Hot Drinks - Stories From The Field Podcast
1) James "KG" Kagambi: NOLS - Mt. Everest in Detail
Today our guest is James "KG" Kagambi, Senior NOLS Instructor and the owner of KG Mountain Expeditions. He joined NOLSĀ as a field instructor in 1987. KG has worked many curses types over the years bu...Show More
2) (Rewind) Rachel James: NOLS - Storms from Patagonia to Alaska
Rachel James was born and raised in Palmer, Alaska. She started working at the NOLS Alaska branch at the age of 15, cleaning toilets and landscaping; this was also when she started ice climbing. Rache...Show More
3) Jeff Rose: Outward Bound - Losing A Co-instructor, Losing a Student and Getting Lost
Jeff Rose has worked as an outdoor educator for over two decades, including 19 seasons with Outward Bound. Besides Outward Bound, Jeff has worked for numerous colleges and universities, including the ...Show More
Jeff Rose: Outward Bound - Losing A Co-instructor, Losing a Student and Getting Lost
1:23:28 | Aug 5th, 2022
4) Steve Smith: Outward Bound - Value of a Near Miss
Steve Smith has worked in the outdoor industry for over thirty years, in the field, in the office, in the board room, and in national leadership roles, specializing in program leadership, risk managem...Show More
5) Travis Holmes: NOLS - Alaska Canoe Epic, A Love Story and Crocodile Bites Canoe Paddle
Travis Holmes was born in grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He lived most of his life in Alberta, B.C. and the Yukon; however, for the past 15 years, he has been living in Hobart, Tasmania, Austra...Show More
Travis Holmes: NOLS - Alaska Canoe Epic, A Love Story and Crocodile Bites Canoe Paddle
1:40:02 | Jul 8th, 2022
6) Mike Clelland: NOLS - One Epic Alaska Mountaineering Course!
As a young adult, Mike lived in New York City from 1981 to 1991, working as a freelance illustrator. During that time, he spent one winter season as a ski bum in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in 1986 and cou...Show More
7) Steve Whitney (part 2): NOLS - Instructor Disagreement, Big Falls, and Grizzly Bears
Steve grew up in Maine & New Hampshire and was an outdoor recreation major at Plymouth State College. He completed a NOLS student semester in 1993, and the rest is history. He has been an outdoor educ...Show More
Steve Whitney (part 2): NOLS - Instructor Disagreement, Big Falls, and Grizzly Bears
1:45:29 | Jun 10th, 2022
8) Steve Whitney (part 1): Cameron Diaz Comes to NOLS and Other Wild Stories
Steve grew up in Maine & New Hampshire and was an outdoor recreation major at Plymouth State College. He completed a NOLS student semester in 1993, and the rest is history. He has been an outdoor educ...Show More
Steve Whitney (part 1): Cameron Diaz Comes to NOLS and Other Wild Stories
1:11:50 | May 27th, 2022
9) Andrew Cusack (with David Perry): NOLS - $30,000 Blister in the Yukon
Andrew Cusack was born and raised in Sudbury, ON, and studied Outdoor Recreation and Natural Science at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, ON. He spent more than ten years working in outdoor educatio...Show More
10) Megan McGinty: Outward Bound, NOLS - Students Engulfed In A Forest Fire
Megan is currently living in Fairbanks, Alaska, on the lands of the Upper Tanana people, finishing up a Post Doctorate contract with the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Megan has had an extensive care...Show More