Cindy Ross
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Cindy's story begins in the Rocky Mountain wilderness on a unique and extraordinary journey: two parents leading their young children 3,100 miles on the backs of llamas. This Canada-Mexico trek illustrated to Cindy and her husband what experiential education can do. Inspired by the experience, they went on to create a new way of supplementing their children's education, focusing on two arenas for learning: the natural world and travel. In this age...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"Cindy Ross, founder of River House PA, an organization that helps veterans get out into nature to hike, paddle, and mountain bike, profiles sixteen individual veterans in-depth, telling their personal stories and experiences. The broader story of the trauma veterans endure and how nature can help them to recover is interwoven throughout"
Author
Pub. Date
c1987
Description
Ross's trip began at a low point as the hiking "partner" she had selected from an advertisement proved to be totally inexperienced and so weird that they parted company the first day. Continuing alone, Ross soon became the de facto leader of a motley, changing crew of Crest Walkers known as "Cindy's circus." The long, rugged hiking days produced physical ailments and mental crotchets, of course. But in confronting and surmounting these, Ross grew...