One after the other, I watched my wide-eyed students disappear over the lip. Shortly after their disappearance, each of them squealed loud enough that I could hear them over the rushing water. Clipped into a clump of trees on the edge of the water flow I waited for my turn to descend the final rappel […]
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Aidan is going into his senior year this fall, majoring in Civil Engineering. Aidan has been working for Maine Bound for the past two years since the spring of his freshman year. Aidan’s favorite part of Maine bound is the stoked group of people who are typically around Maine Bound on a daily basis. .In […]
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Sometimes a name on a map in a hard to get to place inspires me. While planning a solo canoe expedition in the North Maine Woods, I saw it. Frozen Ocean. I added an extra day to my trip. I had to check it out. Frozen Ocean is nestled west of Allagash Mountain and south […]
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Staff Spotlight: Beth Jackson, Maine Bound’s Coordinator, loves adventuring. After 15 years of traveling, car living, and working as a wilderness instructor Beth landed in Orono, Maine at the Maine Bound Adventure Center. Beth studied Studio Art and Outdoor Education at Earlham College. She loves training Maine Bound Staff and is excited for Maine Bound to […]
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The Clifton Cliffs and Camden hills region is located just an hour south of Orono, and we at UMaine count ourselves lucky that it is! From hiking Megunticook and checking out the maiden cliffs in Camden, to rock climbing the eagles bluff, to ice climbing peaked (known fondly as big chick hill and little chick […]
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This Monday meet our Maine Bound Adventure Center Assistant Director Chris Bartram! This month marks 3 years that Chris has been working for Maine Bound! Chris earned a B.S. in Adventure Education from Plymouth State University and M.A. in College Student Development from Appalachian State University and has been working as an outdoor educator for the past eight years. Outside of Maine […]
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Meet our Maine Bound Staff Member Lacey Parker! Lacey is a first year ecology and environmental science major with a concentration in earth and environmental sciences and a minor in outdoor leadership. She’s been working here for less than a year ever since discovering Maine Bound during orientation weekend and applying her first semester! Lacey […]
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there are so many bodies of water just ripe with opportunity in Maine that we couldn’t pick just one! From the Maine Coast line to the lake and ponds, from the small trickles to the roaring rapids of the Penobscot, androscoggin, Saco, Allagash and kennebec, we truly appreciate rafting, canoeing, kayaking, rowing and paddle boarding […]
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With all the time on our hands during quarantine, why not try out catching the first rays of sun by doing a sunrise hike! UMaine seniors Jake and Chloe had this to say about their sunrise hike a week ago: Chloe: That was definitely the earliest I’ve ever hiked but the view was worth it! […]
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Meet our Maine Bound Staff Member Anna Briley! Anna is a first year Biomedical engineering student, and this has been her first year working for Maine Bound. She found maine Bound after she toured it on accepted students day. She says that her favorite part of Maine Bound is everyone’s free spirit and positive attitude, […]
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