Adventure Education

"It's this simple: If I never try anything, I never learn anything. If I never take a risk, I stay where I am. If I go ahead and do it, that affects how much I continue wanting to do it. When I hold myself back, I trade appearances for the opportunity to find out what I am like."-Hugh Prather

Adventure Education is about expanding one's understanding through the use of physically and mentally demanding outdoor pursuits. Learning to climb, paddle a canoe or set up a tent are all secondary outcomes to adventure education's true goal, the discovery of self.

The team at Learn Outdoors knows first hand the power in this approach to education. Why? Because we are all a product of experiential, adventure experiences that have impacted us in life changing ways. Through adventure activities, we've experienced real success. Through our failures we've been subjected to gravity of life's natural consequences. By confronting challenging situations and weathering factors beyond our control, we've realized that our own judgment, self reliance and determination are the basic tools needed to succeed in life. The objective of adventure education is simple. The weather, the rivers, the deserts, the mountains, and the oceans are our most valuable teachers and the greatest learning is about ourselves.

Learn Outdoors strives to design adventure experiences that promote a true recognition of one's own abilities and limitations. We custom design each program to meet the specific needs, abilities and comfort levels of our students. A course with Learn Outdoors will challenge learners to examine what they are truly made of and encourage all students to continue to seek out greatness on their journey through life.