Outward Bound International News Feed

Connecting heart and mind was Genova's legacy of hope

Outward Bound wilderness educator Dave Genova once watched as two groups of teenaged students—one all white, the other all black—passed each other on a trail in the Pisgah National Forest about 15 years ago.

Jim Koch Brews Passion into Sam Adams

The Boston brewer defied the odds in creating the Samuel Adams brand, nurturing the U.S. craft beer industry in the process.

Desert Voices - a talk by Mark Evans

In 2009 Mark Evans and John Smith spent 28 days living and travelling in Oman's "Empty Quarter". On 15th June 2010 Mark will recount tales of the incredible expedition that these two men undertook, the amazing sights that they enjoyed and the challenges that they faced taking a journey in the footsteps of WFUK's late Patron Sir Wilfred Thesiger, in this, the centenary year of Wilfred's birth.

Tauranga Rower Sharpens Focus At Outward Bound

Tauranga resident and top emerging women's rower - Zoe Stevenson - is hoping that a recent 'stint' at Outward Bound will boost her chances of success at the Under 23 World Championships in Belarus in July.

His Highness Sayyid Faisal bin Turki Al Said Becomes Patron Outward Bound Oman

Outward Bound Oman/Tahaddi in the Sultanate of Oman announced yesterday that His Highness Sayyid Faisal bin Turki Al Said, organiser of Oman's first youth summit last year, will serve as their patron.

Women Veterans have free Outward Bound program

American Women Veterans is sponsoring an Outward Bound adventure! This all expenses paid trip is courtesy of Outward Bound USA!

Outward Bound Launches "Generations" Project in U.K.

To celebrate its 70th anniversary next year, educational charity Outward Bound has launched its ‘Generations’ project, a campaign designed to elicit memories of youthful derring-do from the estimated one million people who have participated in its courses over the years.

Outward Bound USA Celebrates 15 Years in Philadelphia

Longstanding community-based center in Pennsylvania turns15.

UK's Uxbridge High School students participate in Outward Bound

53 students and staff members took part in the Adventure and Challenge expedition at the Outward Bound’s Aberdovy Centre in Wales, United Kingdom

Outward Bound Helps Veterans - USA

The OB trips, which take place in remote locations across the country, are free of charge to veterans. Funding for the program is donated by the Military Family Outdoor Initiative Project, a joint partnership of The Sierra Club and The Sierra Club Foundation.

USA - Outward Bound Comes to Brooklyn

New York City Outward Bound and students from the Fieldston School explore Brooklyn.

New York City Outward Bound Raises $896,000

Price Waterhouse Coopers helps Outward Bound Bermuda

Tampa Bay Mayor Trains for Outward Bound

HSBC & M&S Money Sponor Outward Bound Program

Outward Bound in UK Searches 1 Million Former Participants

MIT Leaders for Global Operations do Outward Bound in Boston

Outward Bound USA Seeks new President & CEO

Outward Bound New York Receives $400,000 grant for Expeditionary Learning

Outward Bound USA Gulf Coast Service Week

Kilimanjaro Triumph for Outward Bound Oman and Sohar Aluminum

Outward Bound Ecuador launches Semester Program in Galapagos

Win an Outward Bound Course!

Win An Outward Bound Course ZM and Hubbards are excited to give you the chance to change your life!! Hubbards, a New Zealand-base cereal company and radio station ZM 91.0 offer a chance to win an Outward Bound course through 31 July 2010

National Public Radio Reports on Girls "Connecting with Courage" Outward Bound

Outward Bound gift scholarships to young cyclists

Outward Bound New Zealand and Bike NZ offer young athletes opportunity to challenge themselves in the Marlborough Sounds.

Business Productivity Recognition for Outward Bound New Zealand

Outward Bound Sponsors Soldiers to the Summit 2010 Expedition

Outward Bound in the USA has signed on as a sponsor of a team of 12 wounded soldiers who are attempting to climb two Himalayan peaks. The group of men and women will first attempt a challenging snow and ice climb to the summit of Lobuche at 20,075 feet, a spectacular peak at the foot of Mount Everest. Kala Pattar, the second peak on their itinerary, is a moderate, 18,519 foot mountain overlooking Everest base camp. Outward Bound will help train the team at its Leadville, Colorado base camp through its Veterans program. Former President George W. Bush called the group of disabled veteran athletes on 6 August to provide encouragement, as they gathered in Golden, Colorado to begin their training. A member of the support team, Luis Benitez--who achieved his sixth summit of Mt. Everest in 2007--works with Outward Bound's Professional division in Colorado. Benitez also guided blind climber Erik Weihenmayer (also a member of the support team) to his historic 2001 Everest summit, chronicled in the feature film, "Farther Than The Eye Can See." For further information: http://soldierstothesummit.org/the-expedition/ http://www.outwardbound.org/index.cfm/do/cp.veterans

Successful Track Record of Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound Schools

Outward Bound Program for Grieving Teens

Youth Olympic Games hosted by Outward Bound Singapore

Australian Research Demonstrates Strong Impact of Outward Bound on Teens

Hong Kong Broadcast Network Selects Future Managers with Outward Bound

Cricket champions Mashonaland Eagles visit Outward Bound Zimbabwe

Logan Cup champions experience team bonding at Outward Bound.

Friendship beyond words: 17-year-old Angolan visits OB Singapore

Research in South Africa Shows Outward Bound Impact on High Risk Youth

Solo Pleasures of Outward Bound Malaysia

Outward Bound Wilderness First-Aid Handbook: Revised Edition

Havelock Lions Club raising funds to send a student on an Outward Bound New Zealand course

Banker finds key to success in the workplace after an Outward Bound New Zealand course

Outward Bound USA course tests skills of Saratoga Springs police officers

Multi-Cultural Course Sponsored by New Zealand Human Rights Commission

Expeditionary Learning May be the Future for Public Schools

OB Canada Program for Veterans on CBC

Deaf Adventure course announced in New Zealand

New York City OB Launches "Not Waiting for Superman" Campaign

OB New Zealand a finalist in the JRA Best Workplaces Survey 2010.

OB New Zealand won the category award in 2008 and the overall best workplace award in 2007 as well as being a finalist in 2006.

Round the World Cyclist Raise Money for Outward Bound

OB Oman Connecting Cultures receives UNESCO support

Wentworth High School Pupils selected to take Part in OB Ullswater Course

Six Year 11 pupils from Wentworth High School in Eccles were selected by the community regeneration specialist to take part in the five day scheme at the Ullswater Centre in Penrith, Cumbria.

OB Oman Director to receive MBE for Cultural Diversity work

OB UK to Partner in National Service Program for Youth

Outward Bound Twitter Links Worldwide

$100,000 New York Life Grant for Urban Youth to Attend Outward Bound

Senator Udall Proposes Outward Bound Course for His Colleagues

Expeditionary Learning Comes to Syracuse, New York

New York City Outward Bound Names new Board Chair

Myanmar Refugee Children Attend Outward Bound in Malaysia

Broadway Show to Benefit Outward Bound

Outward Bounf Green Course in UK

Community Grant to OB Souh Africa

Outward Boud Canada Heads into the Urban "Wilderness"

Outward Bound Hong Kong helps choose CXO of the Future

Research Shows Outward Bound Impact on Leadership

Positive Outcomes Research for Outward Bound

Outward Bound Oman Celebrates Two Years

Outward Bound Bermuda Offers Summer Programs for Girls and Boys

NYC Outward Bound to Honor New York City Schools Chancellor

Sir Richard Branson to visit Outward Bound New Zealand

Florida Student Trains for Outward Bound

Two students take Outward Bound leap

UK Teens chosen to take part in Outward Bound event

Outward Bound Instructor Completes Seven Summits

Outward Bound New Zealand Celebrates 50 Years

British Prime Minister Joins an Outward Bound Group

Climbing Kilimanjaro with Outward Bound

Outward Bound Oman Receives International Recognition

All Blacks Captain to Speak about Outward Bound

Outward Bound Oman set for 1,000 km journey in November

Omani Youth on 80-day Outward Bound Journey

Three day training course to navigate by the sun and stars recently completed in Sharqiya Sands with UK navigation expert Tristan Gooley

Relying on their own determination, a 600 year old navigational instrument called an Astrolabe, and a team of experienced Outward Bound Oman / Tahaddi guides, 48 youths from across Oman will embark on one of the most challenging and character building journeys of their young lives.

To mark the anniversary of Oman’s 41st National Day, 48 young people aged between 16-24 years, from diverse educational and employment backgrounds will travel on foot, by camel, and traditional Dhow across the countries breathtaking and demanding wilderness.

Using an ancient navigational instrument called an Astrolabe, teams of youths will learn how to navigate their way over the 80 day, 1000km journey from Salalah to Muscat. Introduced to the Islamic world in the eighth century, an Astrolabe is an ancient astronomical computer for predicting time and the position of the Sun and stars in the sky. The Astrolabe will also help the team to predict prayer times during their journey.

The Outward Bound Oman/ Tahaddi team, lead by Mark Evans have just returned from a very successful celestial and desert navigation course run in the Sharqiya Sands by natural navigation expert Tristan Gooley. Tristan Gooley, who established a Natural Navigation school in the UK, is the author of The Natural Navigator, one of the world’s only books on navigation using nature as a guide. Tristan has led expeditions in five continents and is the only living person to have both flown solo and sailed singlehanded across the Atlantic. “The team acquired substantial knowledge from Tristan that we are sure to pass on to course participants for, not only this epic journey, but for future Outward Bound training courses,” explains Mark.

Each 10 day leg of the eight leg journey has the support of a corporate partner, which include Port of Salalah, Ministry of Sports Affairs, Oman Methanol, Golden Torches Trading, Nawras/Shabbabia, PDO, National Bank of Oman, and Oman Air. Each of the corporate partners has selected a group of exceptional young people that they believe will reap the benefits that this extraordinary training program will offer.

The first leg of the journey is proudly sponsored by Port of Salalah. Led by Outward Bound Oman / Tahaddi General Manager Mark Evans, the team will leave Port of Salalah on 18 November by a traditional Dhow, generously provided by long term supporters of Outward Bound Oman, Masirah International Technical and Marine Services, making their way to the Hallaniyat Islands before meeting the camels at Shuwaymiyah, to commence the overland element of the journey. The participants for the Port of Salalah leg include Ysif Al Jamil, Hitham Bait Zaie, Mohammed Al Baraami, Muataz Bait Nasib, Khalid Al-Maashani and Fahim Bahjaj, all from Dhofar. The second team, sponsored by The Ministry of Sports Affairs, and supported by the journey’s Patron, The Minister for Sport Affairs His Excellency Ali bin Masoud Al Sunaidi will take over on the 28 November 2011. This leg, led by Outward Bound Oman team leader Erin Hall will challenge the participants to travel up to 15km per day to meet up with the next team in the Ras Sawqrah region on 7 December 2011.

Communicating via satellite phone to confirm respective rendezvous points each team will make their way from their designated location on foot, by camel, and traditional boat to complete their part of the journey. An experienced camel handler Amr Al Wahaibi from Bidiya will travel with the teams through the most remote parts of the journey. Each team will carry their own survival packs complete with camping, cooking, and first aid equipment.

Documenting the challenges facing the participants during this incredible journey are two UK based photographers, Sim Davies and James Walker. Both avid outdoor enthusiasts, their portfolios include photographic expeditions through Nepal, the French Alps, Finland, and Southern Europe. A gallery of photographic images of each team will be uploaded to the Outward Bound Oman website and Facebook page daily via satellite link throughout the 80 day journey.

Daily audio logs will be uploaded to the Outward Bound Oman website every morning/evening so you can listen, first hand, to the adventures undertaken by each team as they navigate the vast Oman wilderness. Wisal FM will be broadcasting the daily audio logs during their scheduled programming every day for the duration of the 80 day challenge, as will BBC World Service radio.

The Outward Bound Oman/Tahaddi initiative is a first for the Middle East region and is dedicated to using the outdoors to develop the life skills of young people in Oman. It was set up in May 2009 by the founding partners SNR Denton, Shell and The Suhail Bahwan Group.

For more information on the Oman 41st National Day Youth Challenge go to the Outward Bound Oman website at www.outwardboundoman.com

Press Release Contact:
Mark Evans
General Manager
Outward Bound Oman Email: mark@outwardboundoman.com

Vanessa McCarron
Media Relations
Outward Bound Oman
Email: vanessa@outwardboundoman.com

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