Standing beside the beautifully tiled compass rose at North Carolina Outward Bound’s (NCOBS) Arthur M. Blank Headquarters, it’s hard to believe and important to remember that the School’s first headquarters was a humble brown trailer at the Table Rock basecamp... READ MORE

By Nya L., FINS Program Alumni My name is Nya and I’m going to speak on a few things I’ve learned in the course of 20 days. This course was something that was definitely out of my comfort zone, but... READ MORE

By Matthew Merritt, Blue Ridge Backpacking and Rock Climbing, 2018 It was a clear sunny day at the end of October. You could sense the Halloween spirit in the air, the adventurous spirit in my bones and the sugary spirit... READ MORE

This summer, eight of Sampson County, North Carolina’s brightest young people will prepare for their college careers in the same way: by embarking on a trying, multi-day wilderness expedition with North Carolina Outward Bound School in the Blue Ridge Mountains... READ MORE

When North Carolina Outward Bound School (NCOBS) founded Outward Bound Atlanta (OBA) in 1990, we searched for corporate partners with a strong ethic of community responsibility. Georgia-Pacific emerged as a like-minded leader and in 1992, they became a partner in... READ MORE

Title: Community Program Coordinator for NCOBS in Atlanta Years with NCOBS: 13 Q: What might a week look like as a Community Program Coordinator in Atlanta? JR: In Atlanta, I facilitate the ongoing relationship between our leadership development programs and... READ MORE

By Samantha G., FINS Program Alumni Here I am on day 20 of Outward Bound, after paddling for miles and ending at different campsites each night. It was quite an experience to have such amazing girls and instructors. I think... READ MORE

By Cassandra Biette, Outdoor Educator Course, 2012 During the last few days of my 50-day semester course with Outward Bound, everyone kept telling us that we would never fully realize all that we had learned on course until we got... READ MORE

By Elizabeth Wallace, Blue Ridge Backpacking, Rock Climbing and Whitewater Canoeing, 2011 Our band of teenagers sat around a camp stove, weary from a day of hiking further than our dirt-encrusted calves wanted to go. The sun had set on... READ MORE

On a sunny day in October, in Blowing Rock, NC, facilitators of Outward Bound Professional (OBP) Program began splitting a large group of coworkers into three smaller groups on the lawn of the town park’s baseball field. From lawyers to IT staff and... READ MORE