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Odyssey
Northwest Wilderness Programs
Bellingham, Washington
Tim Brockman – Director
360-920-6469
info@odysseynw.com
Odyssey
Wilderness Programs is
an adventure based wilderness program that is based in the Cascade
Mountains of Washington. Their traditional 2-week Northwest
course combines a week of coastal hiking with a week of sailing in
the waters of the Puget Sound and San Juan Islands.
They can also meet specific adolescent needs with flexible custom
courses, and their low instructor/student ratio (2:5) allows them
to individualize the kind of attention they can give to their students.
The hard skills they teach, such as backpacking and sailing are “used
as catalysts for building soft skills such as communication, responsibility
and self-esteem.”
The 14-day course offered through Odyssey Northwest is an “ultimate
adventure,” consisting of three important and unique phases designed
to “bring together the group as a community of individuals.” Phase
I, the Responsibility Phase, consists of 6 days hiking along the Olympic
Peninsula Coastline where the students learn self-care, backpacking
skills, & natural history. Phase II is the Reflection Phase where
the students spend 1-2 days independently on solo. Phase III is the
Return Phase which begins as the students and instructors board a sailboat
and, for the last 5 days of the Odyssey Adventure, explore the uninhabited
islands and sail through the beautiful waters of the San Juan islands
where the students will learn sailing skills, nautical charts, celestial
navigation, and teamwork.
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