Back to Earth co-founders Jesse Sachs and Eli Marienthal have both completed training courses with NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School). NOLS is a leader in outdoor education internationally.
Jesse completed his first month-long NOLS course in high school. The confidence and experience he gained through that expedition allowed Jesse to take Eli backpacking when they were teenagers. Jesse also completed a semester-long course in backpacking, mountaineering and canoeing, as well as an outdoor educator course in mountaineering with NOLS when he was in college.
Back to Earth draws on the core wilderness competencies and risk-management philosophies of NOLS, and Back to Earth guides are certified as Wilderness First Responders through NOLS Wilderness Medicine.