Alumni Stories

Your Outward Bound Stories

Each story is an adventure worth reading.

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Andrea Rippon - Aberdovey, Wales, 1994

7 September 10

My Mum's gift to each of her children was an Outward Bound course: she reckoned ...

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Jackie Palmer - Aberdovey, Wales, 1984

6 September 10

My favorite moment was absailing. I'd like to get in touch with anyone who was a...

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Ian Tait - Loch Eil, Scottish Highlands, 1991

2 September 10

Meeting people from a wide variety of backgrounds and learning to work together ...

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Michael Coghlan - Eskdale, The Lake District, 1966

1 September 10

An Unforgettable Experience I had never seen a dead body, nor for that matter a...

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Ian Hodges - Aberdovey, Wales, 1981

30 August 10

As part of British Airways Engineering Apprenticeship I went on a two week outwa...

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Martin Smith - Aberdovey, Wales, 1965

30 August 10

To the best of my memory and calculations I joined the Aberdovey School in 1965 ...

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John Wilford - Ullswater, The Lake District, 1956

29 August 10

I was on course U18 at Ullswater in 1956 aged 16. I was in Whymper patrol under ...

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Ashley Coleman - Loch Eil, Scottish Highlands, 2009

28 August 10

I went to Outward Bound for 15 day in a 3 week block it was fun but hard along t...

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David Price-Hughes - Other Outward Bound Centre, 1959

24 August 10

In1959 the government of Uganda invited employees to enrol as temporary instruct...

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