Bushwhack Jacks Tracts

Wind Rivers, Wyoming

True to type

Recently, I heard from my college friend Jim Glover, a regular reader of my column and who drops me an email every once in a while. Jim...

Winners: both on and off the field

When I woke up Sunday morning hoarse, and with a sore throat, I knew why: on Saturday Phyliss and I had gone to the Syracuse University...

Near death by bicycle

I spent my early years in rural Locust Valley, Nassau County, which though only thirty miles from Manhattan, seemed like a hundred. Our...

Jack Drury author, educator, wilderness leader

Bushwhack Jack's Tracts

Stories of Jack Drury's life adventures.

Jack has been facilitating experiential learning at an international level for over 40 years throughout North America, the United Kingdom and the Middle East. He is Professor Emeritus of North Country Community College having founded and directed the college’s Wilderness Recreation Leadership Program for twenty years. He is past president of the Wilderness Education Association and co-author of the definitive wilderness leadership text The Backcountry Classroom: Lessons, Tools, and Activities for Teaching Outdoor Leaders as well as The Camper's Guide to Outdoor Pursuits: Finding Safe, Nature Friendly, Comfortable Passage Through Wild Places. He is a contributing author to Hiking and Backpacking, Adventure Education: Theory and Application, and The Wilderness Educator.

Jack resides in Saranac Lake, NY with his wife Phyliss where he actively supports many Adirondack Park issues. They have four adult children.

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