OBCR staff have been making the most of their free time in isolation together by brushing up on their outdoor and teambuilding skills. The OBCR base is surrounded by 1600 acres of rainforest reserve, a perfect setting to put their navigation and camp building abilities to the test! Armed with a map of the surrounding […]
$250 Off 2019 Summer Courses for the First 25 People! 1. Mountainsmith Apex 60 Backpack Mountainsmith boast that this backpack will last you ‘from Springer to Katahdin’. According to google maps, this is 447 hours in total with over 1,300 miles of hiking. And if it doesn’t last you this long, they offer you a lifetime warranty on […]
A highlight of our week in the Communications Office is always hearing from alumni from past years. We recently got back in touch with Sara DiBiase, an alumna from a Custom Course with her high school back in February 2009! We asked if she’d be up for a interview, and it was incredible to hear […]
Girl Scouts come from around the United States to join us on various service and adventure-based programs. 7 years ago, Texas native, Hannah Moss, joined us on an Outward Bound Costa Rica (OBCR) Girl Scout Destinations course. She now works as a Nuclear Engineer in Washington state! How cool! We reached out for an interview […]
This Saturday, our first batch of Summer Expedition students were greeted with the exhilaration of the World Cup as the small airport pickup area came alive with Ticos celebrating the unprecedented win of Costa Rica versus Uraguay. Upon arrival to the rainforest base students were welcomed by local instructors Diego and Danny and descended down […]
Here at Outward Bound Costa Rica everyone is buzzing about the Olympics! For this and many other reasons, we were happy to read that New Zealand Olympic competitors Storm Uru and Peter Allan are Outward Bound alumni! Both lightweight male rowers participated in a 2006 rowing course in New Zealand which helped the pair “realise […]
Although we applaud the efforts of Adventure Sports Center International of McHenry, Maryland for creating a man-made river with whitewater rapids for rafting, we much prefer the thrill of rafting on our Costa Rican rivers! We will say though that this seems like a good alternative for folks testing the rafting waters. ‘Tis the season […]