During the Second World War, many British soldiers had to spend extended periods adrift in the Atlantic after their ships had suffered disabling attacks. The soldiers who had the best rate of survival were not the most young and able but the most experienced, who often had a toughness of spirit that transcended the limits of their bodies. The educator Kurt Hahn observed that such toughness had to be learned, and he founded Outward Bound, which is now a large confederation of associations scattered around the globe. Through structured encounters with the wild, Outward Bound attempts to keep to
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