Wilderness Leadership Semester

1. Initiative Outdoor
Wilderness
Leadership
Semester

2. BoudhanathStupa(5th Century)
Sadhu atPashupatinath
Kathmandu UNESCOWorld Heritage Site Tour
Durbar Square
(500 years old)
(

3. SOLO School First-Aid Training
3-10 Day Wilderness
Survival/First-Aid course
Studentsearn Certificationwith
SOLO School of Wilderness
Medicine (Conway, New
Hampshire)

4. OutdoorLeadership Course
Studentslearning teamworkandcommunicationthroughhandsonactivities
⏎
Chandra Ale
addressing students
beforetrekkingintothe
Himalayas

5. InitiativeOutdoor & Nepali Youth Trek
Initiative Outdoorstaff and kids from the
Samata School at Shiva Puri National Park
Elephant watching during a student course at Chitwan
National Park 
Students rappelling down
Initiative Outdoor’s office
building in Kathmandu 
I.O.Studentswill lead a3-7daytrekforlocal
Nepali students,teaching themthe fundamentalsof
wildernessskills andbackpacking

6. EnvironmentalStudies CourseLocal Geology
Local Biology & Botany
Sustainable Development and the
human environmental impact in
Nepal
TheGokyo Region and the Ngozumpa Glacier,the
largest glacier in Nepal 
Wild yak travelling in the Solu Khumbu Region near
Mount Everest

7. White Water Rafting & KayakingSemester
9 Rivers
12Weeks
3-5+ Class Rapids
2 WeekSwiftwater Rescue
Training
10-day Independent Study
Period

8. 2 Weeks Rock Climbing
onNaturalFaces Outside of
Kathmandu 
8-9 Weeks of
Mountaineering and Ice
Climbing
2 WeekCrevasseRescue
Course
Crossing of Tashi Labtsa
Pass(5760m/19,000ft)
Summiting a
20,000 ftpeak
10 day Independent Study
Period
Mountaineering
and Rock Climbing
Semester
TeachingIce Climbing to Students

9. Trekking and Backpacking
Semester :
Seven Weeks Backpacking in
deeply isolated regions of the
recently established Great
Himalayan Trail
10 day Independent Study
Canyoning Course (Waterfall
Repelling)
Mount Everest SeenFrom Base Camp
Canyoning

10. Photos From Previous Initiative OutdoorCourses
Photos:Trekkingto GokyoLake

11. Sun KoshiForest
and the Riverof
Gold
Sun Koshi Paddling
Karnali
Wild West
River
Western
Himalayan
Rivers

12. Mountain Clouds, Helicopter Remains,andTravel
Yak inthe Solu Khumbu Region

13. Climbing Labuche East
Ice Rescue
Drill
Chandra
Ale@
Bimal
Nagar
Ice
Climbing

Rock Wall
Everest
Region


14. Mount Everest
Ancient Buddhist
StupasAlong the
Trail
WesternHimalaya
Helicopter Landing
Zone


15. Bouldering,Trekking,and Mountaineeringat Everest
Region

16. SwiftwaterRescue Training 

BhoteKoshi River
Sun Koshi
TrekkingtoAnnapurna  Rock & Ice in
Khumbu
Region

17. Thank You For Your
Time!
BackgroundPhoto: Everest Base
CampTrek