Out of Office

After a few days away from civilization, everyone starts to change. Values change. The veneer, the bluffing, artificiality, and crutch of family wealth or prestige are no longer valid in a natural environment of camping. Suddenly people must make their place in a new society based on what they can actually do and what they really are. Good expedition behavior is an awareness of the relationship of individual to individual, individual to the group, group to the individual. It is this awareness, plus the motivation, character and the concern for others in every respect as for oneself.

-Paul Petzoldt, NOLS Founder