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Driving 7 Hours for a Steak Dinner — and a Completed NOLS Course

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Our son Louie called yesterday afternoon, after completing his NOLS Wind River Mountaineering course over the past 30 days. As parents we of course had to suffer through the old NOLS “no news is good news” style of communication, so it was quite the joyful moment to hear that voice. I had faith that things would go well, and sure enough they did. The group spent a week up on the glaciers, did a bunch of climbing including Gannett Peak, caught fish, learned skills and had that generally excellent experience that a NOLS course can frequently be. We’ll get the kid to file a blog report soon. I can report that one thing he said on the phone was “Dad, we’ve got to go back there with skis…” Meanwhile, it’s off to Lander, Wyoming for the happy and formerly anxious parents. We’ll head over to Svilars Steak House this evening for a celebratory dinner — I think that’s about 7 hours from here. Better get on the road. More later.

Posted by Lou on July 18, 2007 | Filed Under Trip Reports 

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One Response to “Driving 7 Hours for a Steak Dinner — and a Completed NOLS Course”

  1. Jay Jurkowitsch July 18th, 2007 4:42 pm

    Good to hear that Louie enjoyed his NOLS experience and can’t wait to read his blog on it!
    How was that steak – eh?
    Were you there during the International Climbers Festival – an event reminiscent of the Fur Traders Rendevous!!

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