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Program Highlight: Challenge courses

  How much do you know about Maine Bound’s challenge course opportunities? Did you know that you can come to us or we can come to you? Check out these different types of contracts we have to offer when incomes to our fun, team building courses! Quarter-Day (2-Hour Program): This program is great as a […]

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Staff Spotlight: Sage Allen

Meet Sage Allen, our Challenge Course Manager! Sage is currently double majoring in Outdoor Leadership and Marine Science. She has been working at Maine Bound for a year now. Sage found Maine Bound when looking for schools with a climbing gym nearby. Her freshman year she joined the climbing club and was in Maine Bound […]

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Staff Spotlight: Aidan Manahan

Meet Aidan Manahan, our jack of all trades! Aidan is a sophomore at the University majoring in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Aerospace Engineering. Aidan found out about Maine Bound through the Outdoor Leadership Program, and he’s been working here for the last two years ever since! Aidan says he likes Maine Bound because […]

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Areas of Maine We Love: Acadia National Park

At Maine Bound, we take full advantage of the recreation opportunities that Acadia has to offer, from Climbing Otter cliffs, to cross country skiing the carriage roads, to hiking Cadillac for the sunrise. Unfortunately due to the world’s current situation, Acadia has shut down its facility. Make sure to adhere to their policies! Not only […]

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Quarantravel: Story of the Week

Every Wednesday is “Quarantravel story of the week”, a spotlight for folks who are getting outside the right way. This week’s spotlight comes from a parent of one of our Maine Bound staff: “Tonight I took our family black lab, Jedd, for a walk on the beach. After hours of staying inside and working on […]

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A Lesson from COVID-19

Amid COVID-19 we are constantly finding small silver linings that teach us important lessons. Today’s lesson: Outdoor enthusiasts are being asked to please not push your limits outside, the healthcare system can not handle injuries right now. Instead, outdoorsy folks are asked to dial back their intensity. What we’ve found while doing this we are […]

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Mountain Biking on UMaine’s Trails

UMaine’s bike trails are still open for business. Download this map from Campus Rec and get outside! We had an awesome weekend getting outside while social distancing and even linked up with some @university.of.maine colleagues, TJ from @um.swell and Lauren from @umaine.outdoorleadership ! . Huge thanks to @rosebikeshop for the bike tune, in case you […]

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Staff Spotlight: Emily Tomack

Maine Bound may be closed but we’re still stoked about our awesome staff and want to continue to show off how great they are! Case in point with our Maine Bound staffer Emily Tomak. Emily is a junior studying Ecology and Environmental Science with a Pre-Med Minor. This is Emily’s second year working at Maine […]

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Books and Films Highlighting Adventurous Women

To celebrate Women’s History Month, we want to bring the stories of awesome, adventurous women to you! While we focus our own outdoor endeavors on backyard adventures and spend more time on screens and social media, we encourage you to look to these women and get inspired. Take this opportunity to plan your next big […]

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