Wellness through the Wild

Outdoor Wellness Group provides professionally guided outdoor rock climbing and mountaineering expeditions for US Veterans and Servicemembers.
Rock climbing and mountaineering provide prolonged natural immersion, immense physical/mental challenge, and intense communal practice of resilience and self-reliance.
For servicemembers and veterans, mountaineering is a healthy way for veterans to safely seek challenge, face fear-inducing obstacles, and learn how to overcome those obstacles in healthy and effective ways. The shared themes between rock climbing and veteran life are too many to count.

We provide custom expeditions throughout the year for both active duty and veteran clients. Please check out our website and apply!

"The people who deal with trauma the best are the ones who find ways to regain control in a dangerous situation"
-Tommy Caldwell

Current Mountaineering Projects

Patagonia Mountaineering Expedition - Jan 6-10, 2025

Washington State Mountaineering Expedition, July TBD 2025

North Carolina Rock Climbing Expeditions

Veterans Expeditions

Give tech a break. Learn to climb. Eat and Sleep well. Outdoor Wellness Group provides five-day rock climbing Expeditions for crews of 10 veterans at a time in the Linville Gorge in the North Carolina Appalachian Mountains. Experience the positive effects of ecotherapy, wilderness immersion, and learn a life skill alongisde brothers and sisters of the same tribe.

Active Duty Expeditions

OWG provides 5-day (mon-fri) outdoor rock climbing expeditions for crews of 10 servicemembers. Veteran guides set positive conditions for crews to learn to overcome fear-inducing obstacles as a resilient team in a wilderness setting devoid of technology, substances, advertising, or other distractions. Crews that can mountaineer together function better, walk away with high-level tangible skills, and understand their true capabilities.