Outward Bound Research Paper

What do we do on Outward Bound? Outward Bound an experience unlike any other, can last for many, many days. We are out in the wilderness with no electronics for at least a whole week. We go hiking and make our own food during this trip. This trip can be a chance to get away from all regular day distractions.Kurt Hahn , a German educator, founded Outward Bound. He created Outward Bound because he saw that the younger people died when the ships get torpedoed or bombed. He recognized this and created Outward Bound. He wanted to give the youth the knowledge to survive when things go wrong. This experience helped many of the younger men because now they learned all of the things they need to survive. In Outward Bound people need to follow four

pillars that we needed to remember. The four pillars consist of compassion, physical fitness, craftsmanship, and self-reliance. Compassion means that people show other people gratitude and help them out. Trying your best and getting yourself in better shape requires physical fitness. Craftsmanship means that you are being very clever in the way we do things. Last but not least, self-reliance. Self-reliance require us to only depend on ourselves to get to wherever we need to go. When I went to Outward Bound I stayed there for five days and four nights . This trip, located in North Carolina, makes us hike the Appalachian Mountains. I loved climbing Table rock Mountain and was no doubt the best experience. Outward Bound gave me an awesome experience for me to remember.
Outward Bound makes our group work as a team. Our group did a great job working together. We would help each other clean. We would communicate to see if people needed breaks or not. We helped each other out by taking the weight out of people's packs. Each day people would take on different jobs they needed to do like being a cook. Working with others can sometimes be difficult though. The four pillars of Outward Bound can be helpful to working together. You all have to be fit enough to walk the distance of the hike. We need to show compassion towards others. I might not need a break but other people do, so you stop for them. Self-reliance, maybe the most important, made me depend on myself and believed that I can do it and will do it. The last pillar, craftsmanship. This will be helpful in cleaning up and packing your bag. Our group used craftmanship to help other people with things they could not do like set up the tarp or pack their bags right. I helped the group by helping carrying the water, extra food and even helped navigate a little. I offered the group strength and happiness. I showed physical fitness and self-reliance by not asking for a break and always kept pushing and by doing and learning most things by myself. I showed craftsmanship by helping make the dinner and help arrange all the gear. I showed compassion by waiting on others and stopping when they needed and helping them through. I showed some leadership by being near the front of the line to help navigate. Other people in my group made trades and offered to carry the water for some people who could not carry it anymore. Many people in my group brought intelligence and strength to the group as well. Some people would make decisions on their own and not ask for help and would not stop unless need be. They would help each other in many crafty ways and showed great compassion to all. One great experience of Outward Bound,out of many, may have been when I got on top of Table Rock Mountain and could see God’s creation. This was the best experience.
I learned that I can do much more than I thought I could. I can push myself to accomplish much more. I also learned that I may need to show a little more compassion. I do have good fitness and don't depend on others that much. I am not a very crafty person though. I saw that other people did not have great fitness and needed to stop more than I did and I realized that. My group always showed great compassion towards others. Most of the time people would rely on themselves to carry all of the weight and not ask for help. People would also show great craftsmanship in what they were doing. I learned that nature is really interesting. When I made myself be really quiet I get to hear much more things then when I talked. I can hear twigs snapping, bugs buzzing, and spiders crawling on the leaves. I could also see cool things as well. The outdoors is really a great place to spend a few days doing what people might like to do. Outward Bound taught me to show compassion towards others and understanding others better than I did. I saw that people needed help carrying some things like water. I took the water from somebody and they were thankful. I understood that people needed breaks to get water more often than other people. I accepted that they need breaks often. On Outward Bound I noticed some people fears and weaknesses. Outward Bound made me pay more attention to how others became afraid and noticed some of their weaknesses. I learned that I needed to accept this and do what they needed to do. I know that you can only move as fast as the slowest person.
I got closer to God on this trip.

Outward Bound helped me get closer God and nature as well. To get away from all of the distractions and worries made more focused on God then I usually would be. They helped me realize more about God and his creations. On this trip I noticed the God has made so many cool and amazing things in the world. To get away from phones and games really helped me minimize my worries and made me think much more. I noticed that my part in world is just as important as everybody else's. My part in the world helps many people and animals though I might know that I could be helping with every step . To see all of this nature brought me to see that every little thing is important and that helps many people. During solo is when I was closest to god and nature. There was only silence. I thought about many things during solo. I prayed to God during solo and saw all of his creations. I noticed all of the bugs and how many different types there were.
Before I went to Outward Bound I never thought I could carry a huge backpack for two miles and barely even one mile. I only depended myself to carry all of the weight with no help. After all of this I did much more than I thought I could. It was easy for me to not take a

shower.
Self-reliance was an important pillar to think about when you are on Outward Bound. I need a great attitude about forcing us to go to Outward Bound and but did not. I do not think I could experience a good time if i put in a good attitude. Most people would have a great time if they were excited about. In the past I have been shy and that has held me back when I could have doing more fun things. I could grow to be more social and talk to more people in the future. Outward Bound helped me a little with my shyness because I needed to talk to my group to help them get to the next campsite. We were out in the wilderness and anything could happen to us, so we needed to face and accept that. Some of my fears that I did not I would be afraid of I noticed during Outward Bound. I had to experience my fears during the whole trip. Outward Bound can be a great experience if you put into the right attitude and can get people closer to all of their friends.