Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better. Bill Bradley Outdoor leaders have a number of soft skills and hard skills. Soft skills include good communication, decision making, delegation and mentoring. Hard skills consist of climbing, backpacking, setting up belay systems, providing wilderness medical care, and being certified (e.g. WFR). On our Outdoor Leader Semester, students […]
The Leadership Semester students spent last week in Panama getting scuba certified and exploring the depths of the Caribbean Ocean. When they weren’t studying for their scuba certifications, the group took turns wake boarding and also spent a day sailing on catamaran. The Leadership students are switching gears and heading out to raft the rivers […]
The Leadership Semester students spent last week getting TRRO (Technical Rope Rescue: Operations Level) certified. Throughout this training they learned about several different knots you can make with ropes, and how to create anchors with those knots. They also learned how to use several different ropes and knots to create rope systems that will effectively rescue […]
The Leadership and Tropical Challenge groups are back from their trip to Bocas del Toro, Panama where they were all working on their Scuba certification. Take a look at some of their pictures below! With the groups now separated again, the Tropical Challenge folks are doing some climbing and service projects, and the Leadership […]