBA dive this summer in the most inspirational settings on the planet.
• Memories for Wilderness Ventures Staff and Student Alumni, Will Lillard
• Sunrise in Teton County
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• Warm Days Ahead
• Great Trips For Alumni
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