Pierce College
Experiential Educators
Reunion

Linda and I still make a point to connect every few weeks—sometimes over Zoom, and when we’re lucky, in person. Our friendship began in the mid-1990s when Linda first walked into the Camp Arnold office while I was serving as the Challenge Course Manager. I remember the moment she discovered the high elements out in the forest. Her excitement was immediate and unmistakable. I felt the same enthusiasm, recognizing that here was someone who deeply understood the potential of experiential learning to change lives.

Over the decades that followed, our friendship continued across thousands of miles—through my move back to Maryland to care for my aging parents and eventually my return to the Pacific Northwest in 2016. Like many of you, Linda has remained a constant presence in the world of professional experiential education and in the relationships that formed through it.

Because of that shared history, Linda has agreed walk alongside me and help bring us together once again at Camp Arnold. This gathering will be an opportunity to circle up, reconnect, and celebrate the stories of individual and collective learning that began for many of us in those woods years ago.