Jack Outdoor

Jack Outdoor writes about hiking, mountain biking, kayaking and wild camping, drawing on 12 years of field experience across the UK and Europe. He equips readers to plan safe, sustainable trips and choose gear that matches their skill level.

Senior Wilderness Medicine and Rescue and Outdoor Recreation Management major Peter Wallace found a new passion at Lees-McRae

Outdoor recreation

The Flat-Pack Problem: How the Default 5-Year Wilderness Medicine Route Stalls Innovation - One Student’s Outdoor Recreation Shortcut Achieved Licensure in 4 Years

The 2025 cohort analysis shows the accelerated four-year pathway that blends year-round guided hikes at Wildcat Hills with intensive classroom and on-site clinics lets students like Peter Wallace earn wilderness medicine licensure a year early. Leveraging Outdoor Recreation as a Training Engine Key Takeaways * Year-round hikes sharpen decision-making. * Environmental physiology