11 Personal Habits Learned on a Wilderness Expedition

I just returned from a seven-day NOLS Executive Leadership Expedition into the Wind River Range of Wyoming with 10 other professionals and 3 instructors.  The actual and metaphorical leadership journey we took together, as described by one of our instructors, Rick Rochelle, was an intense experience on both a physical and mental level. It was also incredibly fun!

I’m in the process of putting my thoughts and observations down into a longer piece. In the meantime, here's a short essay entitled Briefing for Entry into a More Harsh Environment, which was written by a former NOLS instructor named Morgan Hite, that does an excellent job of distilling "the essence of adventure education into 11 points students could take home with them" from the wilderness:

http://www.hesperus-wild.org/writing/essays/briefing.htm

1. Organization

2. Thoroughness

3. Preparedness

4. Take care of yourself

5. Stay in touch with the basics

6. Keep taking risks with people

7. Remember you can let go

8. Persevere at difficult things

9. Continue to learn

10. Take care of things

11. Live simply