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Los Altos Town Crier | Los Altos High student hikes Yosemite, learns leadership

Posted by Rachel Benditt
Posted Date : Aug 18, 2010

After a week of hiking through the wilderness with a 40-pound backpack, Los Altos High School senior Erika Leigh Roy celebrated at the top of Burro Pass with a dance and a snowball fight.

One of 12 young women who participated in NatureBridge’s Armstrong Scholars Program, Roy returned Friday from a 75-mile journey of discovery through the Sierra Nevada backcountry.

Read the full story on losaltosonline.com »

Vallejo Times-Herald | American Canyon teen working at summer camp, learning lessons in the great outdoors

Posted by Headlands Institute
Posted Date : Aug 8, 2010

On a foggy day in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Coastal Camp counselor Virginia Delgado recently told her campers to keep an eye out for rare gemstones buried in the sand.

"If you find a carnelian stone, make a wish and put it back," the 19-year-old American Canyon resident told the campers.

Read the full story on timesheraldonline.com »

Olympic Park Institute Board Member Erik Lindbergh on Seattle Voices!

Posted by Adrian Shulock
Posted Date : Aug 2, 2010

Erik Lindbergh, a board member for Olympic Park Institute, is interviewed on Seattle Voices. Learn about the LEAP program he's running to inspire a technological breakthrough in electric powered flight, how intrinsic feedback led him to become a pilot and flight instructor and how he just has to make sawdust!  You can watch the Seattle Voices episode by following this link: http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=3121032

'Moose' in Yosemite

Posted by Yosemite Institute
Posted Date : Jul 12, 2010

Yosemite Institute associate director Moose Mutlow talks about Yosemite Institute and the transformative effects of outdoor education with the Merced Sun Star.

read the full story at mercedsunstar.com »

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